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How do psychic mediums know stuff about you

AmyW said:
Thank you for the links. Is Susan a debunked?
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I'm aware you didn't ask me, but your question is curious. Are you suggesting she - Susan - was debunked by someone? For what? She is the debunker.
 
"Debunker": I don't really like that word because it smacks of meanness.


Susan, like many of us here, is interested in exposing people who knowingly defraud others by preying on their grief and uncertainty and fears.


She's also a very nice person, and very easy to talk to.
 
Sorry I had meant debunker, whoops!
I've actually just sent her a message and she has responded :-)

Wasapi thank you, I am very curious, so information and links etc are very much appreciated :-)
 
Also, reading her brief autobiographical statement was of great interest to me. She credited our own Robert Lancaster, my good friend, with being the inspiration for what she does now. RIP, Robert. You were more important then you ever realized.
 
Are there any of good skeptic out there who debunk psychics? I've been in touch with Susan
 
Pixel42 said:
I'm sure there are mediums who are sincerely trying to help their clients but they're not trained psychologists or therapists, and are quite likely to do more harm than good even with the best of intentions.
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Well said.

I had someone accost me one day and tell me that she was psychic and had a message for me from my father. She told me that he was "watching over me." She acted as if she were giving me comfort.

My relationship with my father was ... well, let's just say that I miss him, but the idea of him continuing to "watch over me" isn't comforting. For some people, the situation with their father could have been much worse. And those words could have had a chilling effect.
 
jadebox said:
Well said.

I had someone accost me one day and tell me that she was psychic and had a message for me from my father. She told me that he was "watching over me." She acted as if she were giving me comfort.

My relationship with my father was ... well, let's just say that I miss him, but the idea of him continuing to "watch over me" isn't comforting. For some people, the situation with their father could have been much worse. And those words could have had a chilling effect.
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Please tell us if this was someone you knew or a stranger.



Was there any detail to make you believe this was your father, or was this a generic message?



Did the person want money or was this just a passing "kind gesture"?
 
jadebox said:
I had someone accost me one day and tell me that she was psychic and had a message for me from my father. She told me that he was "watching over me."
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Damn, I wish that had happened to me. I'd have asked her to wait while I phoned him, and then put him on speaker while I checked whether that was what he really said.

Dave
 
Wow really, how on earth would she of known your father wasn't alive? That's creepy
 
Not really. I'm not sure when this event occurred, but a quick check of Jadebox's profile shows an age of 57. I'd venture to guess a good majority of 57 year olds have lost a parent, or more likely two.

(Sorry Jadebox, not trying to be a creeper!)
 
Ahh I see, I just can't fathom why these people want to lie purely for money!!
 
AmyW said:
Ahh I see, I just can't fathom why these people want to lie purely for money!!
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It is quite simple. It comes down to a personal separation of church and state.

I make my living (and a handsome living at that) doing X.
I do not spend my personal life doing X.

Sylvia Browne et al happily pull this stuff on total strangers because it then becomes a primarily financial transaction with an anonymous mark. That makes it easy to divorce ones ethics and morality and empathy from the mark.

Put it this way. If a family member or friend had a flat wheel on a lonely windswept road and was stuck, then one would go the extra mile to sort them out.

But if a total stranger had the same circumstance, one would have far less motivation to do so. This is why emergency wheel repair vans exist.

What would you do if a total stranger called you at the side of the road at random seeking your aid?

What would you do differently if it was one of your nearest and dearest? Would it be different?
 
AmyW said:
Ahh I see, I just can't fathom why these people want to lie purely for money!!
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Because it’s a form of lying that the lied-to seeks out, has a low chance of being prosecuted and oftentimes, the liar is convinced they aren’t lying.

Easy money if you have the knack for cold reading, the resources to hot read and the ability to lie without conscience or fool yourself.
 
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