In Popular Culture
A very similar experiment was made during the second episode of the seventh season of the TV show Penn & Teller: Bullshit!. The episode was about Astrology, and also discussed confirmation bias. The results were similar to Forer's study.
A version of the original experiement was also done by illusionist Derren Brown. He described the experiment in his book "Tricks of the Mind" .
Read more about this topic: Forer Effect
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