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Why wouldnt he? it makes others believe and once they do, mass amounts of idiots start watching the show (no offense) and advertising goes up and so does his paycheck...... i bet most of the people are plants...... If you look at history and apply it to these type of shows/seminars..... its proven like 5 years after the fact when no one cares anymore that most of the people were plants.... Its just to get the audience riled up.... |
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A wide variety of techniques are used ... including good old fashioned fakery ... There's even online training and "schools" for this ... where a wide variety of tricks are taught ... But hey ... if you need to believe and enjoy believing it ... what the hell ... Or, if this is a joke thread ... and you're just jerking us around ... believe me, I'm laughing too
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Don't tell me I need to believe. I am very far from needing to believe. I am still officially agnostic even after seeing probably 100 episodes of John Edward's show and realizing that it is more likely than not that he getting his information from somewhere we don't understand. That's what's great about being agnostic, you admit that you don't understand everything, and you are open minded. You sound like an atheist? Are you? Being skeptical is one thing, but being cynical and close minded is unhealthy (in my opinion).
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They would have made their fortunes by now ... in the stock market or some other financial endeavor where they could predict success ... Hell ... if I was really psychic ... I would retire and be on an island by now ... P.S. You did admit that he missed some things at this seminar .... that is a telltale sign ... believe it or not ...
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Of course he's going to misenterpret things that he hears/sees, or say something that doesn't make sense to the person he's reading at the time. You think something like correctly telling someone their husband had amputates toes is null and void because he also mentioned there is a November 20th connection that made no sense to the woman? Maybe she couldn't think of it, or maybe he just fucked that part up. I don't think it devalues the fact that he hit something with 1 in a million odds right before that. You still haven't answered if you're atheist. From your logic, I'm guessing you are.
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Have you ever seen the Street Magician David Blaine? He has this neat trick where he levitates off the ground in the middle of the street. It's pretty amazing and actually looks like he is defying gravity. He also has another trick where he rips the head off of a Chicken and reattaches it! If you've ever seen them they knock your socks off.
Now tell me, what is the difference between believing that David Blaine can levitate and resurrect dead Chickens and believing John Edwards can communicate with the dead? There really isn't any, they both take blind faith. Blind because information on how their tricks are done is readily available. No one believe what magicians do is real because we know it's all a simple trick of slight of hand, smoke and mirrors, misdirection, etc. It's a great performance but at the end of the day we know their not Warlocks or Witches. Again I ask, what is the difference between a Magician and a Psychic? We know how psychic perform, we know their tricks, and we know the psychology of the people who use them. Why is it that you don't believe in magic yet you'll believe a Man can talk to the dead using a technique used by charlatans for centuries? The only evidence you have is anecdotal and the only evidence we have is scientific research and first hand experience. Go sell your blind faith somewhere else because we?re not buying it here. |
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I acknowledge that spiritual things may exist ... But until it's proven, I don't believe in it ... If that makes me an atheist ... then so be it ...
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Maybe the best way is to just go to one of these shows and see for your self. I bet you would change your mind after really going to a real physic like Sylvia Browne. And John Edwards has been tested over and over enen by skeptics at several universities knowone has been able to prove him as a fake. He hit on shit noone would know. But for each is there own I belive in physics but very few of them exist most are frauds.
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No one has claimed Edwards should know everything, but he should be able to communicate what these dead people he is talking to know. The test is easy and obvious. Get someone whose deceased relative worked for the CDC and ask him, through John, what the deceased relative thinks of some new and obscure development in viral epidemology. You could do the same with a Doctor, Lawyer, or anyone in any field that requires specialized knowledge not generally avalible to outsiders. Ever wonder why Edwards does all the talking and audience members are not allowed to ask these sorts of uncomfortable questions? Now you know. Oh, and I'd still like to hear what exactly you find unfair about James Randi's testing process for paranormal abilities. As far as the issue of belief goes, the fact Edwards and his ilk refuse to prove their abilities in controlled environments with fair, objective tests is reasonable 'face value' evidence that they are full of shit. It would be one thing if the tests were obviously unreasonable and designed to make the psychic fail, but I think you know as well as I do that the opposite is true. |
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Fact is that so many psychics have been exposed as frauds in the past that people have come to believe (reasonably..) that the burden of proof falls 100% on the psychic to prove beyond any shadow of a doubt that they are real. Given the sordid history of John Edwards types, I wouldn't be expecting to convice anyone until you have evidence which is absolutely unimpeachable. |
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John has actually done many things in controlled environments. He was part of a study at a university where they hooked him up to machines when he read people. I also saw a special on MSNBC about psychics, and there was part where they had people who claimed to be psychics sit in a room while people would come in and sit behind them. The psychic would then just start speaking about whatever he was seeing, and the person didn't respond at all. The person who was read was then asked to go look at the tape and grade the accuracy of their reading. MSNBC said that the psychics they tested (John Edward was one of them) had an accuracy rating that was somewhere in the 80% range (don't remember exactly), and other people that tried had less than 40% accuracy. This is with no cold reading, not even seeing the person or hearing them. The reason I said Randi obviously doesn't want to give away his million dollars is because he refuses to look at studies just like these that have been performed on psychics like John. If scientifically proving that John can give a reading that is twice as accurate as a normal person, without even seeing or hearing the random person he is reading...if that is not proof, what would be?
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you must really want to believe to be using a guy who's regarded as a joke, and who's funding is tied up in proving these things to be true as your standard of proof - no medium has EVER passed an impartial scientific inquiry as to their abilities.. the randi prize should be EASY for anyone even half psychic.. thing is. IT DOESN'T EXIST. heres edward in his "rigorous" testing environment..: ![]() |
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The only thing that "study" proves is the depth of your credulity. Why would Randi "look at" someone elses study for this shit? Christ, if your going to whine about the guy being unfair at least READ his fucking site first. Randi has his own well defined testing process that must be satisfied for the million dollars to be paid out. The testing process is neither biased nor unfair, and the only reason Edwards and his ilk are afraid to take it is because they would be exposed as frauds. |
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I don't have "blind faith". If you had read my posts, you would have understood that I am agnostic, I believe in no religion because I think there is no way to tell what is true and what is not. I have watched many episodes of John's show and I have come to the conclusion that I find it more likely than not that he is getting his information in some way that normal people can't. I'm not "selling" anything. That is my opinion, my conclusion. You are entitled to your opinion, and I started this thread because I am interested in your opinion. If you're not interested in my opinion, don't read it. But don't tell me to go somewhere else ![]()
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I'm not in favor of rigorous testing? What the hell are you talking about?
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There are a number of easy, obvious tests that one could perform to substantiate someones ability to communicate with the dead. I illustrated one of them in my first post. None of the"studies" contain these obvious ways of deciding whether Edwards is telling the truth because he would never agree to subject himself to them. He knows that if he did, he'd be out of a job. Now, lets use our brains here. Why would someone avoid subjecting himself to an obvious and direct way of knowing for sure whether he is telling truth or not in favor of the ambiguous "studies" that you cited, which will always leave room for doubt? Hmmm... |
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![]() News corporations make money by sensationalising things.. thats how it works. The telling thing is that he'll do a promotional "study" on MSNBC, or testing at the sympathetic "Soul Science research centre" but not a real scientific organisation.. or shock horror a skeptical one.. If I had psychic powers the first thing i would do would be to crush Randi and humiliate him into giving me the prize.. but then.. if i thought i had "psychic" powers i'd be either delusional or a fraud who would lose my income by being proved a charlatan by him. |
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If he won Randi's prize i'd be singing his praises. til then he sucker as much cash as he feels like from willing and complicit wallets.
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As has been pointed out previously in this thread, there are a number of ways one can go about becoming very skilled at scoring the sort of hits psychics do. There are books that teach it. A "psychic" being better at making guesses about people than Average Joe is about as remarkable as someone who has practiced violin for 5 years being a better violin player than Average Joe. I suppose you'll tell me its because the fucking violin player is channeling the spirit of Paganini... ![]() |
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This thing is going round and round in goddamn circles. When this bloke makes James Randi look like a fool I'll believe he has genuine ability but not before, because all these other 'tests' are NOT scientific. |
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1. Edwards claims to be able to speak to the dead. 2. There are several simple tests which could validate his claim ot be able to communicate with the dead beyond any shadow of doubt. 3. Edwards refuses to take these tests. 4. Edwards instead participates in studies of the blindingly obvious which tell us nothing about whether his abilities come from being able to speak with the dead. 5. This gives his apologists, such as yourself, the ability to claim Edwards has been in "studies" when in fact his real claim.. the fact he says he can talk to the dead.. has never been tested at all. 6. Thus, Edwards provides a way for his apologists to claim scientific validity while at the same time avoiding any real test of his ability to communicate directly with the deceased. Simple ![]() |
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![]() Where can I see the interview with the cameraman? Sounds interesting.
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I guess my question as a professional skeptic (advanced degree in philosophy) is what would be the difference between a "real" John Edward show and one in which it was all scripted and arranged beforehand?
The problem with this show (just like the ones where David Copperfield moves an island or makes a jet liner disappear) is that while everyone on the screen is telling you over and over and over that it's all real and amazing, you aren't there, and gullible you are assuming that what you are seeing is real and true. Even so, as has been pointed out, for a guy who supposedly has a pipeline to the other realm, he asks a lot more questions than he answers, and when he guesses wrong, he never says, "Oops, I fucked up!" he says, "We'll come back to that later," or later on when something seems to fit, he fits it in (how handy!). It's just a slick sideshow performance, and you should be ashamed of yourself for falling for it.
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