Tags: Barnum Statements, Booth of Truth, cold reading, Forer effect, juju, mentalism, Richard Wiseman, Southwold Pier, Tim Hunkin
The Booth of Truth (Cheltenham Science Festival 2002 – now on Southwold Pier)
Look into the radio mirror and put your hands on the founder’s tranquil balls to receive a personality reading with uncanny accuracy. This exhibit for the Cheltenham Science Festival (now on Southwold Pier) explored the tricks used by phoney psychics, recruitment consultants and other ‘cold readers’.
