The Fortune Teller | Hacking the System

I’m posing as a psychic to demonstrate
how easy it is for charlatans to sucker
people using a technique they call cold
reading I want to say his name starts
with a a B or a P all I’m doing is
manipulating the conversation so the
customer gives me the answers I need
did he like to vote well I may be doing
the talking my subjects responses
provide the meaning in context because
it’s not flat water it’s it’s in motion
it’s manicured like like you would see
on a golf course like Harry manicured he
used to love golf course of course who
transformed it into a hit and he’s
dressed like in his Sunday best he is
like he just got off the links another
miss as I’m making statements I’m
looking for physical cues to see if I’m
on the right track which is weird
because he’s not normally a formal
person he’s rather casual I had I feel I
feel like May or June was important that
the summer time was what happened during
this time usually I usually visited him
in my grandma my grandparents during the
summertime I picked summertime because
it’s usually a happy time for most
people and I’m betting on it as when he
may have connected with his grandfather
that makes sense because he’s smiling
and he wants you to know that those were
some of the best days of his life
finally cold readers almost always end
the readings with a stock statement
designed to comfort and please thank you
of course at the end of the session I
let everyone know that I was
demonstrating cold reading techniques I
feel like it even acting this way
interestingly this guy said he was
skeptical but that he wanted to believe
and that’s the key to a fake psychic
success whether you believe in psychics
are not at least now you won’t be a
sucker