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Podcast: The Jordan Harbinger Show
Episode: 413: Mark Edward | True Confessions of a Fake Psychic
Description: Mark Edward is a professional mentalist who specializes in magic of the mind -- including a convincing stint as a fake psychic. He's the author of Psychic Blues: Confessions of a Conflicted Medium.
What We Discuss with Mark Edward:
What is mentalism, and how does it use our desire for the outlandish to be true against us?
Why all so-called psychics are frauds, though a small percentage genuinely believes their own hype.
Cold reading vs. hot reading, and how psychics use the results of these readings to convince you they're able to consult supernatural entities.
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