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Not to sound too harsh, but your "knowing they exist" is no different to me "knowing they don't exist". Do you have evidence to back up your claims or do we have to take your word?
It's all trickery. Proven over and over by many people to be fraudulent. Cold reading and various other techniques are very apparent in all of these types of shows (if you know what to look for) and it isn't mystical. It only appears so when watched on TV (welcome to the world of editing).
If any of these people were real, they would claim Randi's million in a heartbeat. Why don't they?
Regarding the Yuri - Randi situation, there is a difference between being able to duplicate a magic trick and being able to debunk it. I know how various tricks are done but I can't perform them.
So far as these people go, they fail at even the simplest tests. There are countless videos out there showing this so I recommend youtube.
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squasher said:First of all before I say if I think he is real or not I must tell you that I used to live for many years in a haunted house so I KNOW that spirits are real whether they come from dead people or not I am not sure.
Not to sound too harsh, but your "knowing they exist" is no different to me "knowing they don't exist". Do you have evidence to back up your claims or do we have to take your word?
With regards to John Edward, I really don't think that most of you who have commented below have actually watched his shows. He does not just give a letter for a name, he also gives the sound of the name and, as a mathematician, I can tell you that the chances of picking a very similar sounding name starting with the correct letter from a small area of the audience time and again is absolutely minute. Also to put people in the audience week after week would DEFINITELY be found out and spread all over the papers, so I think we can dismiss that as well. He also OFTEN tells people that the info. they are giving him is wrong and he gives them specific names and information that they have to go away and check up later. No other 'psychic does this.
As for the great Randi. He debunks but strangely enough with for example Yuri Geller, Randi can NEVER actually duplicate any of Geller's 'tricks' the same way that he does it which is why Geller has offered him 100,000 dollars if he can actually do any of his 'tricks' the same way that Geller actually does.
So, is John Edward the real thing? IF it is possible to contact the dead then he is the real thing. If not then he does not use any of the tricks mentioned below.
It's all trickery. Proven over and over by many people to be fraudulent. Cold reading and various other techniques are very apparent in all of these types of shows (if you know what to look for) and it isn't mystical. It only appears so when watched on TV (welcome to the world of editing).
If any of these people were real, they would claim Randi's million in a heartbeat. Why don't they?
Regarding the Yuri - Randi situation, there is a difference between being able to duplicate a magic trick and being able to debunk it. I know how various tricks are done but I can't perform them.
So far as these people go, they fail at even the simplest tests. There are countless videos out there showing this so I recommend youtube.
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