Palmistry
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Palmistry[1] is a bunch of crap that claims to be able to tell a person's future based on the lines on the palm of their hand. It has its roots in ancient Hindi astrology. It is generally accepted as fraudulent, considering one of the "methods" is to make stuff up. Strangely, some people believe in it. They're probably the same people who read their stars in the paper or go to fairground fortune-tellers for genuine advice.
[edit] See also
- Cold reading (or how most of palmistry actually works)
- Phrenology
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[edit] Footnotes
- ↑ Also called chiromancy by people who like to get all mystical about it or to show off what fancy words they know. The root is the same as in chiropractic - χειρ is Greek for "hand".