The famous detective in the comic world

Chapter 479 Cold Reading

"Xue Li, I remember you don't believe in prophecies, do you?" He Nan asked.

"It's all just a lie. There is no such thing as a prophecy that is bound to come true." Shirley snorted, obviously disdainful of it: "Even if one is right now and then, it's just a coincidence. Or it's just a cold reading technique to see the other party. I mean, it’s just a little psychological trick.”

What is cold reading?
It means that you can see through other people's minds when you are unprepared, even when you meet them for the first time, so as to better communicate with people.

It is often used by scammers who claim to be able to read minds, divination, etc. to cheat money, or by psychiatrists in psychotherapy.

And... used by detectives to figure out the true intentions of the person they're talking to.

He Nan learned this when he was in Detective University.

Both he and Shirley were quick learners.

In fact, this thing is very emotional intelligence.

People with good emotional intelligence usually learn this very quickly, otherwise it will be very painful.It is not feasible to use the way of thinking of science that relies purely on logic and numerical derivation.It is inaccurate to speculate on people only by cold data.

This psychological technique, in short, is a technique to make people believe that "this person knows about me", and it can also be said to be a way to win the trust of others.

If you use it well, you can understand others in a short period of time, so that you can communicate more efficiently, or start a deception show.

This Horan had to admit that he did the same thing as the fortune-telling crooks on the street, that is, cheating.

It's just that He Nan always deceives the information after making the other party believe that he knows a lot.

And scammers only want the money in your pocket.

Cold reading doesn't actually let you know everything about the other person.

But it can make the other person feel that you understand and can easily trust what you have to say.

A master of cold reading can understand other people's psychological activities through eye observation, speech and behavior, and gestures in just a few sentences, or even a moment of meeting time.

Even, you can control the other party through some words or actions.This belongs to the high-end field.

He Nan felt that many people were actually blindly pursuing cold reading skills, and they made this thing too magical.

It's really just a psychological trick.

Nothing too special.

Some people's cold reading skills have directly become mind reading skills.

Actually the difference is not so big as the 01:30 point.

This is just the ability to observe words and emotions, plus some more convincing words.

There are charlatans all over the world, but they don't have "jianghu" in their names, and their methods are all similar.

Let's just say fortune telling.

Same here in the US.

It's just that they claim to be superhumans, people who can hear God's voice, voodoo wizards, tarot readers, etc.

Anyway, a lot of mess, the core goal is to pay money as an IQ fee by making you believe what he says.

After being cheated once, if you understand that you can no longer be deceived by these little tricks, then the IQ fee is not in vain.Once a person walks in the society, he will be cheated sooner or later, and here it is regarded as spending money to buy a lesson.

If you are still superstitious and believe in the truth after being cheated, then there is nothing you can do. Maybe you will help to spread the word and call your relatives and friends to divination to find out what their future will be like.

Their predictions and divinations are basically a lot of clichés.At first glance, you are right and match you, but in fact, it is nonsense that can be copied and pasted to anyone without any sense of disobedience. Really capable, otherwise how could he say so many things about me?
So you may start voluntarily becoming his propagandist, helping him cut more and more leeks.

So there are thresholds for being a liar.

Simply pretending to be a ghost is not convincing in itself. You have to learn scientific knowledge to better deceive people and generate income.

After the masters cheat others, they can be grateful to you while giving money.

Maybe a word you say casually can make people think about it for a month.

When you reach this state, you don't have to worry about having nothing to eat.Maybe there will be a lot of supporters who will wash the ground for you in a fancy way.

If someone says a bad word about you, they are more anxious than you, and it doesn't matter if they just spray back a hundred words.

From now on, you won't need to prove yourself in the end. With this group of people, you can blow you to the sky.

In fact, although cold reading is a science, in He Nan's view, it is quite metaphysical.

After all, this thing depends on personal talent.

Some people are naturally good at doing these things.

And some people just can't understand it no matter how they learn it.

Some people say that things like observing words and expressions will naturally increase with social experience.

But in He Nan's view, the extent of this increase is still limited.

It really depends on talent.

To increase the ability in this area, one must work hard on the premise of sufficient talent.

Otherwise it is just a waste of effort.

This is not like memorizing vocabulary, which can be learned by studying hard.

After all, the part that can be taught by social beatings is limited in how to behave in the world.

"Hmm... the street in front of me has already started cultivating Taoism."

He Nan drove past the street where he saw the Penguin gang fighting with the Tombstone gang yesterday, expressing emotion.

The corpse over there was cleaned up, but the blood still remained.

However, it doesn't matter.

There's no need to clean it up completely.

Because construction has already started here.

The streets that still had bloodstains were scraped open by the way.

There are many bullet holes, grenade and grenade craters left here, so a new layer of road needs to be paved.

They were all directly excavated by machines, and workers were either operating pile drivers that were poking at the ground at high speed by the roadside, or cleaning up impurities with shovels.

On both sides of the construction site, signs saying "Construction site, please detour" were erected.

"I think New York may be the place with the most workers in the United States." After driving here, He Nan complained in a low voice: "At least the workers who build roads and buildings are the most. There will always be more work for them. This place in New York There’s not a single day when there isn’t something to rebuild.”

"No one has taken care of the mess that was left when the world merged." Shirley mentioned this, seemingly indifferent, but her tone still hinted at her dissatisfaction: "So many destroyed buildings will not be rebuilt. They are used in slums, and I really admire them."

"There is a big gap because of the financial problem... who knows what's going on, the top is in chaos." He Nan frowned slightly when he said this: "So people are very dissatisfied with this New York government. To be honest, the agent city Maybe the reason why the boss doesn't do anything is because he is afraid of taking responsibility. After all, he is an agent, and his political achievements are not very flattering, and Osborne will definitely not be able to take part in the next competition, so why don't we do anything?"

(End of this chapter)