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07 — Debunking

Frameworks the channel argues are pseudoscience, and — more usefully — why they feel true anyway.

SourceUpdated 22 Aug 2026

07 — Debunking

Frameworks the channel argues are pseudoscience, and — more usefully — why they feel true anyway.

VideoFocus
MBTI, DiSC and Insights DiscoveryOverview of all the personality tools
Why MBTI makes you worse at reading peopleThe Barnum effect — and its use in luxury sales
DiSC is nonsenseMarston's history in full
NLP's Borrowed Credibility25 min — including his own master practitioner course
The Colour Psychology MythReplication failure; meaning is learned

Topic synthesis: what-is-nonsense-and-why-it-persists.md

> Why this cluster earns its place: it establishes the channel's evidential standard, and it explains the mechanisms — Barnum effect, evaluative conditioning, borrowed credibility — that also operate in luxury selling itself.