Why do Larry King and Montel Williams keep putting psychics on their shows?  Do they think we watch that?
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I love watching Montel...but I ALWAYS change the channel when Sylvia Browne is on!! I can't stand to watch it!!
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I find Larry King to be extremely annoying.  The only time I'll watch him is if one of my absolute favorites is on as a guest.  Otherwise, he's just another click on channel line-up.
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Actually, the person who responded previously is wrong.   There is evidence which suggests there is something to psychic or intuitive power. They often help detectives in murder cases where there are no leads, which is a good thing.   \nStudies of the top psychics under impartial scientific analysis have shown that they DO get it right more often then their non-psychic counterparts, but it doesn't mean they ALWAYS get it right, just more often then the rest of us.     So much so that even our own government wanted to use those who had psychic power as spys, I think they call it remote viewing? anyway they cancelled the project because it was too unreliable. UNRELIABLE, not fake or untrue, they didn't deny there was something there, they just couldn't control it and rely on it for accurate information. the government obviously knew there was an amount of "psychic power" or else they would have never started a project like that in the first place. \n Do they talk to dead people? I don't know, I think many of them are mind readers. There is a lot more to what meets the eye than many of us are willing to admit.  People who are religious of course call anything which is mystical and outside the barriers of organized religion demonic.  \nHundreds of years ago, if you told someone they get sick because there are microscopic "bugs" that get into our bodies through our breath and multiply, they would accuse you of being a heritic or maybe a witch, you cohort with demons, because it is the devil which makes them sick or whatever other ignorant barbarism they attributed to illness.  \nBut it was a fact that applies now as it did then: just because you can't see something with the naked eye does not mean it's not there.  \n It is human nature to say when we don't understand something which is a mystery that it is totally fake or it is demonic.   I don't think it is either. I think it is somewhere in between the material world we see and the world or worlds which we can not.
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You're right. Psychics are just very observant, they can't really see into the furture. I have never seen anyone of them come right out and say something concrete. Especially the ones who claim to be talking to the dead, "I'm getting someone their name begins with a M or an N or wait maybe it begins wiht a P" Its total Phishing and I think they should all be arrested for taking advantage of people who are in pain.
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Yes, these things have been widely scientifically tested.\n\nOver a period of more than 20 years, the CIA and Pentagon spent approximately $20 million to study and employ numerous "psychics." They were supposed to help track down terrorists, find hostages, help anti-drug activities, etc. Experiments were conducted on precognition, clairvoyance, and remote viewing.\n\nThe "psychics" were accurate about 15% of the time when they were helping the CIA.   Fifteeen percent?  Is this supposed to convince us to pay them to help the United States government?  Utts says she thinks "they would be effective if used in conjunction with other intelligence." My intelligence tells me that 15% accuracy isn't much help no matter what it's used in conjunction with--that's an 85% failure rate! So 85% of the time, spies would be wasting their time and resources on incorrect information. We're supposed to be happy with that? And that's presuming she's right about the 15%.\n\nThe results have always been the same: psychic phenomena achieve the same results as random guesses.\n\nWhat that means is that they don't exist. People who call themselves psychics are either deluded and simply guessing, or more often they are charlatans like John Edward who try to take people's money by pretending to be psychic,
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I think a lot, if not most psychics are fake. I do believe that there are people who have "the power," but would never make themselves a fortune teller because it sounds completely wrong to sell your talent.
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I don't believe that anyone has psychic abilities. It's more for entertainment value.
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I would be thankful. Sure not all psychics do things for the betterment of man but many do and have the gift. More law enforcement use psychics on a regular basis that you would think. \nYep, I would be thankful!
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I think the police think they hinder investigations, and just get in the way.  If they were psychic, they would be able to tell the police exactly where to look for a body, not tell them to look beside a maple tree near a dirt road.  They're never specific about anything.  In my opinion though, when all else fails, they use them to get leads.\n\nThe problem with psychics  is that  so many predictions have been wrong or just plain silly, and a sufficient number of psychics have exaggerated their successes, that few people would cancel their flight just because a psychic told them it was going to crash.
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As regards the supernatural, it's near impossible to convince anyone that they are wrong be they cynic or believer.  I'm fairly certain that many Psychics believe they are on the level and there are certainly plenty of genuine con-artists who take advantage of believers.
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Sylvia Browne is a classic scammer who can cold read, hot read, and fake a prediction as good as any of them.\n\nIf you look at nothing else, look at :\nhttp://www.ufowatchdog.com/sylviabrowne.html\n\nBTW, I am an atheist, so I have no Christian axe to grind.
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There are only two types of "psychics." There are the outright frauds who are out to make a buck and the people who genuinely mistakenly believe that they have extra-sensory abilities.\n\nMy question for everyone who believes in the psychic phenomenon is: Why does James Randi's $1,000,000 prize to be awarded to anyone who can reliably demonstrate psychic abilities go unclaimed? It started at $10,000 thirty years ago. It has grown a hundred fold. Yet no one has stepped forward and demonstrated any sort of ability that meets the criteria. \n\nNot Sylvia Brown, not John Edward, not Uri Gellar, not Joe Schmoe, who sits in his basement and "predicts the future." \n\nIf you're claiming that psychic ability is simply "a feeling," then somerandominternetperson is right, we are all psychic because we all have feelings.\n\nWhat kind of feelings are you describing? What do you "see?" What can you "tell?" What can you "do?"\n\nI will continue to be skeptical (not misinformed) about psychics until someone demonstrates that the phenomenon is something more than parlor tricks. Are you that person?
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I don't think so. I had a girlfriend once who thoroughly beleived in psychics. She even convinced me to go to one with her once to see her favorite. When we entered and met for the first time, she stuck out her hand to shake mine and asked "and you are?" I said "hell, you're the psychic, you tell me." Needless to say, that ended the relationship with the girlfriend and convinced me psychics are nothing but scam artists.
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This is too funny! You put this under physics. I think you mean "psychics!" And as for psychics, most of them are con artists who are going to keep charging you money and claiming to have the answer to your problem only if you keep paying them. Don't get sucked into a con.
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It may be real but not because of the person's abilities...they would want to think it is, because this would make them look exceptional. however, the actual source of supernatural information only comes from a supernatural source. The sources can either be God, in a prophetic way, or it can be demonic...\n\nusually people who call themselves psychics have taped into the demonic... be careful,, they will lead you on for awhile and then tell you the biggest lie...this is the nature of demonic spirits to deceive people..once they have your trust.\n\nOnly God-via godly people- can tell you things without deception...and will tell the truth 100% of the time.....if you care about yourself, you will trust God , and not the psychics, so you will not get hurt...most psychics are lousey, anyhow, and just want your money
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He does shows with whoever calls in.  So, I guess more blacks call in.  Why does Maury do anything he does, really?
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Over the years I have had many "readings" by people who have professed "psychic" ability.  Only one of them gave me precise information about the questions I asked and gave me specific and detailed answers that turned out to be completely accurate.\n\nHer name is Sylvia Murray in Austin, Texas.  She sat across the room from me and meditated for a few minutes, then I asked the questions and she gave me answers.  She recorded the entire thing and gave me the tape.  EVERY answer turned out to be correct.  Even the ones I didn't believe at the time.