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The 16 pages that link to Barnum effect, each with the reason it gives.

• Cold readingRelated: It explains why cold reading’s widely applicable claims can feel specifically personal.

• MediumshipRelated: It can make broad statements during readings feel personally revealing.

• Myers–Briggs Type IndicatorRelated: It can help explain why generalized type descriptions feel personally precise.

• NumerologyRelated: It helps explain why generalized numerological character readings can feel specific.

• TelepathyRelated: It helps explain why broad statements can feel like precise access to private thoughts.

• Personality typeRelated: Broad type descriptions can feel personally precise even when they fit many people.

• Isabel Briggs MyersRelated: It helps explain why some users find type descriptions persuasive even when claims are general.

• NostradamusRelated: Broad language can make his verses feel personally or historically precise.

• Magic 8 BallRelated: Open-ended replies can feel personally apt because users supply their own interpretation.

• SocionicsRelated: It can make loosely worded Socionics profiles feel more diagnostic than they are.

• Astrological signRelated: It helps explain why generalized sign descriptions can feel personally specific.

• Baba VangaRelated: Broad prophetic statements can feel precise when interpreted through personal or historical context.

• Jeane DixonRelated: Broad statements can feel personally precise, a dynamic relevant to psychic readings.