Cold reading is a technique to make others believe that you have psychic powers. After reading everything I could find on cold reading, I ran a two-day experiment during the Veracode Hackathon, where I gave psychic readings to colleagues whom I didn’t know personally. Each participant filled in a survey at the end of the reading, and gave me a short video statement about the experience.

In this talk, introduce the concept of cold reading, my experiments, and recommendations for using cold …