By striving to create "clarity of effect", most prediction effects suffer from the weakness discussed in this article. Rick Johnsson's Too Perfect Theory may also be a factor. This issue also explains why a good coincidence effect often has a greater impact on an audience than a traditional prediction routine.
When predicting a superhero, it appears suspicious when a popular and well-known character is chosen, such as Superman, Batman or , these days, Ironman. It would be more convincing if the predicted hero were someone less popular, such as Aquaman or even Squirrel Girl!
By striving to create "clarity of effect", most prediction effects suffer from the weakness discussed in this article. Rick Johnsson's Too Perfect Theory may also be a factor. This issue also explains why a good coincidence effect often has a greater impact on an audience than a traditional prediction routine.
When predicting a superhero, it appears suspicious when a popular and well-known character is chosen, such as Superman, Batman or , these days, Ironman. It would be more convincing if the predicted hero were someone less popular, such as Aquaman or even Squirrel Girl!
Thanks for another insightful article, David.
Thank you for the lovely comment Marty!
There's a lot to ponder there for sure and if I ever revisit the effect again I'll be make many changes to make it better.
I'll certainly have to explore that thought with coincidence routines, which I'm sure I've used in the past but never thought about it much.