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Re:Are 80% of Harvard Students First Borns? by enthalpyx on Saturday March 06, 2010 @03:53PM (#1172151)
These descriptions reminded me of horoscopes... I saw characteristics of myself in each one.
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Re:Are 80% of Harvard Students First Borns? by Confusion on Saturday March 06, 2010 @04:54PM (#1172260)
Yeah, that's the Forer Effect[1] at work.

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forer_effect

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