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Re:I was an astrologer by gvb on Thursday November 07, 2019 @08:04AM (#21472786)
> A student there mentioned she wasn’t sure what to specialize in – photography, graphic design or maybe industrial design?

It was also the first element in the list. Humans tend to sort by preference, often subconsciously.

Re:I was an astrologer by lm28469 on Thursday November 07, 2019 @08:27AM (#21472933)
That's how they make you believe, by using basic human patterns/behaviours, they don't read stars/cards/palms, they read you and make you believe they know more about you than yourself, which can be helpful in some ways if you never self reflect.
Re:I was an astrologer by precisioncoder on Thursday November 07, 2019 @09:37AM (#21473541)
We do sort but it can be hard to know the order, if you ask whether they eat their favorite food first or last it can give you a valuable clue as to how they sort