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[–] Speculater@lemmy.world 47 points 3 months ago (2 children)

TL;DR: He was very good at reading human emotions and noticed when people got excited as he approached the correct answer, then stopped.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

This is always the explanation... There is a term for it, and I cannot recall at this moment. It is related to the Clever Hans Effect (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clever_Hans), but there's another term for it... "Facilitated.." something?

Edit: I think it's "facilitated communication" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facilitated_communication

[–] dditty@lemm.ee 2 points 3 months ago

Don't be a neigh-sayer

[–] mlg@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago