Do you believe in psychics?

[Rex]

It seems like all psychics do is ask you something about your life, usually a relationship, and then twist it around somehow or tell you something that can hold true to anyone in one way or another.

 

[eddielee]

I do believe that some people are psychic, but the vast majority are fakes. I would never consider spending money on a "psychic reading" or pissing away my money on a fortune teller.

 

[2243]

I don't believe in psychics, as in people who charge you for readings, etc. However, I don't rule out the existence of ESP in people.

Here's an interesting video for anyone who's on the open minded side.

 

[kallipolis]

I have experienced telepathic communication with a living female cousin over a great distance with the connection clearer than the wi-fi telephone connection that I use and once believed is state of the art in long distance communication with the living. Telepathic links are also free of expense.

Extra sensory perception might well suggest that there is much more to the human condition than we can readily understand.

I maintain an openness of mind on this topic, readily acknowledging that the circus fortune teller is for entertainment purposes only.

 

[barnbuddy]

no

if they did, wouldn't they run wall street?

 

[kallipolis]

no

if they did, wouldn't they run wall street?

That begs the question: who, or what inspires a genuine psychic?

If we assume that it is the universe, otherwise God then such powers must serve the common good, rather than the selfish wants of the individual psychic.

Fortune tellers might well be employed by a stock broker.

 

[MoltenRock III]

The world's best salespeople know how to cold read their prospects every bit as well if not better than any TV pseudo-psychic. My father taught me how when I was in my early teens.

 

[barnbuddy]

That begs the question: who, or what inspires a genuine psychic?

If we assume that it is the universe, otherwise God then such powers must serve the common good, rather than the selfish wants of the individual psychic.

Fortune tellers might well be employed by a stock broker.

so, people who are blessed with athletics gifts can succeed using them

people blessed with great intelligence can become successful surgeons

buuuut, if you get the psychic gift, you can only make $20 a reading?

Harry Potter isn't real - Gandalf isn't real - there is no magic, including psychics

 

[kallipolis]

so, people who are blessed with athletics gifts can succeed using them

people blessed with great intelligence can become successful surgeons

buuuut, if you get the psychic gift, you can only make $20 a reading?

Harry Potter isn't real - Gandalf isn't real - there is no magic, including psychics

Genuine psychics will readily admit that they are not the source of their gift.

Successful athletes, and surgeons would probably object to any inference that their success has been achieved by anything but hard word, and dedication to their respective career choices.

Magic is an imaginary world created for entertainment. No authentic magician would claim to possess the extraordinary powers of a character from a book, such as Harry Potter.

 

[kallipolis]

The world's best salespeople know how to cold read their prospects every bit as well if not better than any TV pseudo-psychic. My father taught me how when I was in my early teens.

No doubt that this is the case with many celebrity psychics whose focus is to make money out of their mentalist abilities.

 

[willsboy84]

Certainly I believe there are true psychics in the world.

Even if you don't believe it, I would suggest doing some of your own research before you close your mind to it.

There is so much mystery to our human mind... I would not doubt some people are more sensitive to psychic ability.

This. Just because there hasn't been actual proof, doesn't mean it's not a possibility. Feel the same way about extraterrestrial life. I always thought it was kind of arrogant to assume that we're all there is out there.

 

[csm123]

A few years ago my brother was dating a girl who was very interested in the whole fortune telling type thing.I remember going out with them one day,when we came accross a fortune teller near the beach she seemed very excited and said we should take turns and all have our palms read.Thinking it might be a laugh,i agreed and we paid up and went in one at a time.I just knew what a waste of time and money it was when the old women predicted the lady of my life would have red hair and a bit taller than i am and we would end up having two children.

Later that year,my family were invited to her familys christmas tea and evening out,during tea her mum was(annoyingly)asking me those awkward questions about if you have a girlfriend etc,during all of this i could feel her gran watching my every move,i felt uncomfortable to begin with,but was also intriged by this new feeling.When we left the table i found an easy chair towards the back of the room "out of the way" as i thought.Just as i sat down her gran came to me and after a friendly hello etc she smiled and said that i could have brought silence to the tea table if i had told the truth about being gay and having a crush on a out gay bartender,but not to worry the secrets safe with her.

Those two incidents have left me totaly open minded,confused and very aware that although some people will rip you off it is also perfectley possible for others to know something that you have hardly accepted yourself and have deffinately never spoken about with anyone.

 

[shainski]

I have experienced telepathic communication with a living female cousin over a great distance with the connection clearer than the wi-fi telephone connection that I use and once believed is state of the art in long distance communication with the living. Telepathic links are also free of expense.

Extra sensory perception might well suggest that there is much more to the human condition than we can readily understand.

I maintain an openness of mind on this topic, readily acknowledging that the circus fortune teller is for entertainment purposes only.

absolutely. While i never bought into it, i was always intrigued with all the ESP-type shows that came out of the 1970s. I had some experiences in college that i explained as being over-tired dream state perceptions, but nonetheless they gave others the impression that I could "read" them.

But still, i never really bought into it.

But about 10 years ago, my father - who was in his 70s - was suffering from dementia (He probably had Alzheimer's disease - but never diagnosed). He spoke to his brother and exchanged cards - three times a year - at Christmas and each of their birthdays. His brother lived 1000 miles away.

So one Saturday - he out-of-the-blue - insisted to my mom that his brother, Bill, had been in a train accident. She knew that my dad couldn't possibly be aware - even if Bill really had been hurt - so dismissed it. Dad kept insisting that he had to call his brother that moment. She kept putting it off because they had gone out that day to the zoo with my brother - and then to my brother's house for dinner. But my dad kept insisting. So the next morning, she helped him call his brother. Bill's wife answered. Bill had been in the shower last night - he had a aneurism, hit his head on the wall, fell down and died.

Now, it wasn't a train accident, maybe it was a coincidence. But it does make me think that maybe - just maybe - there is more out there than we are aware of.

 

[Falcon2]

No but I believe in Physics

 

[MoufOfKhaos]

I believe in people that read tarot cards(ie - one of my friends), and in some ways I believe in mental manipulation(which is a skewed topic in itself), but in true "read your mind and predict your future, know your past, love life and health" psychics? No, I don't.

But I laugh at the same time, because people that call psychics and continue to give them their money to hear what they want to hear just don't get it.

 

[yummylongsword]

I believe there are lots and lots of things in this world that we haven't discovered yet, things we don't really understand, and seemingly supernatural things that have scientific explanations. Most psychics are frauds. However, I believe there are many people that have traits that some would call "psychic" that are perfectly explainable, or that would be if we had the right scientific knowledge. The capabilities of the human brain are especially misunderstood, and there are all sorts of crazy things that people can do that we have no explanation for.

I mean, 500 years ago, cellphones would have been magic boxes that can communicate across the world. Sounds pretty magical. Lots of things that now have scientific explanations were once considered magic. And anyone who thinks we already know everything there is to know about science is a f@#king idiot, let me just say that.

 

[freefall]

I think they exist, but certainly not the same ones in the mainstream TV or news or those who advertise themselves. Most of the so-called readers who are popular or demand charges for service are often cold readers...or any same technique.

Still, it's an unexplored world and I think will remain undiscovered for long before claimed to be true or extreme bullshit.

 

[Ram]

I had a feeling I was going to post in this thread.

 

[Ram]

^I see horrible (verbal) things happening to you in the near future.

Is there an L in your life?

It'll come to me in a lil bit -- give it time. . .

Well I know Lilbit, the local forum cunt, but it can't be him... no. You said verbal and in order to be verbal you need basic intelligence... but Lilbit... the picture doesn't fit.