From psychics to spiritualists to palm readers to graphologists to astrologists, the ‘expert' in question either just simply deluded and naive or they're using a skill called cold-reading. (Derren Brown)

From psychics to spiritualists to palm readers to graphologists to astrologists, the ‘expert' in question either just simply deluded and naive or they're using a skill called cold-reading.

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