Comments on: Cold Reading

By: OddThinking » Coming out from the cold-reading

OddThinking » Coming out from the cold-reading — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 05:49:53 +0000

[...] while I started kicking myself for my own stupidity. How did I let myself get in this awkward situation again? Not only was I failing to fail at cold reading (I continue to underestimate how much people [...]

By: OddThinking » T-shirts, Quilts and Stools: Why I haven’t posted much.

OddThinking » T-shirts, Quilts and Stools: Why I haven’t posted much. — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 05:57:47 +0000

[...] consuming. Fun. But what is there to blog about? That I cold-read the name of a boy’s sister, to his great astonishment? Nah, you can guess the basic mechanism [...]

By: OddThinking » Cold-Reading By Proxy

OddThinking » Cold-Reading By Proxy — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 16:40:48 +0000

[...] did I end up in a cold-reading situation [...]

By: Julian

Julian — Fri, 28 Apr 2006 22:21:25 +0000

Sunny,

… it’s poetic. Using so many words to say nothing at all.

This idea struck a chord with me, and I pondered it for a while,

It’s not that the words say nothing at all – they just say nothing at all about a specific human. Instead they describe the general human condition, and how much more poetic do you get?

I’ll try to do readings in iambic pentameter from now on.

By: Julian

Julian — Fri, 28 Apr 2006 22:14:20 +0000

Cassie,

I’ve already done your reading. I thought it was pretty obvious I was thinking of you when I wrote the words above.

By: Alastair

Alastair — Tue, 25 Apr 2006 04:05:53 +0000

I’m sure vanity would be sufficient to explain why people were so keen to hear your bogus cold readings. Everyone likes to be the centre of attention.

Hey I wouldn’t say no to a bit of cold reading. From time to time. At parties, mainly.

By: Sunny Kalsi

Sunny Kalsi — Tue, 25 Apr 2006 04:04:26 +0000

I think it’s enthralling because it’s poetic. Using so many words to say nothing at all. Perhaps a little like hypnosis. Maybe they just wanted to know if they’d get taken in by it.

By: Cassie

Cassie — Mon, 24 Apr 2006 11:20:13 +0000

Do my reading, oh wise Julian!