Fortune-telling and psychological tests are said to be bogus using the Barnum effect

If you think calmly about horoscopes, blood type horoscopes, shrine fortune-telling, etc., don't you think "You can't win!"?

Today's fortune cannot be applied to only 12 patterns, and blood type and personality cannot be applied to only 4 patterns.

I don't think it's different for each person because the omikuji of the shrine is randomly selected, but even so, it's a printed matter and there are many people who draw the same omikuji. In fact, I drew a fortune at the first visit of this year, but I drew exactly the same as my son. The 50th guy at Osaka Temmangu.

Fortune-telling and psychological tests use the Barnum effect

Well, the fortune-telling and fortune-telling that you do on TV and magazines are like a kind of guess, entertainment, and spectacle that you know you're being deceived, so I won't say anything insane (although I say), but because of psychology. It seems that they can be explained by the "Barnum effect".

Burnham effect (Burnham Institute of Technology, UK :  Barnum Effect ) and is vague and general, such as applicable to anyone personality descriptions representing the, only to apply it's personality will capture their psychology of the phenomenon.

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As an example, diagnose your personality.
This page has a special program to profile and diagnose your personality based on the information and time of access to the site.
Your personality is displayed in the square below.

You are active and active, but you are also a realistic theorist and self-assertive.
There are some shynesses, but he is also strong-willed, passionate and bold.
In the part that I do not notice, I am a laid back, open-minded and friendly person, and I do not care much about the past and small things.
On the other hand, it seems to be rough and frivolous.
He is also a person with a strong sense of justice who does not tolerate injustice.

How is it?
It can be said that it is a hit, and it can be said that it is not a hit.

Of course, it is a lie to have a program.

Well, it's just a list of personality traits that seem to apply to everyone. Most people have a sense of justice, and some may think that it might be the case if they say, "In the part that you don't notice."

So, if you can make people think that you are "hit" in a phrase that seems to apply to you, you can psychologically mount it, so fortune-tellers can predict the future that seems to apply to everyone again. I think it's okay to say in a vague way. I don't know.

It's okay if it's just a little fortune-telling in a magazine or something, but I don't want to pay a lot of money for fortune-telling, psychological tests, or anything that smells like crap.

Well, it's up to you to believe or not.

We will introduce various scientific trivia articles on psychology, so please read them if you like.