How much do you believe in a psychic’s prediction, people like Sylvia Browne?

Question

If you actually went for a reading and charging for a ridiculous sky-rocket prices? Do they actually come true?

Answer 1

I don't think psychics are omniscent like God. I think they have a higher level of intuition than most people and they are operating on a level beyond nature as we know it.

Sylvia may be psychic, I don't know. My mother lost her husband this past summer and asked her on Montel's show if he had anything he wanted to say to her and Sylvia said "He'll call you." Well my step-father was never a phone person when he was alive and I sure a heck don't think my mom is going to get a phone call from him.

The sago mine controversy that Sylvia was involved in during the Coast to Coast AM show was proof that psychic powers are not 100% foolproof, I was listening to that show live when she messed up. It would have been better for her to admit she made an inaccurate predicition rather than try to beat around the bush. Sometimes psychics feel a need to protect their credibility and end up hurting it in the end.

I've read Sylvia's books and I think she has a gift, but not as spectacular and perfect as she would want everyone to believe. Don't forget, psychics are business people more often than they are paranormal humans.

Answer 2

I have psychic gifts, so I believe strongly in them, that there are people out there who do have geniune gifts and make geniune predictions. But I loathe the ones who charge outrageous prices like that. I don't and won't ever go to one of those. If they do come true, I'd be surprised. Sylvia Browne is a crock. I don't like her, and that's one of the reasons why. there is just something fishy about her charging $500 for a psychic reading.

Answer 3

Not at all. Sylvia Browne has such a horrid accuracy record it's not funny. When she is right it is because she was so general in her prediction that it could happen at any time and anywhere in the workd. She claims to have helped solve a lot of police cases but there are NO police departments or policemen that will back up those claims. She is a fraud.

Answer 4

The price of the reading does not indicate any authenticity as to the quality of the reading.

For example, if you pay $1000 and wait 1 year to talk to a famous psychic, it doesn't mean that she will be any more accurate then paying $10 to someone at the local fair.

HOWEVER, it does reveal their motivations. What do you think is the driving force when a psychic charges an enormous amount of money to the average joe who is in emotional pain over an event in their life??? It tells me they are out for the money and not really interested in helping joe.

There are a lot of people in this world with genuine abilitities and who use them to help make the world a better place.
Sylvia Browne is NOT one of them.

I hope that helps.
:)

Answer 5

James Randi has spent some time debunking this lady. You will see how she is just plain mean in some cases and regularly lies. Randi has a day counter for keeping track of how long it's been since he personally offered her a million dollars if she could demonstrate her claimed abilities under controlled conditions. (And she agreed on the Larry King show.)

http://www.randi.org/sylvia/ (Who said learning isn't fun?)

Jeezs, people, the woman is a fraud. She is a consummate liar and ruthless con artist. I would think even those who really believe in this stuff would shun her since she is so obviously fake. Or don't you care? And no, she does not have a successful record. In fact, most skilled cold readers or mentalists who do it for entertainment, are better than she is. They're fakes, too, but that is understood between them and their audiences. It's a mental "magic" show--just illusion and deception.

Numerous believers here seem to want to waffle about this. It's not a matter of us and them, as psiexploration would have you believe and the only way the jury would be out on this crook is if they're asleep. Go see some of the videos that James Randi and others have posted. They're not his opinion, they're *her* in action.

Answer 6

My answer is I don't know since there is not enough information to even form an opinion or a belief. I believe people may have this ability but not at 100% accuracy.
In the case of Sylvia Browne skeptics only posts her failures and believers only post her hits.
To the best of my knowledge no one has to date actually attempted to define what information would be considered a miss and what might be considered a hit and then actually study her entire record of predictions.

Certainly some personal predictions could come true like a self fulfilling prophecy. Perhaps they go ahead and move to take that new job (that they asked her about) and in having a positive outlook the move and new job did turn out to be a good thing.

Answer 7

those media psychics consistently get predictions incorrect that make you ask your self how in the worldwide they might in all possibility call themselves "psychic". I mean, Sylvia Browne anticipated that bill Bradley would get the Democratic nomination for President in 2000. in case you will see that into the destiny, how would desire to you in all possibility get that incorrect?

Answer 8

If your jury is out on this woman, see the link.
Stopsylviabrowne.com has been featured on CNN and Fox News.

And to the others that claim they have paranormal ability, talk is cheap. Anyone can "say" they are psychic.
Can't one of you win the James Randi Challenge? Win a million bucks for you or a charity and prove to the world that psychics can do what they claim. Ms. Browne stated on national TV in 2001 that she would. Randi is still waiting.

Answer 9

If their gift is from God...then I don't understand why only the rich can get help from psychics. If I were one...I think I'd be more like the one on Ghost Whisperers...have a job on the side.

Answer 10

~~~ Sylvia Browne is a [Bad Word]! They all are. They're only in it for the money and couldn't care less about helping people who come to them in desperation. I'm sorry to be so blunt,but it's the truth. ~~~