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  • Dan Forer Arquitectonica completed the Ballet Valet, a six-level garage plopped on top of a historic block of buildings and shrouded in greenery, in 1996.

    The Parking Garage as Architectural Star 2012

  • It would observe that any apparent successes of astrology probably owe more to the use of cold-reading techniques, convenient vagueness, and the exploitation of psychological quirks like confirmation bias or the Forer effect, and express amazement at the continued ability of the astrological industry to lift hundreds of millions of euros, pounds and dollars out of the pockets of customers each year.

    Astrologers angered by stars 2011

  • But Erickson, like Forer, was also quick to note, "We sincerely care about the human rights of both and are very clear that the occupation is not in Israel's best interests."

    Rory O'Connor: Censoring Pro-Palestinian Speech? 2009

  • Forer says information from Lamar employees indicates that pro-Israel groups "may have conducted a pressure campaign to get the billboards removed."

    Rory O'Connor: Censoring Pro-Palestinian Speech? 2009

  • Forer who worked on this issue, publishing the paper "The Fallacy of Personal Validation: A classroom Demonstration of Gullibility" in the Journal of Abnormal Psychology in 1949.

    Using Cold Reading to Enhance Rapport 2005

  • Forer who worked on this issue, publishing the paper "The Fallacy of Personal Validation: A classroom Demonstration of Gullibility" in the Journal of Abnormal Psychology in 1949.

    Life of Brian: 2005

  • The example cold read shots he gives are very blanket and don't have the power of authentic cold reading as they rely more upon the Forer Effect named for psychologist Bertram R.

    Life of Brian: 2005

  • The example cold read shots he gives are very blanket and don't have the power of authentic cold reading as they rely more upon the Forer Effect named for psychologist Bertram R.

    Using Cold Reading to Enhance Rapport 2005

  • Forer, well situated, but it is one of those for which either a cab or the general omnibus must be taken at the station.

    The South of France—East Half C. B. Black

  • Father Sommervogel enumerates sixty-two titles of publications from the pen of Forer; though not all of them are very voluminous, they show at least the writer's versatility and erudition, as well as his zeal for the integrity and the honour of the Catholic Faith.

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI 1840-1916 1913

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