Do you believe in the psychics?

7sr2z3fely84g5

I know many who swear by these,im bit of sceptic,i think it's just down to luck and half confirmation of answers by those who go to see them,usually hear stories of a birth or death being accurately predicted

Any personal stories?

themadchef

Then i saw her face............

Oranage2

I do believe some people have psychic powers, as for your avarage psychic Sally, not a chance

Gran Hermano

How many times have you read in the media "Psychic wins Lottery"?

DrHLecter

do you mean the 'telling the future' type psychics or the 'tell what youre thinking type read your mind type' ?

dr.bollocko

I'd trust them like I'd trust a homeopathic accident and emergency ward.

To expand further: They're all charlatans, cons and BS artists wishing to separate people from their money.

Science be praised.

Kevin Duffy

I knew you were going to start this thread.

starbelgrade

I almost had a Psychic girlfriend once, but she left me before we even met.

Celly Smunt

starbelgrade wrote: »

I almost had a Psychic girlfriend once, but she left me before we even met.

mind=blown

dlofnep

dr.bollocko wrote: »

To expand further: They're all charlatans, cons and BS artists wishing to separate people from their money.

Science be praised.

Was going to post, but Dr. Bollocko has said it all for me.

Guy:Incognito

No

blockedPaT

Nope think they guess it all

Pompey Magnus

dr.bollocko wrote: »

I'd trust them like I'd trust a homeopathic accident and emergency ward.

I don't know, they seem to know what they are on about:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMGIbOGu8q0

partyatmygaff

You may possibly have a happy or sad event in your life somewhere in the very vague future. You may meet new people and may foster new friendships.

...

Fools and their money part easily.

OutlawPete

Wtf!

Physics is a natural science that involves the study of matter and its motion through spacetime, as well as all related concepts, including energy and force. More broadly, it is the general analysis of nature, conducted in order to understand how the universe behaves.

How can you not believe in it

Stained Class

I don't believe in them.

After all, if there was just one of them in the world worth a crap, then Maddie would be found, dead or alive.

Hasn't happened though. Has it?:rolleyes:

Kevin Duffy

starbelgrade wrote: »

I almost had a Psychic girlfriend once, but she left me before we even met.

But....to know that, you'd have to be psychic yourself....ooohhhh starbelgrade is one of them....

galwayrush

All ****e.

Saila

love the way you made it sound like the toothfairy/santa claus/easter bunny question when we were kids

Kinky Slinky

I believe in Psychic-type Pokémon

Deus Ex Machina

If any psychic powers existed they would be sufficiently advantageous from a natural selection stand point to have gene or genes which codes for them propagated throughout the population. Instead, just a tiny percentage of people claim (although don't prove) that they have psychic powers. This alone is enough to make me 99.9999999999% certain they don't exist.

Fremen

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22Tj_l4PcPs

dilallio

Definitely not

bnt

No; a more interesting question is whether or nor the psychics believe in me ... :cool:

strobe

dr.bollocko wrote: »

To expand further: They're all charlatans, cons and BS artists wishing to separate people from their money.

To be fair there are also the ones that genuinely believe they can do it. The ones that have conned themselves. You know...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txrikNFX-8E

pragmatic1

The day that a psychic wins the lotto for the third week in a row is when I'll believe them.

DrHLecter

would people on here be think me quite the mmm.. buffon if i said that although generally skeptical and previously having the 'what a crock of ****' opinion that i believe a very few choice people have developed what can be described as psychic abilities through deep meditation.

TeddyTedson

Believe in them.:eek: I'm met them buddy. Psycho chicks are everywhere, and are very clever, they can act normal for months before revealing their true from. Be warned young friend.

noxqs

As long as there's uneducated people around - someone will believe in homeopathy, psychics, crystal healing, chakra, horoscopes, astrology etc.

And the funniest thing about these people is, that they are convinced that its just the rest of the world which has it all wrong or we lack the special 'spiritual attunement' to see it.

Pure, unadulterated, bull****.

But just like various scams there's always someone willing to fall for it.

The burden of proof is on them. Science is currently standing triumphant on a mountain of data, facts, and long standing theories which has given us real technology and advancement. What has people believing in the paranormal contributed? Ever?

Da Shins Kelly

Nope. I'm sure there are 'psychics' who genuinely believe they have a gift, they've fooled themselves into believing it. However, I think most of them are simply skilled manipulators who feed off the vulnerable. They're just pretty clever people who are good at reading body language etc., but they're definitely not psychic.

omen80

Psychics are assholes who take money from vulnerable people who are looking for answers or have lost someone in their lives. I loathe them, no one has psychic powers.

sh1tstirrer

It's a load of bollox. Anyone watch John Edwards he tries to connect with someone in his audience by giving an initial of their dead relatives first name. When he finds someone he still has difficulty getting the dead relatives name as he says they aren't very clear, yet when he finishes he can relay a message in plain clear english from the dead relative to the person in the audience :rolleyes:
Cold reading is what they call it. Some of them do a background check on their future audience and know exactly where they will be sitting on the night.

aidan24326

omen80 wrote: »

Psychics are assholes who take money from vulnerable people who are looking for answers or have lost someone in their lives. I loathe them, no one has psychic powers.

You're quite right. They are, without exception, charlatans. (and that's putting it nicely)

bnt wrote: »

No; a more interesting question is whether or nor the psychics believe in me ... :cool:

That isn't really a very interesting question at all.

Gummy Panda

Only if they are from Mars and were exposed to damaging rays due to cheap domes

Console

Psychics are cons.
While I still remain open to the fact that a person might be in touch to be able to see things (after all, theres a popular word in the english dictionary: intuition) I believe 99.9 percent of so called "Psychics" are cons.

Which further proves the point that while your average person can be smart... they can be totally stupid at the same time.

But hey, if you can create a business charging 1.50 a min on a phone call? ... can you blame them.

shannon_tek

themadchef wrote: »

Then i saw her face............

This is what came to mind http://youtu.be/3s3aUlb5fWA

TheBunk1

Absolute con artists the lot if em. Maybe some of them actually believe they have "psychic powers", probably influenced by the obscene money the suck from vulnerable people.

Look up cold reading and it's various techniques and you'll see how it's done. Some of these charlatans are absolute experts at this and can pick up information from the slightest body signals.

Fuppin baxtards!

Larianne

My friend uses them and to a degree, lives her life based on what they say. Kinda sad really. :cool:

Bunch of con artists!

later12

Back in the '40s and '50s my Grandmother was a fan of ouija boards and tarot packs, and my Grandfather maintained that her un-Godly works led her to an encounter with the devil somewhere in the process... who apparently has cloven feet, seven feet tall, wears a priests hat, and is followed everywhere by a black pig. For years my Grandad himself claimed to see black pigs on his farm.

Anyway she supposedly predicted many strange events in our family, for example a premonition about the death of her son who died in France, caught appendicitis at the same time as my mother, had a premonition that she would be extremely disabled near to death, which she was, and predicted that her family line would have no issue after the turn of the century, and that the last son would die before his thirtieth birthday... that is me and I am currently 24!

It's a bit of a spook story that always gets told in our house at funerals and weddings, and I don't necessarily believe any of it is supernatural. I still mull over my birthdays and look twice crossing the street though:)

clived2

starbelgrade wrote: »

I almost had a Psychic girlfriend once, but she left me before we even met.

" oh he will have a rapist wit, and he will be psychic like me
But alas he will not be good in bed, not packin the meat so we
Will never meet "




Starbelgrade's psychic girlfriend

The Scientician

Load of b,ollix as far as I can see. Apart from psychics not all being betting zillionaires there's the problem that if they can see the future then it is preordained somehow, so no effort we make to do anything is of any use, as it's all been set in stone for us, or something man.

Amazotheamazing

later10 wrote: »

Back in the '40s and '50s my Grandmother was a fan of ouija boards and tarot packs, and my Grandfather maintained that her un-Godly works led her to an encounter with the devil somewhere in the process... who apparently has cloven feet, seven feet tall, wears a priests hat, and is followed everywhere by a black pig. For years my Grandad himself claimed to see black pigs on his farm.

Anyway she supposedly predicted many strange events in our family, for example a premonition about the death of her son who died in France, caught appendicitis at the same time as my mother, had a premonition that she would be extremely disabled near to death, which she was, and predicted that her family line would have no issue after the turn of the century, and that the last son would die before his thirtieth birthday... that is me and I am currently 24!

It's a bit of a spook story that always gets told in our house at funerals and weddings, and I don't necessarily believe any of it is supernatural. I still mull over my birthdays and look twice crossing the street though:)

Easy way to break that would be to knock someone up. 10 years without a birth in the family wouldn't be that unusual depending on how the various ages worked out.

BASHIR

I thought this said physics thank **** this is my last exam
Nah those guys are frauds

Coriolanus

later10 wrote: »

Back in the '40s and '50s my Grandmother was a fan of ouija boards and tarot packs, and my Grandfather maintained that her un-Godly works led her to an encounter with the devil somewhere in the process... who apparently has cloven feet, seven feet tall, wears a priests hat, and is followed everywhere by a black pig. For years my Grandad himself claimed to see black pigs on his farm.

Anyway she supposedly predicted many strange events in our family, for example a premonition about the death of her son who died in France, caught appendicitis at the same time as my mother, had a premonition that she would be extremely disabled near to death, which she was, and predicted that her family line would have no issue after the turn of the century, and that the last son would die before his thirtieth birthday... that is me and I am currently 24!

It's a bit of a spook story that always gets told in our house at funerals and weddings, and I don't necessarily believe any of it is supernatural. I still mull over my birthdays and look twice crossing the street though:)

You need to break the curse. Off to tLL with ye now and ask if anyones willing to go halves on a bastard.

Seachmall

If I could predict the future or talk to the dead I wouldn't be doing it on LivingTV. I might actually try and better the world.

Anybody who falls for this sh*t deserves to get fleeced.

sensibleken

Tatum Fit Cow wrote: »

I know many who swear by these,im bit of sceptic,i think it's just down to luck and half confirmation of answers by those who go to see them,usually hear stories of a birth or death being accurately predicted

Any personal stories?

How difficult is that? I predict my friend will give birth in or around the 7th June.

Accuratley predicting a death reminds me of the tale of a supposed miracle by St Columba where he acurately predicted the death of a man within g3 days of his arrival on Iona. I think he had plague

omen80 wrote: »

Psychics are assholes who take money from vulnerable people who are looking for answers or have lost someone in their lives. I loathe them, no one has psychic powers.

i knew youd say that

mconigol

Just started watching some of Derren Browns stuff in the last few days. Interesting stuff. Definitely one for all believers to watch.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLbesxxKzcM

mconigol

BASHIR wrote: »

I thought this said physics thank **** this is my last exam
Nah those guys are frauds

Sorry to tell you now but if you can't even tell the difference between physics and psychics then you're royally screwed! Good luck though!

Babooshka

sensibleken wrote: »

How difficult is that? I predict my friend will give birth in or around the 7th June.

I predict your friend's baby will have an arse.

I'm seeing an arse...is there anyone in the audience who's lost someone recently who had an arse?

Seachmall

mconigol wrote: »

Definitely one for all believers to watch.

No, those people are just stupid or were manipulated. That couldn't happen to me, I'm certain I couldn't make such mistakes in my beliefs and if I did I believe I'm rational enough to look at them objectively and correct them.

Babooshka wrote:

I predict your friend's baby will have an arse.

I'm seeing an arse...is there anyone in the audience who's lost someone recently who had an arse?

I once saw an unedited Colin Fry show where he stood on front of 5000 people and go "A novel, I see a novel, anyone here reading a novel?" 5000 hands go up. "It's a classic, an old one. Anyone reading a classic?". 2000 hands go up. "It was made into a movie, anyone here reading a classic novel that was made into a movie?" 100 hands go up. "It's 'Little Women', anyone here reading Little Women?". 2 hands go up. "Hmm", points at lady in crowd who doesn't have her hand up, "are you reading Little Women miss?" "No, I'm not" "But you know someone who has?" "Yes, my mother read it" "And your mother has passed on?" "Yes, last year".

The crowd was stunned.

hacked

I had my gallbladder removed a week ago, and they let me go a couple of hours after surgery. Obviously still in a great deal of pain, my boyfriend drove me to the chemist and helped me hobble in to fill my prescription.

On the way out, this crazy woman comes running over and grabs my arm. "Darling! What's wrong?" she cries before announcing she is a psychic. She began giving me bogus medical advice and telling me to perform crazy rituals to banish negativity, capture positivity and speed recovery. She then began talking about my ex who was "not very good for me" that I needed to "let it go and leave it in the past" and commented on my boyfriend standing next to me saying "he is an angel who fell from heaven" and that he would "not be like the last, he will treat you well".

She then proceeded to guess I was 16....I'm 22. Had to pinch the boyfriend a few times to remain serious haha! Load of ****e and guesswork thatcould be true of literally anyone. After this experience I did find it's value in comdey though...