Cold Reading: Confessions of a ‘psychic’
Article by:
Colin Hunter @
3:36 pm |
August 8, 2007
Filed under: Psychics,Skepticism
This article is based on an interview with OSSCI executive member Timothy Campbell.
A diligent channel surfer should notice a new trend in TV talk shows: psychic guests supposedly channeling the dead relatives of audience members, often conveying information they could not possibly have known in advance. Can psychics really divine the future by speaking to the dead, or do they, as skeptics insist, just use an old magician’s parlour trick called “cold reading”?
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A closer look at psychics
Article by:
Timothy Campbell @
3:35 pm |
Filed under: Critical Thinking,Psychics,Skepticism
On February 13, 2004, Toronto-area skeptics attended a reenactment of highlights from the December 3, 2003 instalment of Larry King’s phone-in show. Skeptic Deirdre Breton, sporting a blonde wig, played purported psychic Sylvia Browne. David Gower wore Larry King’s suspenders. Francesca Groves stood in for the callers by adopting a variety of accents.
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