329: The Barnum Effect Bias | Critical Thinking for Middle and High Schoolers

24/11/2025 12 min Temporada 2 Episodio 329
329: The Barnum Effect Bias | Critical Thinking for Middle and High Schoolers

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Why do people fall for vague statements like those in horoscopes and fortune-telling?
 
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