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Psychic readings....your thoughts?

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  • no1catman
    no1catman Posts: 2,973 Forumite
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    johnnyl wrote: »
    what a silly comment
    Phones are a regular method of communication which require people to speak. Psychics claim to be able to read thoughts and hear things that nobody else can. They dont need to speak to read these. What the scientists have demonstrated is that if you take away the ability to cold read, psychics can not perform the things they claim to be able to do. If they had true psychic abilities, they would be able to.
    However everyone knows that they do in reality need to speak, because it enables them to make generic comments and then feed off the small reactions in the person that they are reading. AKA cold reading.

    No not a silly comment at all!
    I know what a 'phone is - thank you. Surprised you did not understand the analogy I was tryingto make .. oh well.
    The aspect of 'reading thoughts' is valid in the context of the magician who ask someone to pick a card remember it, it is put back in the pack, and then the 'magician' thumbing through picks it out. Or Uri Geller who asks someone to do a drawing, then he does one - and hey presto the same thing.
    That's not what a 'medium' does (and I did use the that term) he/she acts as a channel between this (physical) world and the 'other side'.
    The Scientists seem to think they are only dealing with the medium.
    The point of the 'excercise' is not to give a forecast of what the future may hold, but more to prove that there is life after physical death. Hence, there may be comments - often the medium doesn't know the relevance of, or references to something that was being planned - e.g. 'were you looking at wall paper patterns'.
    Moreover, the comment that comes - may not be for 'you' but a friend/relation who is going through a bad patch and needs extra support!
    AKA - nothing to do with cold reading.
    My partner used to keep a small bible in her handbag (do you know anyone else that does?), took her to a Spiritualist Church to head there - came to her- with just 'yes' 'no' answers and mentioned that she liked to refer to the bible she carried with her. She wasn't thinking about that at the time, and I've never heard a similar comment made since.
    So much for generic comments!
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  • shaz77_2
    shaz77_2 Posts: 1,881 Forumite
    What sort of psychic reads have people had that have came true?
  • thehig
    thehig Posts: 48 Forumite
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    http://www.psychic-experiences.com/psychic-articles/genuine-fraud-psychics.php

    This article made me laugh, the title is "Differences Between Genuine and Fraud Psychics"

    Did anyone else read the that title and think " Errrr there are no differences"

    As there are no genuine Psychics.
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  • omnasia
    omnasia Posts: 67 Forumite
    I've always been very sceptical but have to say I had some help from a spiritualist medium when I needed it. Even now though, I can't seem to believe it 100%, I suppose there are many things we still don't understand.
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