week 1and2, What is Cold Reading?

"What is Cold Reading?"
According to the article "what is Cold Reading?' It means people whoknow what they are doing are able to make use of a procedure knowngenerally as "cold reading," involving a "reader" who is able toconvince a second person that they know all about the client'spersonality, problems and life." as stated in the first page of thearticle. The author uses the examples of psychics, astrologers andmediums who believe that they have unexplainable powers to foreseeothers destiny's and fortunes. I am a non believer in cold readingonly because I feel that some of these people use this tactic for theuse of propaganda and financial gain. There are those lucky fewthat are able to foresee the future and that is a gift from God thatno one can take away from them. I don't agree with those who trickinnocent people who make them believe that they are not successfulbecause they inherited that luck from their ancestors, or making thembelieve that they have a terminal ill disease when it is not true.I do believe that there is an unexplainable mysterious world afterdeath that has not yet been discovered.This article made me think about my mother in law because she is sodevoted to this lady who is sort of a fortune teller – psychic. Sheconstantly goes to get her tarot cards read and so forth, but insteadof telling her something good, the fortune teller always tells mymother in law that she is sick or that something horrible is going tohappen to her. I honestly do not know why she trust this lady, but Iconstantly remind her that if she continues to believe this lady shewill never find out what in reality is wrong with her. I'm a truebeliever that if you're not feeling well and you know that there issomething wrong with you, seek professional medical advice. I findthis a bit disturbing because there are many people out there whoseek medical attention from non-professional license people, who onlybase their readings on the person's facial expressions, movements andhow big their check books look. Cold reading is a wonderful tacticfor those who are willing to help others, but without personal gainand interest.