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[โ€“] RandomStickman@fedia.io 37 points 2 months ago (1 children)

He's just being honest about being good at cold reading, something that most fortune tellers use anyway. At least he's not charging people for it.

[โ€“] nulluser@programming.dev 8 points 2 months ago (3 children)
[โ€“] itslilith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 2 months ago

Some are simply wrong

[โ€“] thesporkeffect@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

The ones that have any kind of accuracy, at least

[โ€“] Glytch@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

Most of the ones on TV actually do warm reading where the audience gets question cards beforehand so the psychic already has a mark picked out when the performance starts.