#BarnumEffect

2025-06-12

I do this thing every once in a while where I choose a random horoscope (that isn't mine) to see if it applies to me and today I chose Scorpio. ♏

"Your excellent communicative ability will be even stronger today. Whether your problems have to do with a colleague, boss, spouse, friend, or relative, you will find the words..."

okay, I'm gonna stop you right there. This one is so vague it perfectly demonstrates 'The Barnum Effect' (see below).

#Astrology #Atheism #BarnumEffect

The Barnum effect is a type of cognitive bias that involves a tendency to believe that vague, general personality descriptions apply specifically and uniquely to them. Horoscopes are a good example of this phenomenon. While each horoscope is general, generic, and can apply to virtually anyone, people often feel like their own horoscope is strangely accurate and personalized to them.
Digitalcourage (alter Account)Digitalcourage@chaos.social
2019-06-08

Our co-founder @renatangens@twitter.com awards one of 2019's #BigBrotherAwards to #Precire, a German company that claims to compute psychological profiles by analyzing voice samples of job applicants.

bigbrotherawards.de/en/2019/co

#VoiceAnalysis #pseudoscience #BarnumEffect #BBA19

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