Psychics - Believe in Them or Not?

[MVP]

Hmmm, I have to say that they are real, but I have no way to prove it...

What do you think? :stoned:

MVP Reviewed by MVP on 10-22-2007. Psychics - Believe in Them or Not? Hmmm, I have to say that they are real, but I have no way to prove it... What do you think? :stoned: Rating: 5

[GracefulToke]

I believe some people are on a higher spiritual level then most other people, and can come in contact with spirits. Its true that there are people our there who are fake, but there are people out there who are for real, and use the gift to help others.

[Gandalf_The_Grey]

Absolutely not. Every psychic I've seen, and I've seen a lot of them, has failed to impress me. The average schmo is impressed by their cold-reading techniques (I advise looking up on cold reading), but once you recognize these techniques you see them for the fakery that they are.

Also, James Randi has been debunking people with supposed supernatural powers for about 40 years. He's a skilled magician as well. Just go to James Randi Educational Foundation - Home and check out the James Randi challenge. If you can prove to a mutually agreed-upon, third-party scientific institution that you have any kind of supernatural power (includin psychic powers), Randi will give you $1,000,000 set aside in an account just for that occasion. So far nobody has managed to collect.

[TOOL9]

I must agree with Gandalf

[Coelho]

Q - Do you believe in ghosts?
A - No... all of them are liars!

[Gandalf_The_Grey]

Q - Do you believe in ghosts?
A - No... all of them are liars!

I understand Coelho, dealing with the supernatural is a pain in the ass. God's still angry with me for being an atheist:jointsmile:

[MVP]

Absolutely not. Every psychic I've seen, and I've seen a lot of them, has failed to impress me. The average schmo is impressed by their cold-reading techniques (I advise looking up on cold reading), but once you recognize these techniques you see them for the fakery that they are.

How do you explain what the psychics do when they help solve crimes, like in the series Psychic Detectives on Court TV?

It doesn't seem to be fakery when it leads to results.

Opinions?

[psychocat]

I am in no doubt that it is a load of old cobblers.

[burnable]

I believe psychics have a talent, but it's a talent that everyone potentially has, called intuition. The difference is, the psychics practice the talent to the point that they can ascertain things that are normally esoteric about a person. You can't always judge a person from their looks or their demeanor, but with practice you can be pretty accurate 90% of the time.

[psychocat]

I believe psychics have a talent, but it's a talent that everyone potentially has, called intuition. The difference is, the psychics practice the talent to the point that they can ascertain things that are normally esoteric about a person. You can't always judge a person from their looks or their demeanor, but with practice you can be pretty accurate 90% of the time.

I agree , I am a very good judge of people but I am in no way psychic.