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10 Oct 2020, 5:21 pm

It appears I am ordinary in that I don't understand this thread either...



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10 Oct 2020, 5:27 pm

Here’s youR sign,,,? Think it was. Meant to be a Jeff foxworthy type humour.

I not sure I interpreted right , but thought if there was humour buried in it , would try to. Dig it out


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11 Oct 2020, 5:40 pm

What I posted is a list of Barnum Statements of the kind typically used by confidence artists, multi-level management recruiters, and "psychics" to try and make people think they have some deep insight into their psychology or life.  They are also commonly used in horoscopes  Barnum Statements are statements which most people will agree with, regarding themselves, while not realizing that almost every other person will also agree with them regarding their own lives.

I was doing a single-blind experiment to see how many people would agree with how many statements.


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11 Oct 2020, 5:46 pm

Fnord wrote:
What I posted is a list of Barnum Statements of the kind typically used by confidence artists, multi-level management recruiters, and "psychics" to try and make people think they have some deep insight into their psychology or life.  They are also commonly used in horoscopes  Barnum Statements are statements which most people will agree with, regarding themselves, while not realizing that almost every other person will also agree with them regarding their own lives.

I was doing a single-blind experiment to see how many people would agree with how many statements.


Is it too late to change my. First response ? Lolz :roll:


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11 Oct 2020, 5:50 pm

Fnord wrote:
[color=black]What I posted is a list of Barnum Statements of the kind typically used by confidence artists, multi-level management recruiters, and "psychics" to try and make people think they have some deep insight into their psychology or life....


So, not Aspies...



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11 Oct 2020, 5:57 pm

Am thinking fnord is our resident psychic ....... in a rather pragmatic way . :)


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12 Oct 2020, 8:34 am

Jakki wrote:
Am thinking Fnord is our resident psychic ... in a rather pragmatic way.
No, Jakki, I am not "psychic" -- no one is.


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12 Oct 2020, 8:34 am

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What I posted is a list of Barnum Statements of the kind typically used by confidence artists, multi-level management recruiters, and "psychics" to try and make people think they have some deep insight into their psychology or life...
So, not Aspies...
Yes, aspies too.


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12 Oct 2020, 8:37 am

Jakki wrote:
Fnord wrote:
What I posted is a list of Barnum Statements of the kind typically used by confidence artists, multi-level management recruiters, and "psychics" to try and make people think they have some deep insight into their psychology or life.  They are also commonly used in horoscopes  Barnum Statements are statements which most people will agree with, regarding themselves, while not realizing that almost every other person will also agree with them regarding their own lives.  I was doing a single-blind experiment to see how many people would agree with how many statements.
Is it too late to change my. First response ?
You can change which option you selected at any time.


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12 Oct 2020, 8:43 am

When I think of "Barnum," I think of P. T. Barnum, showman and conman extraordinaire.....



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12 Oct 2020, 8:44 am


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12 Oct 2020, 8:51 am

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When I think of "Barnum," I think of P.T.Barnum, showman and conman extraordinaire.....
Yes Kortie, Barnum statements and the Barnum Effect were both named after Phineas T. Barnum in 1956 by psychologist Paul Meehl in his essay "Wanted -- A Good Cookbook", because he relates these vague personality descriptions (commonly used used in certain "pseudo-successful" psychological tests) to similar descriptions given by showman P. T. Barnum.

The Barnum Effect occurs when individuals give high accuracy ratings to descriptions of their personality that supposedly are tailored specifically to them, yet which are in fact vague and general enough to apply to a wide range of people.

I used them a lot when I earned a decent living by pretending to be a "psychic" back in the 1980s.


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12 Oct 2020, 8:53 am

Indeed...the horoscopes in the daily papers tend to offer generalized "predictions" for each "sign."



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12 Oct 2020, 12:18 pm


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