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Old 06-July-2008, 02:11 PM
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Do you believe in ghosts?
No, because for ghosts to exist you have to have a belief in the afterlife.
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So, I dont think any of that can be attributed to cold reading, can you?
Yes it can, cold-reading isn't about just asking leading questions, its about reading body language and unconcious signals. Similar to how poker players read another players 'tells'. It can appear supernatural, but isn't, it can be learned.

Actually, we could just test this, your brother cannot cold read anyone on this forum, so we could set up a little experiment in order to see how accurate your brother is, say have a volunteer email details of themselves to a moderator. Then let your brother do his thing. Then look at the results.
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