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Chapter 413 Barnum Effect

The child is not a fish, who knows the joy of fish?My son is not me, how do you know that I don't know the joy of fish?

Yu Fan's words surprised Yi Rui.Yirui gently put the binoculars on the ground, and asked curiously: "I can't define my personality? But the situations described in the book perfectly match me. What's going on?"

Yu Fan did not answer Yi Rui's question directly, but showed a mysterious smile and said, "Actually, I am a psychological mind reader. I can read your true heart just by looking into your eyes." character."

Yirui said with some doubts: "Is it so magical? The mind reader is a lie, right?"

Yu Fan said with a confident look: "Maybe I don't care if I say it, I will read your heart on the spot, and you will know it?"

Surprised and curious, Yirui said, "Okay, then how can I cooperate?"

Yu Fan made a serious expression and said, "From now on, try not to blink your eyes, and please look directly into my eyes."

Yi Rui complied with Yu Fan's request.

Yu Fan stared into Yi Rui's eyes, as if he was flipping through an interesting book, and Yu Fan began to mutter to himself: "Wow, gradually... gradually... I see, beautiful skins are the same, interesting The soul is one in a hundred. You, often have a kind of thought, that is to trap yourself in a dream, maybe the world of dreams is so beautiful, you are fantasizing every day, if you can trap yourself in your own world, never leave How wonderful it would be to come out. But in fact, you will feel that reality is also very beautiful, after all, you can read your favorite books in reality.”

Yirui nodded repeatedly and said, "How do you know?"

Yu Fan quickly supported Yirui's head, and said, "Don't shake, you haven't finished reading yet. You pray to be loved by others but find fault with yourself. Although there are some flaws in your personality, generally speaking, you can make up for them. You have considerable Your untapped potential has not yet been used to your strengths. Your seemingly tough, disciplined exterior hides an inner restlessness and worry. Many times, you seriously question whether you are doing the right thing or making the right decision. You like to be sure You tend to fluctuate in degree and feel dissatisfied when restricted. You pride yourself as an independent thinker and don't accept statements without good evidence. But you don't think it's wise to be overly open with others. Sometimes you are outgoing, agreeable, full of Sociable, you can be withdrawn, cautious and reticent at times. Some of your ambitions are unrealistic...”

Yirui was shocked, and stood there in a daze, and said, "Zhong...duzhong!!! This...how did you read it? Then...what exactly does my personality belong to? Is it a dual personality?" Yi Rui anxiously wanted to know the answer.

Yu Fan regained a warm smile again, and said, "As I said just now, no one can define your character, nor can you read your character."

These words confused Yi Rui, with a question mark on his face: "What do you mean? Didn't you read my character just now?"

Yu Fan: "Actually, what I just did was not mind reading at all."

Yi Rui: "What is that?"

Yu Fan: "It's just the 'Barnum effect'. Barnum effect, also known as Fowler effect and astrological effect, was proved by psychologist Bertram Fowler in 1948. A psychological phenomenon. People often think that a general and general personality description reveals their own characteristics very accurately. When people use some common, vague, and broad adjectives to describe a person, people tend to It is easy to accept these descriptions and think that what is said in the description is oneself. Psychologist Fowler (Bertram Forer) conducted a personality test on students in 1948, and analyzed according to the test results. After the test, the students compared the test results with 0 is the lowest and 5 is the highest. In fact, all students get the same 'personal analysis', which is the personality analysis I just told you. The average result is 4.26, It was only revealed after scoring that Fowler collected these personality descriptions from the description of the relationship between constellations and personality. From the description of the analysis report, it can be seen that many sentences are applicable to anyone. These sentences were later named Barnum after Barnum Phrases." Yu Fan made another iconic speech in the style of popular science.Yirui saw someone speak like this for the first time.

Yirui seemed to understand a bit: "So, the description of character in the book I read before actually fits everyone?"

Yu Fan nodded and said, "That's right, as a famous acrobat named Sean Barnum said when evaluating his performance, the reason why he is very popular is because the show contains everyone's Like ingredients, so he makes 'every minute someone is cheated'. The Barnum effect explains why many people think that a fortune teller is 'very accurate' after consulting a fortune teller, because those who ask a fortune teller It has the characteristic of being susceptible to hints, but in fact, what fortune tellers say to everyone is similar, and they are all general and general summaries and descriptions."

Yi Rui said happily: "Great, so I don't have a dual personality? This problem has troubled me for many years. I thought I was born with a disease, hahaha."

Guo Na also joked: "Adolescent children always like to think more, this is also the process of growing up."

Yi Rui was a little unconvinced: "I'm not a child, don't underestimate me, I never lost a fight in school."

Yu Fan smiled, changed the subject, and said, "By the way, you said you were cleaning the telescope for grandpa. How do you clean it?"

Yirui pointed to the basin and cloth on the ground, and said, "How else can I clean it, just wash it with water."

Yu Fan bent down and stroked the binoculars lying on the ground. Although it wasn't old, it was quite old.

Seeing that Yu Fan was more interested in this telescope, Yirui continued: "My grandfather bought this telescope when I was very young. My grandfather would take me to see the moon almost every year. I like watching the moon with my grandfather the most."

Guo Na: "I think your grandfather must be an amiable and good grandfather. He loves you very much."

Yirui: "That's not true. My grandpa is actually not like my grandpa... Uh, how should I put it, sometimes it's more like a buddy of mine. We have a strong relationship, hehe."

Yu Fan: "I think with your personality, when you grow up, you will definitely honor your grandfather, right?"

Yirui stuck out his tongue and said playfully: "Of course. But didn't you just say that no one can read my character? Why do you say now that 'with my character, I will respect my grandfather when I grow up'" What? You fake mind reader."

Yu Fan laughed happily, picked up the binoculars on the ground, pointed the lens at Yirui, and said, "You are right, I am indeed a fake mind reader, but this does not affect the fact that I see a A good and pure soul."

　Look at others with a telescope, look at yourself with a magnifying glass—anhydrous calcium chloride
　　
　
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