tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3173887948269031901.post5424699913582694310..comments2024-03-26T01:21:57.869+00:00Comments on Supernatural Tales: Fraudsters and Familiesvaldemarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03829872956512652469noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3173887948269031901.post-79125540918844428652013-05-08T08:23:41.591+00:002013-05-08T08:23:41.591+00:00We are an innately credulous species. I think we&#...We are an innately credulous species. I think we're programmed to believe first and think second, and it's not easy to overcome that impulse. Obviously millions never really manage it. valdemarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03829872956512652469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3173887948269031901.post-86606224624599824802013-05-07T17:10:36.956+00:002013-05-07T17:10:36.956+00:00The only time I have found psychics to be interest...The only time I have found psychics to be interesting are in movies and in literary fiction (and that in small doses). Plus the show "Psych" (but that one is about a fake psychic and it's hilarious).<br /><br />I'm sure you know about The Amazing Randi's million dollar challenge to the "psychic" you mentioned. She's always had an excuse for not going for it, although the money is there in the bank. Unless, of course, she really is "psychic" and foresaw herself failing :)<br /><br />What saddens me far more is that millions (if not billions) are spent by people looking for answers.<br /><br />If anything, news programs and "ghost hunting" shows that feature "psychics" should carry a disclaimer that the average "psychic" has a low batting average and the correct guesses are just that: "correct guesses". The old "even a broken clock is right twice a day" bit.Oscar Solishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05266668061798353541noreply@blogger.com