People actually think this woman is psychic?

[misle]

I was at my parents' house a while back and my mother was watching some talk show that had Sylvia Brown on it. I just laughed and mom tried to defend her.

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[sonambulo]

yeah dude

do not ever ever doubt the bounds of what stupid siht will fall out of peoples' mouths

 

[allisolm]

Montel Williams must think so. She's on his show at least once a week.

Sylvia: "I'm sensing someone close to you has died."

Audience member: "Oh my God, you're right! My grandfather Daniel passed 10 years ago!"

Sylvia: "Yes, it's Grandpa Dan. He wants you to know he loves you."

Montel: "Isn't she amazing?"

 

[ForumMaster]

i...i...i don't know what to do. laugh my ass of. i don't know! she's an idiot. he was a fireman in 9/11 and he somehow drowned? WTF?

 

[Glavinsolo]

Not to bash psychics or anything but for every real 1 that has talent there are 10,000 fakers. So it is easy to be skeptical.

 

[zoiks]

Originally posted by: Glavinsolo
Not to bash psychics or anything but for every real 1 that has talent there are 10,000 fakers. So it is easy to be skeptical.

You mean that you believe that there are some "real" psychics out there?

 

[Whoozyerdaddy]

Originally posted by: Glavinsolo
Not to bash psychics or anything but for every real 1 that has talent there are 10,000 fakers. So it is easy to be skeptical.

Being "psychic" is little more than a cool magic trick. The hucksters claim to be psychic. The guys who use it as part of an act call it mentalism. Basically you start with general questions and observe the reactions of the person you are "reading". Then you work from the general to the specific.

Sylvia Brown is an idiot becaue she goes straight for the specifics. "She was shot." Whoops... She's not even a good fake.

 

[Baked]

They know you want some if you buy them flowers and bling. If that isn't psychic, I don't know what is.

 

[SVT Cobra]

This reminds me of the South Park episode where Stan does cold reading, it may have been exagerrated, but it wasn't far from the truth.

 

[eits]

HAHAHAHA

"she was shot"
"😕?"

 

[JLGatsby]

The Great Unwashed will believe anything.

 

[eits]

PFFFFFT! yeah, ok.

 

[ProviaFan]

Originally posted by: Glavinsolo
Not to bash psychics or anything but for every real 1 that has talent there are 10,000 fakers. So it is easy to be skeptical.

Hahahaha... :laugh:

Whoozyerdaddy answered this well. Until someone can prove their psychic-ness, I feel fully justified in thinking that they're all full of ____.

 

[DrPizza]

Originally posted by: Glavinsolo
Not to bash psychics or anything but for every real 1 that has talent there are 10,000 fakers. So it is easy to be skeptical.

Bwaahaaahaahaa!
Glavinsolo believes in psychic powers!

90% of psychics fool 30% of the population. We'll call them retards.
Of those 90%, 30% have the ability to fool another 20% of the population, for a total of 50% of the population who believes some psychics...

Getting to the point, at least you fall into the upper percentile of people who are fooled by very few of the psychics.

 

[rubix]

too bad she is afraid to take the million dollar challenge, like every other scam artist out there.