how does cold reading work?

[Pro Gamer]

Cold reading is telling a woman about herself without her thinking you
have any “prior knowledge” about her.

swinggcat said:"He quickly established a commonality through cold reading. Every
natural I know uses some form of cold reading though most don’t know
they use it. Nor have they heard of the word cold reading before."

swinggcat is someone i admire a lot because his stuffs work well and revolutionized seduction so i wonder how true do you think this statement is and how many ways are there to cold read a woman in a way that she starts feeling rapport with you?

 

[AmsterdamAssassin]

Cold reading is telling a woman about herself without her thinking you have any “prior knowledge” about her

There is no 'cold' reading, unless you count the moment before you see her. You start reading her the moment she appears and you can read her character from her poise, the way she carries herself, the clothes she chose to wear, the make-up she chose to use, the energy she throws around or keeps inside.
All that information before you even catch her gaze.

And if you're smart, you don't tell her that. You only tell her enough to let her know that you see her how she wants to be seen.

 

[Pro Gamer]

There is no 'cold' reading, unless you count the moment before you see her. You start reading her the moment she appears and you can read her character from her poise, the way she carries herself, the clothes she chose to wear, the make-up she chose to use, the energy she throws around or keeps inside.
All that information before you even catch her gaze.

And if you're smart, you don't tell her that. You only tell her enough to let her know that you see her how she wants to be seen.

that's kind of cold reading as well but you can tell stuffs about her without seeing her as well. there are universal commonalities such as "you are shy around some people but naughty around some"

 

[AmsterdamAssassin]

there are universal commonalities such as "you are shy around some people but naughty around some"

Only fairly dumb women will swoon over that type of commonalities claptrap.

Spouting general observations that could apply to other women as well is not 'cold reading'.

 

[BackInTheGame78]

By you observing details and piecing things together with the information she has already given you.

Want an example? Watch Reacher, he does it all time.

 

[Pro Gamer]

Only fairly dumb women will swoon over that type of commonalities claptrap.

Spouting general observations that could apply to other women as well is not 'cold reading'.

every woman believe that they are different from others in some way. you don't even need to be a pickup artist or seduction artist in order to observe something like that