Psychic or Charlatan?

The Daily Mail site sucks as bad as the paper itself. I tried posting a perfectly reasonable (negative but polite) message which has been rejected. Hmphh!! :mad:
 
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" While Gillian takes people to task over their human waste, Sally rummages around inside their psyches, telling them that they have problems with their mother-in-law, and need to be careful with that left shoulder."

*I* have a problem with my left shoulder! She obviously is working through the press to predict the...present for me.
 
The comparison to non-Dr Gillian "poo sniffer" McKeith is not without merit.
 
JonWhite said:
The Daily Mail site sucks as bad as the paper itself. I tried posting a perfectly reasonable (negative but polite) message which has been rejected. Hmphh!! :mad:
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Did it by any chance say: "Definetly the latter. Add nasty foul mouthed hag to that too."? ;)
 
If the psychic hasn't submitted to a proper test, I vote charlatan.

I had to sit for a two-day test and submit transcripts, affidavits and my bank records before being allowed to be called a lawyer.

Why shouldn't one be required to be rigorously tested before being called a psychic?
 
I'll see if mine gets through:

I *did* mention distrust of new labour, which should help...

I have seen magicians perform impressive "psychic" feats. "Real" psychics have been caught using radios and hidden mikes.

If you look up "Cold reading" on wikipedia, you can see how effective that can be.

"Hot reading" (including googling the name of your interviewer) can be even more impressive.

I wonder how Derren Brown would perform in a similar interview, a great opportunity for any journalist.

I don't trust new labour not spin a story, and I don't trust "psychics" for the same reason, "it probably beats working for a living".

History suggests that trickery is more likely than magic.
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I note that Azimov, form badscience has his comments visible...

WOW! she should claim the James Randi Educational Foundation prize for $1 million. I wonder why she hasn't already?

I'm willing to accept psychics COULD exist but you have to prove it in a demonstrable way, I see no proof of anything in this article.

- Azimov, Nottingham
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If only it were the Express,you could mention Princess Diana and that would guarantee your comment going up! :)
 
Just watching "Sally Morgan; Star Psychic". The (allegedly) blind group readings are, in my opinion, very good (if well edited/selected) cold reading, with maybe one or two hot-read moments as a skeleton on which to hang cold-read statements. The one-to-ones and psychometry sessions are ridiculously accurate. As in naming two friends, "Fran" and "Charlotte", without any "I'm getting an F-name" shenanigans. The statements about objects with famous owners are very accurate, but smack of someone dancing around a subject without wanting to appear as though they already know.

She has to be red-hot reading here. Bloody risky, isn't it? It's quite frustrating; outright fraud is pretty tough to debunk. Unless she's really psychic... :rolleyes: in which case she should contact JREF asap. Anyone have any leads on this woman?
 
Seriously, she's.. impressive. Now, it has to be down to hot reading and clever editing, but "we" need something on this one. Has anyone written anything in-depth on her?
 
Not much about on her Big Les,as you say TV makes her look good,too good.But unless the producers reveal all we ain't gonna find out.She will turn up on This Morning or doing a tour eventually,THEN we will see.
 
She's definitely a genuine psychic.

She's on the telly now and she hasn't got a single thing wrong.

Nice arse too.
 
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