Alright. As you all know, Dimentio does these "life readings" on MSN. Everyone he has done these readings for claims him to be a "true psychic" because his readings were "incisively accurate". I just want to post some logs of Dimentio's chat logs and prove how he uses the infamous con artist technique called the "Barnum Effect". The Barnum effect was coined by Barnum & Bailey, who, I quote, said "There's a sucker born every minute." I quote from an article:
"Barnum Effect : is a term that is used in psychology. It is the tendency for people to accept very general or vague characterizations of themselves and take them to be accurate. A good example of this can be seen when people believe what is said about them in psychometric tests, personality profiles, astrological predictions, and so on. This phenomenon is named after P. T. Barnum, who believed that a good circus had "a little something for everybody." Even though the descriptions or descriptive terms used in the inventories, typologies, and tests can apply equally well to other people, some individuals are gullible enough to believe they are unique to themselves. Of course, this is exactly what happens with the horoscope, palm reading, and crystal ball gazing (Referring to the comments of P.T. Barnum, 1810-1891, American showman, about public gullibility)."
Now I know I am in the minority of people not buying into his bullshit, so I will try to debunk him. I have to admit, he is very good at conning people into believing him. If anyone is interested in being part of my experiment, I'm going to need an experimental group and a control group for an experiment I'm going to conduct to prove his powers are fake. Post here if interested!
"Barnum Effect : is a term that is used in psychology. It is the tendency for people to accept very general or vague characterizations of themselves and take them to be accurate. A good example of this can be seen when people believe what is said about them in psychometric tests, personality profiles, astrological predictions, and so on. This phenomenon is named after P. T. Barnum, who believed that a good circus had "a little something for everybody." Even though the descriptions or descriptive terms used in the inventories, typologies, and tests can apply equally well to other people, some individuals are gullible enough to believe they are unique to themselves. Of course, this is exactly what happens with the horoscope, palm reading, and crystal ball gazing (Referring to the comments of P.T. Barnum, 1810-1891, American showman, about public gullibility)."
Now I know I am in the minority of people not buying into his bullshit, so I will try to debunk him. I have to admit, he is very good at conning people into believing him. If anyone is interested in being part of my experiment, I'm going to need an experimental group and a control group for an experiment I'm going to conduct to prove his powers are fake. Post here if interested!
