James Randi and a Graphologist

	Duration: 05:23 minutes Upload Time: 2007-08-13 11:31:01 User: UncleFeedle :::: Favorites :::: Top Videos of Day
Description: Graphology is the claimed ability to identify personality traits by analysis of one's handwriting. Here, a graphologist give a demonstration of this supposed ability and fails. From episode 6 of 'James Randi - Psychic Investigator' (1991)
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zuzugopal ::: Favorites duncan u lied n busted. 07-10-24 01:44:27 __________________________________________________
jeywoo ::: Favorites poor me if they use graphology... 07-10-21 01:57:37 __________________________________________________
tvargan ::: Favorites I agree about the lady who is a farmer- she did "look the part". Its hard to say what the others do by "look" alone. EG someone who works with computers might be younger, and artist might look a bit "bohemian" etc. 07-10-20 05:49:12 __________________________________________________
UncleFeedle ::: Favorites He was given the handwriting samples to analyze before he met the people who had written them. It does seem possible to pick up clues from their appearance, particularly the woman who is a farmer. She is older, dresses more conservatively, etc and just appears more likely to be in that profession. 07-10-20 04:06:15 __________________________________________________
tvargan ::: Favorites This was a biased experiment. He shouldn't have been looking at the people, just the handwriting. Although, actually, it does look like he made his decisions before seeing the people. 07-10-16 05:01:11 __________________________________________________
tvargan ::: Favorites They weren't very accurate! But whats this idea of Duncan's- we are in the "wrong career?" Do we live in a Utopia where we all get the ideal job? NO! 07-10-16 04:47:48 __________________________________________________
tvargan ::: Favorites I actually think that this isn't a psychic skill, to some extent. You can sometimes tell thing about a person based on a LOGICAL analysis of their handwriting. EG a scraw might suggest a quick thinking brain, whereas slow, deliberate writing might suggest a slow thinker. I'm NOT saying it works, just that it could be considered to be logical rather than scientific. 07-10-16 04:42:26 __________________________________________________
mmollina ::: Favorites Good point! 07-10-11 00:34:56 __________________________________________________
pudking ::: Favorites "Well, what about number B here?" - Quality stuff 40% of us are in the wrong job - I should be a Sean Connery impersonator! 07-10-08 20:03:09 __________________________________________________
UncleFeedle ::: Favorites The Benny Hill theme would also have worked well! 07-09-24 09:25:21 __________________________________________________