Magician and TV Star Paul Wilson demonstrates how easily people are fooled by "psychics." The first part of the video is a clear demonstration of cold reading. Cold reading is the compilation of facts that apply to just about any body. Depending on the reaction the psychic obtains (called "a hit") cold reading then narrows the perspective with more and more specific information. Then usually the psychic will have the spectator write something down that the psychic could not have possibly known; i.e., a name, a date, a question, etc. Then using a center tear, a peek or another method the information is slowly revealed. Methods of gathering that information are varied. Sometimes the reader will go on line and gather facts about the client. Arthur Ford used to send advance men into a town where he was to appear and gather information. In this video, Wilson uses a simple scam of having a person hidden behind a wall to write down the information. It doesn't have to be that complicated though.
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