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Wednesday, July 09, 2008

Derren Brown demonstrates personal validation


This is called the Forer effect. A good antidote to The One.

1 comments:

Amanda said...

That's a really excellent one, and yes it should be compulsory for everyone on or watching The One.

Except for the clown which is the scariest thing ever.