Saturday, February 18, 2012

Orson Welles on Cold Reading.

The really fascinating bit is towards the end, where he discusses fraudulent mediums who become so adept at quickly processing the hidden behavioral cues in their marks that they start to believe in their own supernatural powers.  The "shut eye."


"Orson Welles discusses the nature of 'cold reading', a type of analysis used by many phony psychics and fortune tellers to trick their customers into thinking they indeed do have special powers, and how some can become so skilled at it that they actually trick themselves into believing they are truly psychic."

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