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How do psychic mediums know stuff about you

The Shrike said:
"What broke the spell for me was, oddly, people swearing by my gift. Some repeat customers claimed I’d made very specific predictions, of a kind I never made. It dawned on me that my readings were a co-creation – I would weave a story and, later, the customer’s memory would add new elements. I got to test this theory after a friend raved about a reading she’d had, full of astonishingly accurate predictions. She had a tape of the session, so I asked her to play it.

The clairvoyant had said none of the things my friend claimed. Not a single one. My friend’s imagination had done all the work."

I have a prediction: Reading this will not nudge Scorpion's beliefs at all.
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And, I too will make a prediction, Scorpion will read this post, the blinders will be raised from his eyes, and he will suddenly understand the TRUTH.

Further, either you or I will be correct, and thus be able to crow about our amazing PSYCHIC ABILITIES, and the other will carry on life much as usual and never refer to this incident again. :rolleyes:
 
arthwollipot said:
If you haven't read them before, you may be interested in my descriptions of how Tarot cards "work". They're pretty old, but I'll see if I can wrangle the search function and find a couple of links.

Here's a pretty good post I made on the subject some time ago. It's probably the most detailed and complete description of the way I approach Tarot.

Here's a thread where I actually did a couple of Tarot readings. Shame I never went back to that.

Anyone want a reading?
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I'd be game if you ever want to dust off your skills. :)
 
jadebox said:
At archive.org you can download free books and articles by and about Harry Houdini. Many include details about how the spiritualists of the time pulled off their cons.

https://archive.org/details/1924HoudiniAMagicianAmongTheSpirits

Most people are probably aware that Houdini spent many years exposing spiritualists as con artists, but many might not know that before that he actually performed a spiritualist act. He and his team would go canvas a town when they arrive to learn secrets that they would "magically" reveal during the performance. Apparently, people like to gossip even to strangers.
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Hell, sometimes people are more inclined to gossip with strangers. They can unburden themselves to someone they'll probably never see again and who doesn't know anyone they know. If you've ever sat next to a certain kind of chatterbox on public transportation, you know exactly what I'm talking about!
 
isissxn said:
Hell, sometimes people are more inclined to gossip with strangers. They can unburden themselves to someone they'll probably never see again and who doesn't know anyone they know. If you've ever sat next to a certain kind of chatterbox on public transportation, you know exactly what I'm talking about!
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The PvP webcomic did a storyline years ago in which one of the main characters attended one of John Edwards' live shows. A man approached him while he was waiting in line, saying "Hi. This is exciting, isn't it? Who are you hoping to contact?" He responded "Get lost pal. I know you've been planted in the crowd to pump people for information for your boss. You're not getting anything from me." Later, the same man approached him again and asked the same question, but he was wearing a dress and a long wig.
 
Darat said:
Not sure if it has been mentioned in this thread , but suggest folk interested in how the business (and it is a business) of mediums and the like work should read M. Lamar Keene's Psychic Mafia. It's out of print but I have seen PDFs of it on the Web. It's the "confession" of a successful medium and in it he explains the many means used to dupe people. The time period is the 1970s but it shows even back then how organised the mediums were. Drop in today's technology and it would be simpler than ever to run the scam.
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Thank you for this, I am going to try and find this, if anyone has the link please let me know :-)
 
The Shrike said:
"What broke the spell for me was, oddly, people swearing by my gift. Some repeat customers claimed I’d made very specific predictions, of a kind I never made. It dawned on me that my readings were a co-creation – I would weave a story and, later, the customer’s memory would add new elements. I got to test this theory after a friend raved about a reading she’d had, full of astonishingly accurate predictions. She had a tape of the session, so I asked her to play it.



The clairvoyant had said none of the things my friend claimed. Not a single one. My friend’s imagination had done all the work."



I have a prediction: Reading this will not nudge Scorpion's beliefs at all.
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It won't, he admits there are fakes. And he even admits he has been fooled by them in the past. Indeed he even admits the "authorities" he posts are wrong (Silver Birch) So he doesn't have any way of distinguishing fakes from non fakes!
 
Darat said:
Found a copy on https://epdf.pub/the-psychic-mafia.html

It seems to be a legit copy as I've read on a number of sites that it is now available as a download from that site.
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According to the legals, it is free to download and share in electronic format so long as

A) it is out of print (it is)

and

B) you are not charging for it (you are not)

So have at it.
 
Gord_in_Toronto said:
And John gets his reward on South Park:

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I was singing that song in the bathroom at work once and then realized I wasn't alone. I was singing about myself because I was displeased with some work I'd done that day.

"There she is, the biggest douche of the universe, in all the galaxiiiieees there is no bigger douche than meeeee..."

Stall opens. Coworker meets my eyes in the mirror.

I could have used a psychic warning.
 
Cris said:
I mean that if there is such power it has to be used for free to help people, it cannot demand cash payment.
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1a. Do you believe there are such powers?

1b.Do you believe mediums can receive messages from dead people?

1c.Do you have evidence (not anecdotes) for this power?

2a. Who set up a rule that the person with such power can not charge?

2b. If the person can't charge cash, can they require payment by a credit card?

2c. Is this in the law system in your country/region?


3. Please provide a link to such a rule.
 
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isissxn said:
I'd be game if you ever want to dust off your skills. :)
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It works best to answer a particular question, if you have one. Remember that it can't be specific - the cards can't tell you your grandfather's middle name or what the message is in the envelope on top of your wardrobe, because it doesn't work like that.
 
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