RE: US man sues psychic who 'promised to remove ex-girlfriend curse'
October 6, 2021 at 12:07 pm
Psychic "Winter is coming"
Sane people, "No shit sherlock".
Psychics to me are no different than the idiots who claim the bible contains prophecy.
The logic behind both is basically retrofitting after the fact, it is working backwards to lead the gullible to a conclusion that appeals to them.
I love Penn and Teller for their honesty. They never sell their act as being supernatural, but a mere trick. Psychics are cons whom refuse to admit it is merely mental manipulation. "Mentalists" would be equivalent to "Illusionist" which Penn and Teller would prefer to associate themselves to.
I don't know how many here know of Brian Sapient of Rational Responders. But he once got challenged by Uri Geller, on Youtube over using Uri's footage, basically calling Uri out on his con. Brian handed him his ass noting "fair use" because Brian was merely criticizing his act.
If one is honest in saying "look at this, but it is merely a trick", I have no problem with that. I used to know some mental trick myself, long since forgotten. It was the one where you ask someone what number you are thinking of, then ask them a series of questions, and you end up with the number they thought of. It is merely leading.
But most who claim to be "psychics" will not admit they have no super natural power. And especially the phone psychics and on line psychics are nothing more than pick pockets.
Sane people, "No shit sherlock".
Psychics to me are no different than the idiots who claim the bible contains prophecy.
The logic behind both is basically retrofitting after the fact, it is working backwards to lead the gullible to a conclusion that appeals to them.
I love Penn and Teller for their honesty. They never sell their act as being supernatural, but a mere trick. Psychics are cons whom refuse to admit it is merely mental manipulation. "Mentalists" would be equivalent to "Illusionist" which Penn and Teller would prefer to associate themselves to.
I don't know how many here know of Brian Sapient of Rational Responders. But he once got challenged by Uri Geller, on Youtube over using Uri's footage, basically calling Uri out on his con. Brian handed him his ass noting "fair use" because Brian was merely criticizing his act.
If one is honest in saying "look at this, but it is merely a trick", I have no problem with that. I used to know some mental trick myself, long since forgotten. It was the one where you ask someone what number you are thinking of, then ask them a series of questions, and you end up with the number they thought of. It is merely leading.
But most who claim to be "psychics" will not admit they have no super natural power. And especially the phone psychics and on line psychics are nothing more than pick pockets.
