The Barnum Effect | Psychological Secret Behind Horoscopes & Fortunes

Do you believe in horoscopes, fortune telling, or personality tests? Well there may be a psychological reason why people like zodiacs and astrology so much. In this video, we look at the Barnum Effect and how Bertram Forer (author of the famous paper "The Fallacy of Personal Validation: A Classroom Demonstration of Gullibility") changed the way we think about psychics, predicting the future, etc.

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[TheNewYear]

simple, clear, educational with no fluff. great job, you’ve got a new subscriber!

[Mackaber]

This is the first time I have seen someone state out the usefulness of horoscopes... I think I should be kinder to superstitious people, it may be useful for them

[carsonmulvahill]

Love the video, short but informative. More people need to see this.

[priyak]

I didn't know what this was called but I knew that these phenomenons are common in personality tests since I saw many repetitive statements being used for me n my friends

[Youreinternetbestie]

As a tarot reader I agree to an extent because, when I do readings for people, even if the message is vague, somehow the cards that come up match exactly their specific situation, [ out of 78 cards and all have different meanings ] and when you pull more cards it because more and more specific, so I am just curious, perhaps the really vague and general readings have the Barnum effect to it 🧐 I would definitely say that my YouTube channel using that, at the same time tarot goes of with Intuition to, really complicated ahahah, gotta really ponder on this now 😂❤️🙏

[rochabs]

Am I the only one who came here after hearing about the Barnum effect in Kaguya sama love is war?

[mitsunori]

Good text needs good visuals to be taken seriously. A for the first, D for the latter.

[Strat]

Out of my experience in dating women I can tell you the horoscope believers are deluded XD

[jamespetty]

Why does my zodiac sign connects with me deeply and all the other signs do not? Also the other millions that agree... if it’s so vague, shouldn’t all the signs connect with us, yet that’s not happening..? And zodiacs go DEEPER beyond just your Sun sign.. so many misconceptions due to little knowledge:/ especially when there’s specific personal experiences — I guess my own life experiences are false then, it’s all just a huge coincidence 🤔 🥱🥱🥱