Psychics

One More Toy

How in the hell do people believe in this crap?

Darren Brown did a great job of exposing these cunce

There's even a forum dedicated to this nonsense on this very site

Jesus wept. Jpg

AndyBoBandy

Weak minded people are easily led.

I'd throw religion into the pot as well.

DoYouEvenLift

I'd like to go to one and completely bullsh!t them and see how long it takes them to cop on, it'd be even more satisfying than trolling those scammers that call pretending to be Microsoft employees because this would be in person

One More Toy

DoYouEvenLift wrote: »

I'd like to go to one and completely bullsh!t them and see how long it takes them to cop on, it'd be even more satisfying than trolling those scammers that call pretending to be Microsoft employees because this would be in person

Yeah but then you'd be giving them money

DoYouEvenLift

One More Toy wrote: »

Yeah but then you'd be giving them money

It'd be worth the few quid

CliCliW

It's all smoke, mirrors and vague statements. A friend of mine did two tarot readings (I don't have the heart to tell her I don't believe in it as it's all hokum) for me, and they both seemed to fit my situation remarkably. They rely on the subject of the readings to draw meaning from them.

Cee-Jay-Cee

Physics is not smoke and mirrors, it's the branch of science concerned with the nature and properties of matter and energy. The subject matter of physics includes mechanics, heat, light and other radiation, sound, electricity, magnetism, and the structure of atoms.

I got a 'C' in ordinary level Physics in my leaving cert so I was only very average at it. We done loads of experiments and they seemed very real to me. My cousin is a physics teacher too.

DoYouEvenLift

Cee-Jay-Cee wrote: »

Physics is not smoke and mirrors, it's the branch of science concerned with the nature and properties of matter and energy. The subject matter of physics includes mechanics, heat, light and other radiation, sound, electricity, magnetism, and the structure of atoms.

I got a 'C' in ordinary level Physics in my leaving cert so I was only very average at it. We done loads of experiments and they seemed very real to me. My cousin is a physics teacher too.

All that yet you can't tell the difference between physics and psychics

Quazzie

Cee-Jay-Cee wrote: »

Physics is not smoke and mirrors, it's the branch of science concerned with the nature and properties of matter and energy. The subject matter of physics includes mechanics, heat, light and other radiation, sound, electricity, magnetism, and the structure of atoms.

I got a 'C' in ordinary level Physics in my leaving cert so I was only very average at it. We done loads of experiments and they seemed very real to me. My cousin is a physics teacher too.

I predict a hard life ahead with you misreading many basic words.

kneemos

If I was alive I'd have no faith in it.

kyogger

DoYouEvenLift wrote: »

It'd be worth the few quid

For them.

Hercule Poirot

I don't mind the wishy washy fortune tellers too much - if you believe some wierdo with a crystal ball can predict the future then I will think you're a wally but no major harm done.

The real scumbags are the mediums who can "communicate with the dead" - I've seen these people in action and they are nothing but venemous parasites - bleeding money from heartbroken and desperate families, telling parents that their missing children are still alive (and it will turn that they died many years before), that murder victims were definitely killed by (insert description here) - and as for that witch The Long Island Medium (Theresa Caputo), she has been debunked so many times it's not even funny anymore.

kfallon

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIU4-PWRyw4

mailforkev

Google James Randi, he's an old American magician who has spend the last few decades debunking mediums, spiritualists, preachers and other such bunkum artists.

He has a long standing war with Uri Geller.

GrumpyMe

One More Toy wrote: »

How in the hell do people believe in this crap?

One More Toy wrote: »

...Jesus wept...

Irony...

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I went after a bereavement, I know deep down that dead people don't talk to chosen ones, but that said, it did help me at the time in that, they told me what I needed to hear out loud. It being from them, and not the person I missed, didn't matter. I guess it's validation.

I have no time for the fake ones who piggyback on all the good work that the real ones do.

onlyrocknroll

Quazzie wrote: »

I predict a hard life ahead with you misreading many basic words.

Dry humour goes a little underapprecited round here

JRant

[Deleted User] wrote: »

I have no time for the fake ones who piggyback on all the good work that the real ones do.

They're all fake

AnonoBoy

I got a B in physics.

I got a D in English though - fell down on my reading comprehension.

Banjo String

Yeah that Albert Einstein fella was fulla shıt.

Canis Lupus

Deleted User wrote: »

I have no time for the fake ones who piggyback on all the good work that the real ones do.

How do you know the difference?

Omackeral

Deleted User wrote: »

I have no time for the fake ones who piggyback on all the good work that the real ones do.

Why don't the real ones just use their gift to win the lottery?

Omackeral

Omackeral wrote: »

Why don't the real ones just use their gift to win the lottery?

I think their rules do not allow for self enrichment.

kneemos

[Deleted User] wrote: »

I think their rules do not allow for self enrichment.

Give the numbers to a reputable charity then.

Canis Lupus

Deleted User wrote: »

I think their rules do not allow for self enrichment.

What other rules do they have? Is there a psychic convention where they sat down and hashed out this code to live by? Do they have to swear by it or are they all secret millionaires???!!!

Oh oh... what happens if one of them gets caught breaking the rules and winning the lotto? Do they get assassinated? If they get assassinated why don't they see the killer coming? OH MY GAWD SO MANY QUESTIONS???!!!

Canis Lupus

Canis Lupus wrote: »

What other rules do they have?

As I understand, they are not supposed to reveal violent or sudden deaths, they can't say "you'll be hit by a car next Sunday".

Canis Lupus

Deleted User wrote: »

As I understand, they are not supposed to reveal violent or sudden deaths, they can't say "you'll be hit by a car next Sunday".

So they're happy to give you a vague story about getting your dream job maybe sometime in the next year but telling you you're going to die in a week is a no no.

Seems legit.

Kev W

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As I understand, they are not supposed to reveal violent or sudden deaths, they can't say "you'll be hit by a car next Sunday".

So what happens if they break that rule? Do they get arrested by the psychic police and have their powers taken away? Do they get kicked out of the Avengers?

Hercule Poirot

Kev W wrote: »

So what happens if they break that rule? Do they get arrested by the psychic police and have their powers taken away? Do they get kicked out of the Avengers?

They get mind-raped by Professor X

Oryx

You can choose to believe in it or not, but when money is involved in stuff like this cheats and frauds will always be there, because there is no real burden of proof. Barnum statements and cold or hot reading make it easy to persuade needy people. And the money earned can be substantial.

There are, however, psychic and mediumship organisations who have a code of ethics their members must follow.

And James Randi is mentioned in every single discussion on psychics ever. Im waiting on Penn and Teller. Theyre next.

Canis Lupus

Oryx wrote: »

You can choose to believe in it or not, but when money is involved in stuff like this cheats and frauds will always be there, because there is no real burden of proof. Barnum statements and cold or hot reading make it easy to persuade needy people. And the money earned can be substantial.

There are, however, psychic and mediumship organisations who have a code of ethics their members must follow.

And James Randi is mentioned in every single discussion on psychics ever. Im waiting on Penn and Teller. Theyre next.

No need to get snotty about Randi, Penn and Teller just because they tell it like it is. IE it's a load of sh*t and not a single so called psychic has been able to prove it otherwise.

KatW4

I wad brought to one a few months ago and I was very sceptical about it. I went in anyway and he smelled awful but anyway. He starts off by asking was I ever worried about my dad and his health. I said yes. He then said 'well it's in the past, how is he now?' I had to reply with 'Well he died when I was 11....' 'All in the past all in the past' was his response. I didn't take it seriously after that ha!

I also had an ex boyfriend who said he was psychic. I used to laugh at his stupidity. He tried to tell myself and my friends the year we would die. And apparently Leprechauns sit at the bottom of graves to protect them. He wasn't too impressed when I found this hilarious. Needless to say, we didn't last very long.

I just can't take them seriously to be honest. I'd never bother going to see one again.

Oryx

Canis Lupus wrote: »

No need to get snotty about Randi, Penn and Teller just because they tell it like it is. IE it's a load of sh*t and not a single so called psychic has been able to prove it otherwise.

Not getting snotty about them. I just get bored of them being hauled out Every. Single. Time. Are there no new debunkers out there?

And if you want a laugh at how badly fraud can go wrong Ill also haul out an old chestnut: Derek Acorah. Now theres a comedian.

Omackeral

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I think their rules do not allow for self enrichment.

So they do all their stuff for free? Cop-out!!!

Canis Lupus

Oryx wrote: »

Not getting snotty about them. I just get bored of them being hauled out Every. Single. Time. Are there no new debunkers out there?

And if you want a laugh at how badly fraud can go wrong Ill also haul out an old chestnut: Derek Acorah. Now theres a comedian.

But that makes no sense? Why do you need a 'new' debunker? Can the psychic community not just sit down with Randi etc and show conclusively they actually have the 'powers' they claim to have? Why is it so difficult for them?

kylith

Oryx wrote: »

Not getting snotty about them. I just get bored of them being hauled out Every. Single. Time. Are there no new debunkers out there?

And if you want a laugh at how badly fraud can go wrong Ill also haul out an old chestnut: Derek Acorah. Now theres a comedian.

Why do we need new debunkers if the ones we already have are doing a good job?

fran17

One More Toy wrote: »

How in the hell do people believe in this crap?

Darren Brown did a great job of exposing these cunce

There's even a forum dedicated to this nonsense on this very site

Jesus wept. Jpg

Psychics! Its nothing more than fairground hucksterism.

Hands up, my posts about some of them being good was as fake as they are.

Duggy747

Oryx wrote: »

Not getting snotty about them. I just get bored of them being hauled out Every. Single. Time. Are there no new debunkers out there?

Why does there have to be new ones when the regular ones have been doing a fine job for decades? They're "hauled out" because they, especially Randi, have had such notable and high-profile successes debunking psychics, faith healers, etc.

Hercule Poirot

Canis Lupus wrote: »

No need to get snotty about Randi, Penn and Teller just because they tell it like it is. IE it's a load of sh*t and not a single so called psychic has been able to prove it otherwise.

This x100 - how many times have Uri Geller and others been debunked only to say "I didn't feel the energy" or some other nonsense that day?

Amazing how when Randi gets them to perform under his conditions they "don't feel the energy", but when the psychic has complete control over the conditions the energy flows like a river

Mesrine65

I like to ring the Irish psychic helpline & ask them if they knew I was going to ring

Mesrine65

fran17 wrote: »

hucksterism

Bravo sir, I like this word

Hammer89

AnonoBoy wrote: »

I got a D in English though

Did you report this mate?

Cienciano

"Is there a John in the audience?"
"Have one of your grandparents passed away?"

They got it right! Amazing

NotCominBack

Quantum Psychics is where its at these days

DEFTLEFTHAND

I remember a group of Boardsies waged war against TV3's late night 'Psychics Live' programme a couple of summers backs (to the extent that the psychics themselves began mentioning boards.ie during broadcasts.) Look up some of the threads in the tv forum, they were good craic.

CliCliW

May I ask, it's clear everyone here more or less has a problem with psychics and fortune tellers, but what are your opinions on magicians and the like?

To me they're a stones throw away from each other, but I'd like to hear thoughts. If you're so against psychics then are you against magicians too?

DEFTLEFTHAND

CliCliW wrote: »

May I ask, it's clear everyone here more or less has a problem with psychics and fortune tellers, but what are your opinions on magicians and the like?

To me they're a stones throw away from each other, but I'd like to hear thoughts. If you're so against psychics then are you against magicians too?

Do Magicians for the most part not acknowledge that their act is an illusion, it's purpose is to entertain. Psychics deceive their 'marks' and exploit their emotional state for profit.

Huntergonzo

Should psychics not be made to either prove their 'ability' or if they can't then advertise that what they're doing is all just a bit of fun, otherwise they're deliberately misleading people aren't they and as such should be prosecuted.

Ps, yes all supernatural claims are absolute pants and quite honestly aren't even interesting. It's sad to see people fall for such blatant nonsense when the universe we live in so genuinely mysterious and intriguing.

Cee-Jay-Cee

DoYouEvenLift wrote: »

All that yet you can't tell the difference between physics and psychics

And you have no sense of humour.

Quazzie wrote: »

I predict a hard life ahead with you misreading many basic words.

And you slightly less.