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CLD
2nd July 2007, 07:07 AM
Interesting angle, sort of a false honesty ploy. This psychic feels natural intuition better describes her ability, and proclaims to only reluctantly accept the mantle of "psychic".

http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=abellaarthur
Paul C. Anagnostopoulos
2nd July 2007, 07:37 AM
Summary: There is nothing you can pin down regarding psychics.

~~ Paul
Warge
2nd July 2007, 07:51 AM
Meh - trying to debunk the "myths" about psychics as myths without backing it up is, well, it lacks something... Evidence perhaps?

However, I do think that she actually believes in her ability and don't do readings as a deliberate scam.
philkensebben
2nd July 2007, 08:51 AM
No great surprise. The term 'psychic' has been getting some rather bad press lately. Rock on skeptics. :)
tsg
2nd July 2007, 09:19 AM
http://www.knowtheway.ca/resources/articles/13mythsandfacts.pdf in case you don't want to sit through the video.

Interestingly enough, the pdf file doesn't allow copy/paste.
vexed
2nd July 2007, 10:39 AM
Her 'Myth #4' actually wasn't a myth... Why are these people so delusional?
RenaissanceBiker
2nd July 2007, 11:40 AM
Hmmm, I might also be an "Intuitionist." Why did this person cover up the camera immediately after the video began?
RSLancastr
2nd July 2007, 06:19 PM
Yes, the noun "Intuitive" seems to be bandied about a lot lately.
arthwollipot
2nd July 2007, 07:51 PM
http://www.knowtheway.ca/resources/articles/13mythsandfacts.pdf in case you don't want to sit through the video.

Interestingly enough, the pdf file doesn't allow copy/paste.

Fascinating bunch of post-hoc rationalisations. At least they've made an effort.

And preventing copy/paste is an option when a PDF file is created. Not that unusual.
SkeptismIsHealthy
2nd July 2007, 08:52 PM
Look at it this way, there's some people with no musical talent who call themselves musicians. Nothing wrong with using the word psychic.
CFLarsen
3rd July 2007, 12:42 AM
Yes, the noun "Intuitive" seems to be bandied about a lot lately.

In Denmark, too.
Warge
3rd July 2007, 01:39 PM
http://www.knowtheway.ca/resources/articles/13mythsandfacts.pdf in case you don't want to sit through the video.

Interestingly enough, the pdf file doesn't allow copy/paste.

Well, interesting in that it added to the video myths, making a whole cake of woo. There is so much without any backings at all (references, evidence and so on) I'm surprised that it didn't implode. Who wanna start debunking it? :)
tsg
3rd July 2007, 01:43 PM
Well, interesting in that it added to the video myths, making a whole cake of woo. There is so much without any backings at all (references, evidence and so on) I'm surprised that it didn't implode. Who wanna start debunking it? :)

I was going to critique some of it, but I'm too lazy to type it out. Kind of why I thought disabling copy/paste was interesting.