[What an odd newsgroup choice.] Consult a work on `cold reading' e.g. by Ray Hyman. news:sci.skeptic FAQ http://wheel.dcn.davis.ca.us/~btcarrol/skeptic/dict19.html#palmistry http://wheel.dcn.davis.ca.us/~btcarrol/skeptic/dict7.html#coldreading Obscience, Obsoftware: interesting psychology, and user interface designers should certainly grok such things.