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Equally interesting - have you read the research that (dis)credits handwriting analysis, or you just unquestionably accept that it's nonsense? Similar to other
by avip 7y ago
Equally interesting - have you read the research that (dis)credits handwriting analysis, or you just unquestionably accept that it's nonsense?
Similar to other personality-related pseudopseudosciences, there's enough contradicting research to form any opinion (or, more commonly, to support your pre-existing one) [1] [2].
I think the popularity of this method is mainly the result of Forer effect [0]
[1] https://sci-hub.se/https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/019188699290220J?via%3Dihub
[2] https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/3af1/3afd31c55f87c2b1871afe6fc6633e2a2df0.pdf
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barnum_effect