To get even a glimpse of our future would be to know ourselves better than we thought possible. Many people desperately want to know what life may have in store for them: love, travel, money, health. Psychic people, allegedly, can give us a preview of the future to come, or at least general statements about a potential future.Some people live more fully in the past. Perhaps they had a love one die tragically, or too soon, or unreconciled with the family. To glimpse into a past that never was is the dream of these individuals. Some psychic people, too, can offer some sort of comfort, as some claim to be able to speak to the dead and relay messages back to the world of the living. Some skeptics, however, believe that psychics are either frauds or simply delusional about their own abilities, or lack thereof. Critics allege that these so-called psychics prey on the very worries described above, using normal human insecurities and longings to make a quick buck, in the end providing no “real” value to the consumer. But what’s the truth? Are psychics real, true, and genuine? Or are psychics a scam, a hoax, a fraud?....read more...Wednesday 16 February 2011
Psychic People: Fact or Fiction?
To get even a glimpse of our future would be to know ourselves better than we thought possible. Many people desperately want to know what life may have in store for them: love, travel, money, health. Psychic people, allegedly, can give us a preview of the future to come, or at least general statements about a potential future.Some people live more fully in the past. Perhaps they had a love one die tragically, or too soon, or unreconciled with the family. To glimpse into a past that never was is the dream of these individuals. Some psychic people, too, can offer some sort of comfort, as some claim to be able to speak to the dead and relay messages back to the world of the living. Some skeptics, however, believe that psychics are either frauds or simply delusional about their own abilities, or lack thereof. Critics allege that these so-called psychics prey on the very worries described above, using normal human insecurities and longings to make a quick buck, in the end providing no “real” value to the consumer. But what’s the truth? Are psychics real, true, and genuine? Or are psychics a scam, a hoax, a fraud?....read more...