This is nicely illustrated in a James Randi you tube video. It's one of my
oldest demos but is always effective. I'm sure anyone can google it or search
you tube :)
No sig line today--driving to Fresno to watch my son referee a junior hockey
game, in between finals lol. A very long drive just f
I do something similar with "handwriting analysis" and am able to "enhance" the
activity quite a lot by showing them some samples of handwriting from previous
classes. This gets them thinking that because handwriting is SO variable and
individualized, there must be "something to it". I have them
Here's one that I've seen before. I used a variation of it, having students
circle what their astrological sign is, and then checking whether the
horoscope I read applied to them. Of course, most feel it does, but that
seems a little weaker than the one below.
Beth Benoit
Granite State College
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