chaddsfarkprefect: FTFA: In typical white-person fashion, whoever came up with this myth looked down at his arm and assumed that the little blue lines running up and down his arms must actually be blue, failing to notice that different colors of skin reflect different light waves, making the veins look anywhere from green to pink when viewed through other colors of skin.


Oh those dopey honkies trying to be all science-y, will they never learn? Self-depricating racist idiot



Wrong thread bub.

Thorndyke Barnhard: mormonapril: timujin: Just as a note, if as the article claims, there was "overwhelming evidence that she probably did it" it would have been really nice for the prosecution to have presented that during the trial.

STOP CASEY ANTHONY-ING EVERY FARKING THREAD!

Huh? The thread and the article is about the renewed attention brought to "psychic investigators" by the involvement of one in the Casey Anthony story.
So why exactly are you yelling at that other farker?

Yes, how DARE someone Casey Anthony a thread about Casey Anthony.



THE SH*T THEY PULL, HUH!

ilgallo: [crujonessociety.com image 373x436]
"No, your dead Mom hated your friggin guts."

Would love to see this happen just once.

"How is she? She's burning in hell. She's burning in hell cause she killed herself, OK?"
"Now, I'm getting something from this side of the room... does someone have... a paperclip? $100 for the first person with a paperclip."

My wife occasionally gets calls regarding missing children from a certain police department in California. She's helped them find at least half a dozen of them, all alive. She doesn't solicit this work from them, she was asked to help by the first family she helped in that city and the detective was so impressed with her that he continues to call her to this day.

She's not your typical clairvoyant though. She can't stand phonies and doesn't volunteer her abilities unless specifically requested. I still don't get how she does what she does, its not like she can predict the future she'll just get the call, put herself into a kind of trance, then call back saying 'child x is ok and with his dad's friend' or 'child z is scared, with strangers, in town y' etc... She hasn't failed them yet, but she doesn't over promise what she can do.

Also, her agreement is that she'll only help with kids that can still be rescued. If its too late, she'll pass on the case.
/csb

Jackpot777: Thorndyke Barnhard: mormonapril: timujin: Just as a note, if as the article claims, there was "overwhelming evidence that she probably did it" it would have been really nice for the prosecution to have presented that during the trial.

STOP CASEY ANTHONY-ING EVERY FARKING THREAD!

Huh? The thread and the article is about the renewed attention brought to "psychic investigators" by the involvement of one in the Casey Anthony story.
So why exactly are you yelling at that other farker?

Yes, how DARE someone Casey Anthony a thread about Casey Anthony.

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THE SH*T THEY PULL, HUH!

I said sowwy, jeez.

mormonapril: Jackpot777: Thorndyke Barnhard: mormonapril: timujin: Just as a note, if as the article claims, there was "overwhelming evidence that she probably did it" it would have been really nice for the prosecution to have presented that during the trial.

STOP CASEY ANTHONY-ING EVERY FARKING THREAD!

Huh? The thread and the article is about the renewed attention brought to "psychic investigators" by the involvement of one in the Casey Anthony story.
So why exactly are you yelling at that other farker?

Yes, how DARE someone Casey Anthony a thread about Casey Anthony.

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THE SH*T THEY PULL, HUH!

I said sowwy, jeez.

It took me a few minutes to find the right picture from the swimming pool scene in Point Break.

inspeyere: My wife occasionally gets calls regarding missing children from a certain police department in California. She's helped them find at least half a dozen of them, all alive. She doesn't solicit this work from them, she was asked to help by the first family she helped in that city and the detective was so impressed with her that he continues to call her to this day.

She's not your typical clairvoyant though. She can't stand phonies and doesn't volunteer her abilities unless specifically requested. I still don't get how she does what she does, its not like she can predict the future she'll just get the call, put herself into a kind of trance, then call back saying 'child x is ok and with his dad's friend' or 'child z is scared, with strangers, in town y' etc... She hasn't failed them yet, but she doesn't over promise what she can do.

Also, her agreement is that she'll only help with kids that can still be rescued. If its too late, she'll pass on the case.
/csb

Nina_Hartley's_Ass: Kill the mentally ill: Also, any police department that uses psychics during a murder investigation for any reason other than janitorial work, should be sued into forced retirement by the family of the victims.

Has a police department admitted to using psychics? Isn't it just the psychics who make those claims?

If someone claims to be "psychic" to a police department, and wants to help them with the case, it is a good idea for the police to see what they have to say, not because they are real, as all psychics are full of shiat, but because the "psychic" just might have something to do with the crime.

Jackpot777: mormonapril: Jackpot777: Thorndyke Barnhard: mormonapril: timujin: Just as a note, if as the article claims, there was "overwhelming evidence that she probably did it" it would have been really nice for the prosecution to have presented that during the trial.

STOP CASEY ANTHONY-ING EVERY FARKING THREAD!

Huh? The thread and the article is about the renewed attention brought to "psychic investigators" by the involvement of one in the Casey Anthony story.
So why exactly are you yelling at that other farker?

Yes, how DARE someone Casey Anthony a thread about Casey Anthony.

[2.bp.blogspot.com image 320x180]

THE SH*T THEY PULL, HUH!

I said sowwy, jeez.

It took me a few minutes to find the right picture from the swimming pool scene in Point Break.

;) It's o kay

mormonapril: Thorndyke Barnhard: mormonapril: timujin: Just as a note, if as the article claims, there was "overwhelming evidence that she probably did it" it would have been really nice for the prosecution to have presented that during the trial.

STOP CASEY ANTHONY-ING EVERY FARKING THREAD!

Huh? The thread and the article is about the renewed attention brought to "psychic investigators" by the involvement of one in the Casey Anthony story.
So why exactly are you yelling at that other farker?

Sorry, TFA wouldn't load on my work computer and I was assuming it was another troll bringing up Casey Anthony without provocation.

/my bad
//*sits in corner*
///[images.cheezburger.com image 500x595]

Aw geez. How the heck am I supposed to withhold forgiveness in the face of that?

chaddsfarkprefect: Oh those dopey honkies trying to be all science-y, will they never learn? Self-depricating racist idiot

My psychic senses are telling me you clicked through to the "Lies you were taught about the human body" Cracked article and then forgot it wasn't the linked one.

mormonapril: Jackpot777: mormonapril: Jackpot777: Thorndyke Barnhard: mormonapril: timujin: Just as a note, if as the article claims, there was "overwhelming evidence that she probably did it" it would have been really nice for the prosecution to have presented that during the trial.

STOP CASEY ANTHONY-ING EVERY FARKING THREAD!

Huh? The thread and the article is about the renewed attention brought to "psychic investigators" by the involvement of one in the Casey Anthony story.
So why exactly are you yelling at that other farker?

Yes, how DARE someone Casey Anthony a thread about Casey Anthony.

[2.bp.blogspot.com image 320x180]

THE SH*T THEY PULL, HUH!

I said sowwy, jeez.

It took me a few minutes to find the right picture from the swimming pool scene in Point Break.

;) It's o kay

I just KNEW you were going to say that!

mormonapril:
I said sowwy, jeez.

And that pic haz made my day!!! I can go home happy!

Skyrmion: chaddsfarkprefect: Oh those dopey honkies trying to be all science-y, will they never learn? Self-depricating racist idiot

My psychic senses are telling me you clicked through to the "Lies you were taught about the human body" Cracked article and then forgot it wasn't the linked one.

I almost commented here on the five things movie trailers need to stop doing.

/Total Cracked-head.

Breaking News;
Psychic Wins Lottery!!!!

... would be a common headline.
/but it's not.

inspeyere: My wife occasionally gets calls regarding missing children from a certain police department in California. She's helped them find at least half a dozen of them, all alive. She doesn't solicit this work from them, she was asked to help by the first family she helped in that city and the detective was so impressed with her that he continues to call her to this day.

She's not your typical clairvoyant though. She can't stand phonies and doesn't volunteer her abilities unless specifically requested. I still don't get how she does what she does, its not like she can predict the future she'll just get the call, put herself into a kind of trance, then call back saying 'child x is ok and with his dad's friend' or 'child z is scared, with strangers, in town y' etc... She hasn't failed them yet, but she doesn't over promise what she can do.

Also, her agreement is that she'll only help with kids that can still be rescued. If its too late, she'll pass on the case.
/csb

Well stop kidnapping kids, or at least tell your wife to stop letting the police know that you have them in your basement.

inspeyere: My wife occasionally gets calls regarding missing children from a certain police department in California. She's helped them find at least half a dozen of them, all alive. She doesn't solicit this work from them, she was asked to help by the first family she helped in that city and the detective was so impressed with her that he continues to call her to this day.

She's not your typical clairvoyant though. She can't stand phonies and doesn't volunteer her abilities unless specifically requested. I still don't get how she does what she does, its not like she can predict the future she'll just get the call, put herself into a kind of trance, then call back saying 'child x is ok and with his dad's friend' or 'child z is scared, with strangers, in town y' etc... She hasn't failed them yet, but she doesn't over promise what she can do.

Also, her agreement is that she'll only help with kids that can still be rescued. If its too late, she'll pass on the case.
/csb

lol

mormonapril: chaddsfarkprefect: FTFA: In typical white-person fashion, whoever came up with this myth looked down at his arm and assumed that the little blue lines running up and down his arms must actually be blue, failing to notice that different colors of skin reflect different light waves, making the veins look anywhere from green to pink when viewed through other colors of skin.


Oh those dopey honkies trying to be all science-y, will they never learn? Self-depricating racist idiot

how do you know the author is white?


Only a white person would say that.

I'm Sean, this is my associate MC Clap Yo Handz (new window)

inspeyere: She's not your typical clairvoyant though.

I've never met a psychic but I have met a lot of liars and people who believe liars.

/extraordinary claims, extraordinary proof, etc...

Are we all sure that we don't need an Alabama tag?

Gus don't be this crevice in my arm (new window)

bl Quote 2011-07-11 04:41:49 PM
Are we all sure that we don't need an Alabama tag?


Dam*: I was sure I was in the sandwich thread, either the modmins are drunk, or I am, 50/50 proposition at this time.
However I stand by my comment.

mama2tnt: What? No "Psyche" reference yet?

/and when does the new season start? or is it gone forever now?

According to the USA website (new window), new season is coming this fall.

I once held a psychic social party. Snacks, videos, even booze! I decorated and everything. I wrote the address and time of the party down on little cards. Then I burned them. They'll know when and where, right? The day of the party came, and nobody showed up.

/MOAR BOOZ FOR ME!

cbackous: Another Government Employee: I have a friend that does psychic readings on the side. She said that 95% of what she does is observation, looking for subtle clues in manner of dress or behavior. The remainder is Sophisticated Wild Assed Guessing based on the clues above. She figures if she has batting average greater than 40%, she's doing good.

Is she hot and slutty?

If not, she should buried alive in a box for taking advantage of people like that.

FTFY

AbbeySomeone: I've known several people that are into psychics, metaphysics, etc.
There are some that are truly gifted and many that are egotistical sh*tbags.
The people that seek the services usually do not want to take responsibility for their own lives.

Gifted? yes. Intelligent, tall, athletic, fantastically well endowed. These things are possible.

Nobody is psychic. Do you understand? NOBODY. Everyone who thinks they are is insane, everyone who convinces others they are is an asshole.

CSB

I once was driving behind that douchebag psychic who used to wear that goofy ass white wig, sort of like an English barrister. Why in the fark he was driving on the interstate wearing it was beyond me. We had fun driving next to him for a number of minutes while everyone in the car pointed and laughed... it was HILARIOUS I tell you.... HILARIOUS...

guess you had to be there.....


/CSB

Coelacanth: I used to manage a very busy occult bookstore, I used to attend parapsychology lectures at the USC Conference Center in Lake Arrowhead, California, and I have a great many friends who tell me that they are clairvoyant...
I've never met one psychic who could tell me what my Social Security number was, or what city I was born in, or how much change was in my pocket.

We don't waste out talents on such trivial things. The Gods will not be troubled to expose themselves with such nonsubjective matters, as is their choice. That's what makes them friggin' GODS! The voices don't tell me what you WANT to hear- they tell me what you NEED to hear.

Hahahaha... lemme explain this MY way. I'm skeptical, which to me means I'll believe anything you can prove. I actually have no problem believing it if a basic standard of proof were met.


Here's the thing: Cup Stacking Record by a child (new window)

How is that relevant in the slightest? It's this- basic fact here, humans have an amazing potential to exploit any small capacity to perform a task to amazing levels, given the chance. Does EVERYONE demonstrate similar capacity? Of course not- but, if the capacity DID exist, someone, somewhere would be unusually, awesomely, observably good at it. Never mind that cup stacking is wholly useless and being able to "see things" or "predict things" is so mind-blowingly useful in real life that it'd change Life As We Know It.

Just expand that thought- look at all the AMAZING skills people have demonstrated. Look at what a lot of ordinary kids do in skating- the balance and dynamics and moves both invented and learned are pretty wild. Ping pong. Piano-playing stunts. A Shaolin monk figured out how to throw a needle through glass. How... what led him to figure out that was even possible?? That's not a skill learned from another. It's not easily inferred from everyday life. It doesn't seem to have come from a scientific review of how things work. No, humans have the remarkable capacity to come up with apparently completely nonintuitive ways to do anything which can physically be done. With or without a point.

The fact is, no savant has shown up with any demonstrable ability to tell you what's in your pocket, your name, the future, or any mystery details from the past in any demonstrable, verifiable way. And that does not require SIGNIFICANCE, by any means. It doesn't have to be finding a kidnapped child. Telling us the color of a rock inside a box is INCREDIBLY significant to me, mind-blowing in fact.

It doesn't matter how much better you think the world would be if it were true. It doesn't matter in the slightest if you WANT it to be true. My fundamental personality type has a non-negotiable criteria for purely factual claims: IS it true?

"The dark side clouds everything. Impossible to see the future is."

Ishkur: RedEmily: Why are psychics not the richest people in the world?

Why would Warren Buffet admit that he's psychic?

Of course, there is still one million to be claimed....Link (new window)

AbbeySomeone: There are some that are truly gifted

No.

No psychic has ever claimed one million dollars from James Randi.

I think that's proof of something.

I read the title of the article as physics instead of psychics, I didn't know what to make of it...

CSB:
I worked at a radio station on the morning show. My coworkers names were Jim Callahan and "Lovely Patricia", anyway, Jim had booked a "psychic" to come on the show one morning. Around 6, the back door buzzed and I answered it. The man standing there said "You must be Jim Callahan!" I said "You must be the psychic!".
Pat kept telling me "This guy is spooky good! You should have him read you!" I kept telling her "He already did and he's a poser and you're an idiot!".

/end CSB

I quit reading after the first sentence in regards to "overwhelming evidence" in the Casey Anthony trial. There was none. In fact, there wasn't even a cause of death. I simply can not take an article seriously if they are going to BS right from the start.

Obvious tag taking a break?

Drubell: I imagine being a true psychic would involve having to know and understand an infinite amount of possibilities. Like, if my child went missing, and I found the best answer of where he was and what condition he was in, there's a probability, based on my answers and following police actions, the information I gave would instantly change the course of infinite probabilities of what would happen to the child.

Or in short, I think any true psychic would go insane.


Any true psychic would have to be quite cynical to even survive.

Darth Vader frowns on your psychic shennanigans.

Using psychics is a great way to launder illegally gathered evidence.

"The psychic told me the drugs would be in the trunk."

Sam? Where are you Sam?

Oznog: It doesn't matter how much better you think the world would be if it were true. It doesn't matter in the slightest if you WANT it to be true. My fundamental personality type has a non-negotiable criteria for purely factual claims: IS it true?

I couldn't have put that more succinctly. You, sir, have join the ranks of my favorites! Bravo!

timujin: Just as a note, if as the article claims, there was "overwhelming evidence that she probably did it" it would have been really nice for the prosecution to have presented that during the trial.

Actually, overwhelming evidence is a different standard of proof than "beyond a reasonable doubt". If you are taken to civil court, you'll usually be judged on "clear and convincing evidence". If you're in small claims court or you're being assigned partial liability for something, you'll run into "the preponderance of the evidence" a lot.

It's quite easy to meet the standard of overwhelming/preponderance of evidence in a murder trial while being essentially un-convictable by the "beyond reasonable doubt" standard.

BlackArt: Using psychics is a great way to launder illegally gathered evidence.

"The psychic told me the drugs would be in the trunk."

More like a good way to get legal evidence tossed by the court over lack of probable cause for the search/warrant. Were I a cop, I doubt I'd risk it.

//Not a lawyer, but I'm pretty sure this counts as basic shiat most everyone knows.

EngineerAtWork: Oznog: It doesn't matter how much better you think the world would be if it were true. It doesn't matter in the slightest if you WANT it to be true. My fundamental personality type has a non-negotiable criteria for purely factual claims: IS it true?

I couldn't have put that more succinctly. You, sir, have join the ranks of my favorites! Bravo!

An excellent restatement of Diax's Rake.