Psychics

One More Toy · 22-08-2015 06:02AM #1

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 · 22-08-2015 06:37AM

Weak minded people are easily led.

I'd throw religion into the pot as well.

DoYouEvenLift · 22-08-2015 06:43AM

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 · 22-08-2015 06:51AM

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 · 22-08-2015 07:28AM

One More Toy wrote: »

Yeah but then you'd be giving them money

It'd be worth the few quid

CliCliW · 22-08-2015 07:34AM

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 · 22-08-2015 07:38AM

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 · 22-08-2015 07:46AM

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 · 22-08-2015 07:55AM

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 · 22-08-2015 08:02AM

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

kyogger · 22-08-2015 08:07AM

DoYouEvenLift wrote: »

It'd be worth the few quid

For them.

Hercule Poirot · 22-08-2015 08:16AM

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 · 22-08-2015 08:16AM

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

mailforkev · 22-08-2015 08:21AM

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 · 22-08-2015 08:34AM

One More Toy wrote: »

How in the hell do people believe in this crap?

One More Toy wrote: »

...Jesus wept...

Irony...

qo2cj1dsne8y4k · 22-08-2015 08:54AM

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.

22-08-2015 08:55AM

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

onlyrocknroll · 22-08-2015 09:06AM

Quazzie wrote: »

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

Dry humour goes a little underapprecited round here

JRant · 22-08-2015 09:09AM

[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 · 22-08-2015 09:11AM

I got a B in physics.

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

Banjo String · 22-08-2015 09:12AM

Yeah that Albert Einstein fella was fulla shıt.

Canis Lupus · 22-08-2015 09:14AM

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?

22-08-2015 09:14AM

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?

22-08-2015 09:16AM

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 · 22-08-2015 09:18AM

[Deleted User] wrote: »

I think their rules do not allow for self enrichment.

Give the numbers to a reputable charity then.

Canis Lupus · 22-08-2015 09:27AM

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???!!!

22-08-2015 09:34AM

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 · 22-08-2015 09:45AM

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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 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 · 22-08-2015 09:48AM

[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 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 · 22-08-2015 09:49AM

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 · 22-08-2015 09:52AM

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.

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