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Psychics
Psychics, seers, mediums, clairvoyants, and the many other names that those who claim to communicate with the 'other side' call themselves have been around almost as long as time itself. Throughout the ages, they have been vilified by some and heralded by others as 'gifted'. The one thing they ALL have in common...none have proven their abilities as fact. It relies on their word and the anecdotal testimonies of those who have consulted them.
Whether they are out and out frauds (well hello Sylvia Browne) or simply deluded enough to believe they have a gift of some sort, a majority of those who claim to have psychic ability simply use 'cold reading' or fishing techniques to get information that we subconsciously reveal about ourselves. Most that are practicing have a good flair for intuition and can logically put scenarios and events together even with just a bit of information. They watch the body language and reactions of those who are consulting them. They add some educated guesses and voila...a psychic becomes a star.
If it was left at simply a 'show'...a bit that could add to a fun parlor game or in a venue that was expected to be entertaining, that would be one thing. However, they convince people that they are 'helping' them communicate with lost loved ones, helping them plan their futures, and in many cases...claim they are solving crimes for police. No matter that not one psychic has been conclusively proven to SOLVE a crime case, there are many making that claim..and going unquestioned. When they are questioned, the answers are vague if not downright bashing the one doing the questioning. They will offer 'proof' in the way of testimonials from people..human beings that are subject to fallacies and tricks of the brain. They cannot offer documented proof that they are actually doing anything other than some lucky guesses that can be retro-fitted after the fact. And many many times--more often than not actually--they are so dreadfully and tragically wrong.
This page is about reviewing those who make claims and questioning those claims. We are certainly not the first who will publicly expose anyone that has shown true deception and I sincerely hope we are not the last. For far too long, charlatans have been taking advantage of people and the only time it seems to get any real media coverage is if they do something over the top..only to be forgotten later. Until the laws regarding psychics and being able to charge for their 'services' change..or some psychics actually start PROVING their claimed abilities..the need for pages like this will continue.
And so will we. We will never stop questioning.
~Angela and Tkay~
Cold reading is a series of techniques used by mentalists, psychics, fortune-tellers, illusionists, and con artists to determine or express details about another person, often in order to convince them that the reader knows much more about a subject than they actually do. Without prior knowledge of a person, a practiced cold reader can still quickly obtain a great deal of information about the subject by analyzing the person's body language, age, clothing or fashion, hairstyle, gender, sexual orientation, religion, race or ethnicity, level of education, manner of speech, place of origin, etc. Cold readers commonly employ high probability guesses about the subject, quickly picking up on signals from their subjects as to whether their guesses are in the right direction or not, and then emphasizing and reinforcing any chance connections the subjects acknowledge while quickly moving on from missed guesses.
Just a reminder.... So many times when people are called out people over time forget the actions to which these people where called out in the beginning which is sad. This video was up-loaded in 2008 and hell look what happened recently in Cleveland where three teens were found alive after 10 years, they are not teems anymore they lost those fun teenage years. Remember what Miss Browne told Amanda's mother. With that in mind listen to what other "stories" she has told..
For those who believe in psychics, well you are entitled to your opinion, we all have a right to believe in what we want, however I don’t believe in them. I find it very funny there are so many people who claim to have psychic abilities yet they are afraid to take James Randi’s challenge. Wonder why…. But wait there have been some who have taken the challenge, those have been people who I believe and this is my personal opinion, fall in the category of someone having a fantasy prone personality. I have been asked many times through my life if I am a psychic but I believe all I do is cold read.