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I must admit I always believed in psychics, to a certain degree, but on seeing this on TV and reading this now I'm not so sure.
http://www.theanswerb...y/Question894216.html
Sally Morgan seemed good on TV a few years back, I wondered about her live show.
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Sally Morgan seemed good on TV a few years back, I wondered about her live show.
Psychics...
They are all charlatans. Every single one of them.
Does anyone, hand on heart, believe that these psychics can actually hear and speak to the dead?
Seriously?
As far as I can tell, all the dead appear to do is randomly shout out names that may or may be relevant to the living and make vague pronouncements about the number of people in a family or other such mundane rubbish. Listening to so called psychics, you'd think all they can actually hear from the dead is something like, “Sharon! Dave! Three kids! Grandma! Gout! Letterbox! Pea & Ham soup!”. Utter gibberish.
If these people could actually communicate with the dead (which they claim to be able to do) why do they never ask the dead some really important questions – such as, “What is it like to be dead?”, “Are you surrounded by friends and family?”, “Is there a God?”, “Is there a Hell?”, “Are you detached from time?”, etc.
And if psychics can't ask specific questions of the dead why do the dead never think to volunteer anything interesting other than shouting out the names of their relatives?
They are all charlatans. Every single one of them.
Does anyone, hand on heart, believe that these psychics can actually hear and speak to the dead?
Seriously?
As far as I can tell, all the dead appear to do is randomly shout out names that may or may be relevant to the living and make vague pronouncements about the number of people in a family or other such mundane rubbish. Listening to so called psychics, you'd think all they can actually hear from the dead is something like, “Sharon! Dave! Three kids! Grandma! Gout! Letterbox! Pea & Ham soup!”. Utter gibberish.
If these people could actually communicate with the dead (which they claim to be able to do) why do they never ask the dead some really important questions – such as, “What is it like to be dead?”, “Are you surrounded by friends and family?”, “Is there a God?”, “Is there a Hell?”, “Are you detached from time?”, etc.
And if psychics can't ask specific questions of the dead why do the dead never think to volunteer anything interesting other than shouting out the names of their relatives?
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The short answer is because none of this happens. The dead do not speak. They don't exist in some other dimension or on some other plane that only certain 'gifted' people can 'tune into'.
All 'good' psychics are very talented 'cold readers'. Cold reading is a very simple technique but if you're good at it, it can look damn convincing. It's a bit like ventriloquism in that anyone can do it but most people aren't very good at it. But some people who have a natural flair so such things and who practise, practise, practise, can become exceptionally good at it. So much so, that when you see a gifted performer, you do start to ask yourself, 'how are they doing that?!'.
But it's still just a trick – the psychic doesn't speak to the dead in exactly the same way that a ventriloquist's dummy doesn't actually talk.
The short answer is because none of this happens. The dead do not speak. They don't exist in some other dimension or on some other plane that only certain 'gifted' people can 'tune into'.
All 'good' psychics are very talented 'cold readers'. Cold reading is a very simple technique but if you're good at it, it can look damn convincing. It's a bit like ventriloquism in that anyone can do it but most people aren't very good at it. But some people who have a natural flair so such things and who practise, practise, practise, can become exceptionally good at it. So much so, that when you see a gifted performer, you do start to ask yourself, 'how are they doing that?!'.
But it's still just a trick – the psychic doesn't speak to the dead in exactly the same way that a ventriloquist's dummy doesn't actually talk.
The way I look at this subject is ,that if it gives some people peace of mind or makes someones passing a little easier to take,then ok BUT what I do object to is the vast sums of money being fleeced out of the general public, filling a hall with 4,000 people a night paying approx £25 a time ,in the hope that they might just be able to contact someone is to say the very least clutching at straws,it is amazing how many of these guys are coming out of the woodwork who ALL seem to have this amazing gift ,that they probably they didn't know they had until they realised that there was so much money to be made ,I used to work with a chap when I was on tour with my band and he could tell people the most amazing things ,I was amazed until he explained that how he achieved this ,so I tried and the results were amazing .I live in Cornwall and I met a chap from Doncaster and after talking to him for a few minutes I had him believing that I had lived around the corner from his house ,all about the town centre, his family, it was amazing I surprised myself ,the thing is people will believe anything that they want to hear and even things they do not want to hear.
Add to this masses of people around them the build up the apprehension ,nerves,added with a little showbiz, humour,dramatic music then a little soothing talk ,then wham Bam it is all over ,gone into the night back to the Holiday Inn with a Large bag of cash and we drive back to our council house in our escort van feeling deflated ,what can we do, well the answer to get the gift ,because if you had the gift you would have seen this coming ..
Add to this masses of people around them the build up the apprehension ,nerves,added with a little showbiz, humour,dramatic music then a little soothing talk ,then wham Bam it is all over ,gone into the night back to the Holiday Inn with a Large bag of cash and we drive back to our council house in our escort van feeling deflated ,what can we do, well the answer to get the gift ,because if you had the gift you would have seen this coming ..
And one of the reasons for that " for entertainment purposes only" disclaimer is that there is, in the UK, a legal act - The Fraudulent Mediums Act of 1951, under which mediums and spiritualists can be prosecuted if they can be shown to be deliberately attempting to defraud.
This is seen as a bit weak however ( how do you prove intent?), so there are proposals to bring the legislation under the consumer protection act, and mediums and psychics are definitely worried about that idea. I, on the other hand, quilte like the idea :)
Interesting article on this from a couple of years ago;
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/7354089.stm
This is seen as a bit weak however ( how do you prove intent?), so there are proposals to bring the legislation under the consumer protection act, and mediums and psychics are definitely worried about that idea. I, on the other hand, quilte like the idea :)
Interesting article on this from a couple of years ago;
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/7354089.stm
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