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Originally Posted by troutman
Nonsense.
There are mountains of evidence that it is BUNK, and ZERO evidence that it is legitimate. The TV show Medium is fictional.
http://www.livescience.com/othernews...um_050204.html
A common pattern occurs in high-profile missing persons cases (such as Chandra Levy, Laci Peterson, Elizabeth Smart, and countless others): dozens or hundreds of "psychics" offer tips (for free or for pay), yet when police follow up on the information, the vast majority of it ––or all of it––turns out to be wrong. One trick psychics use is to give very vague information open to later interpretation (most missing persons are likely to be found "near water," even if it’s a lake, puddle, river, drainage pipe, etc.). They also use information already available through normal means, and make so many different guesses that some will almost certainly be right. Police must follow up on all tips, including those from dubious sources, thus wasting precious hours and police manpower. When bodies are found it is always through accident or police work. Despite repeated claims to the contrary, there is not a single documented case of a missing person being found or recovered due solely to psychic information.
http://www.iigwest.com/carla_report.html
From the 14 cases that Carla Baron promotes as her best work, we can positively conclude that her claims of being a psychic detective are unsubstantiated.
“Psychic Detectives” claim to have compassion, but they cannot produce the consistent results that science-based procedures do, so it’s a hollow claim.
Unfortunately, forensic science cannot be utilized when the perpetrator leaves no clues behind, and that's the distressing situation faced by many of the family members profiled in this report. We do not have the answers for them, and we recognize that this is a central element of their grief – the lack of answers.
The only advice we’re qualified to give to someone in that position is this: it would be very easy for someone to take advantage of your confusion and grief, but don’t let them. This does nothing to honor the memory of your lost loved ones, and if they were here, they would want to protect you from this as well.
http://www.csicop.org/specialarticles/police-psychics.html
Except in the extremely rare case in which a psychic was actually involved in the crime or had apparently received secret information (as from a tip), psychics rarely lead police to concealed bodies or unknown assailants. Of course they may use their own logical skills, or they may benefit from luck or perseverance, but there is no credible scientific evidence that psychic power ever solved a crime. Instead, crimes are invariably solved by police who search crime scenes, interview witnesses, and perform all of the myriad tasks necessary to locate a missing person or to convict a criminal.
Common sense suggests that if psychics really had the powers they claim then they would long ago have identified the "Unabomber" or have discovered the remains of missing Teamster boss Jimmy Hoffa. If they cannot accomplish such missions individually, how much more telling is their collective inability to do so |
Heathen....
I, for one, have psychic powers.
For example, I see you, creating your post, in my mind. You're sitting on a chair. You are typing. I see the colour black! There is black near you or on you.
Don't deny it... I can go further!
You are on a floor, and there are walls around you, 3 or 4 of them. I can certainly see 3, but there might be four. And they're a light colour.
You have a chair. It swivels. It also tilts.
You're in Calgary. Yes, I can see the nearby traffic patterns, definitely Calgary.
You have a mom... and a dad! But they're not near you right now......
OK, if you want the rest, you have to send $100.00 to my paypal account.