PSych--the TV show

[rwguinn]

I'm waiting for JE and Sylvia to sue USA Network.
The show was great! Demonstrations of Cold reading and acute observation! Well done! Absolutly devastating to the mind-readers/psychics credibility!

[schplurg]

When is it on again? I saw the commercials for it.

This is the show about a guy who pretends to be a "psychic detective", correct?

[rwguinn]

When is it on again? I saw the commercials for it.

This is the show about a guy who pretends to be a "psychic detective", correct?

Yup--
Trained by his policeman father to be super observant ("Close your eyes! How many hats in the room?").
The great thing about the show-they show what he's observing through quick little close-ups of all the minor things that add up to the big picture--they show how he's doing it!
The fact that he claims "Psychic powers" is his scam--it gets him the attention he wants--and he doesn't mind exploiting it. He's a fraud, he knows it, and he uses it. Kinda like some other folks out there in realworldland...

[c4ts]

He was a lot more effective than the psychic detectives in real world land. Unlike them, he actually solved cases, used his brain, and didn't waste as much time on 20 questions. However I would love to see an infuriated James Randi make a guest appearance on that show, explaining every tactic to an unconvinced public.