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The Barnum Effect – Why People Believe In Astrology And Psychics

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May 22, 2016
in 1 - 7 MINUTES, COGNITIVE BIASES / FALLACIES, CRITICAL THINKING / FREE WILL?, DEBATING IDEAS / BELIEFS, ETHICS, HUMAN NATURE / MIND, ILLUSION / PARADOX, PHILOSOPHY / SKEPTICISM, RATIONALITY
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Millions of people around the world believe in astrology and horoscopes, fortune tellers and psychic mediums. But why might someone believe in such claims? One explanation is known as the Barnum effect, a psychological phenomenon which we have all likely fallen for at some point.

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