It reminds me of the Forer Effect, usually used to describe how Horoscopes can sound like they apply to you, but are written in an abstract enough way such that

It reminds me of the Forer Effect, usually used to describe how Horoscopes can sound like they apply to you, but are written in an abstract enough way such that they could possibly apply to anybody. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forer_effect http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forer_effect