i personally don't believe in them.
2006-09-07 11:48:49 · 11 answers · asked by nakita 6 in Health ➔ Mental Health
They have a variety of tricks (primarily one called "cold reading") to make their act seem believable. Michael Shermer has written many articles about their techniques. It also helps that people who go to psychics really want to believe, so they grasp at anything that's even close and totally ignore things that are completely wrong. Basically, they rely on human gullibility and inability to think rationally.
2006-09-07 11:54:43 · answer #1 · answered by stevewbcanada 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The reason that many psychics don't win lotterys is that the real ones see things like colors (auras) around people.........or get visions that they can not control. They dont just ask a ? and get an answer. Now..this is the real ones (my oldest daughter now 11 being one of them) the people you see on tv are fakes......but there is no denying the help that psychics give on crime sceans........being a law enforcement family...I have seen it first hand
2006-09-07 19:58:22 · answer #2 · answered by ilike2click 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Open to the idea that there is psychic phenomenon and people sensitive to such things, but I don't believe every Tom, Dick, and Harry that claims psychic abilities.
2006-09-08 14:00:29 · answer #3 · answered by Shaman 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I’ve been a professional clairvoyant for many years, in all four corners of the world, using my psychic insight to guide others on their own unique journeys.
2006-09-08 00:12:37 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most of them are frauds, but I cant ignore that there are circumstances and studies that cant be ignored or proven wrong. The possibility is out there to prove they exist, but I dont believe any of them are as powerful and many would like us to believe.
2006-09-07 18:56:22 · answer #5 · answered by zooba 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If they truely were psychic, why don't you ever see the headline "Psychic wins lottery" or anything else like that?
2006-09-07 18:55:45 · answer #6 · answered by nighthawk_842003 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They are all fakes. They usually have a good sense of human nature and can act very dramatically to get people to believe in them.
2006-09-07 18:54:29 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
i used to not believe. but i went to one as a joke and she was dead on about a lot of things. some of the things she has said have come true. i would definatly go back to one.
2006-09-07 18:56:35 · answer #8 · answered by kimberly20634 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Never did, never will...too much hocus pocus and mirrors...they are just high classed gypsies, no offense to my Italian ancestors lol jk....
2006-09-07 19:38:34 · answer #9 · answered by MotherKittyKat 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Excellent resource: http://www.skepdic.com/
2006-09-07 20:21:55 · answer #10 · answered by The Oldest Man In The World 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋