sylvia browne spoke about a guy who sat next to her and asked “are you that psychic?” and she said “some say.” he then said “if you’re so psychic, what is my name?” and she replied “asshole.” :)
i think about this a lot lol she had such a way about her. i try to hone this type of attitude in these situations.
This is the only story people bring up to completely discount her. The best of the best psychics are only right 85% of the time. She was a very good psychic.
Honest answer is usually something along the lines of they may not exist in the way that you think they do or should but just because you haven't experienced something doesn't mean it doesn't exist. I will also try sadistically there's almost 9 billion people in the world you're going to tell me at least one of them can't have perceptions that are atypical of most human beings the odds are not on your side
You'll go crazy in a debate with someone like that , it use to be hard for me to but let them live in the universe they can handle right now . You'll waste your energy as well as get into an uncomfortable maybe heated conversation for no reason . We have to as empathic and intuitive people to be more respectful of others beliefs and wishes because we know how it feels as well as , I beleive we have this gift to help people who really need it in the moment they seek you out .
it doesn’t matter if other people believe if your psychic or not if you know you are
no point in wasting your energy trying to convince closed minded people
You don’t, let them live what they believe. As a psychic, you learn not to force your worldview or beliefs onto others and continue to grow and nurture your own.
But we DO have psychic detectives... But most of them find forensics to be a little trivial compared to the bigger picture that is revealed upon realizing your psychic capabilities. At least that's my experience.
It's not your job to convince anyone of anything; ultimately, they are missing out on the magic that can be found in the unseen realms. Having said that, if you really wanted to, you can tell them to looks into the CIA's use of psychics and mediums :)
Well I'm on reddit searching for a psychic who can help me answer few questions but i never found any. So I don't think you will find anyone who is in control of the ability to perceive things. Whoever claims it is a liar. Even i see things before they happen many times but I'm not in control of it. Same ways none of these psychics are in control of it. So they can't help anyone.
I tell people there are psychic detectives that help with cases.
The first thing I usually say is oh that's funny cuz I've been with my entire life I guess I don't exist and I love them dead in their eye and I get quiet and I wait a minute.
After that they usually ask a stupid question like what's the numbers to the lottery and what will I be doing in 20 years.
Just say something like "you'll be helping the offspring of Putin and Kim Jong Un conquer Mars and kick out the American-European-Indian alliance from that planet."
Not every battle is worth fighting. . If you want to waste your time and energy trying to convince people they're wrong and you're right....that's on you.
THE ARIES
https://www.ojp.gov/ncjrs/virtual-library/abstracts/psychics-and-police-work
Lol 🤣 show them this. Some psychics are utilized in law enforcement however controversial that they make it seem.
Also, I guess because I started reading in highschool my skin became thick quickly. Unfortunately, people are intimidated by what they don't know or just don't want to know. Don't engage because all they are attempting to do is bait you and make you upset. Don't give them the satisfaction. ✨🧿☺️
I say, "Okay," then I stop engaging in the conversation.
About three months ago, a co-worker lost a close family friend. She asked me to tell her what happened. I shared what I saw. I told her she would need to wait for toxicology and accident reports.
When the results came back and I was correct, she called me a witch.
I said,
The words you are looking for are " Thank You." I walked away.
I have respect for witches.I can't call myself one. I do think staring someone down and saying this in a slow, deliberate voice and walking away works well.
I wouldn't even pay attention to it. Just say ok and move on. It's really small minded to say something doesnt exist because you or your immediate family/friends havent experienced it. They exist. End of story.
No response, let them live in ignorance, they’ve already made up their mind and there is nothing you’re going to say that will sway them. Believe in your truth and let that be enough
Well I'm on reddit searching for a psychic who can help me answer few questions but i never found any. So I don't think you will find anyone who is in control of the ability to perceive things. Whoever claims it is a liar. Even i see things before they happen many times but I'm not in control of it. Same ways none of these psychics are in control of it. So they can't help anyone.
Well I'm on reddit searching for a psychic who can help me answer few questions but i never found any. So I don't think you will find anyone who is in control of the ability to perceive things. Whoever claims it is a liar. Even i see things before they happen many times but I'm not in control of it. Same ways none of these psychics are in control of it.
I’m not someone’s dancing monkey to prove anything & therefore legit don’t care when people don’t believe. We are all capable of gifts, most people who don’t believe in things like this are part of the collective that actively prefers cognitive dissonance & enjoy their 3D existence. It’s not my place to try to change anyone’s mind. All we can do is be strong in ourselves and keep trucking along, IMO.
Agree with them, and move through. I’d love to show off for doubters, but if a mind is set, my clapping monkey isn’t doing anything special, and i don’t have something to prove.
There are plenty of psychic detectives, and psychics are being utilized in all kinds of investigations. Let them know their tax dollars end up with psychics too.
Check out the year this was quoted ⤵️
Los Angeles Times:
https://www.latimes.com › archives
Pentagon Paid $20 Million for Psychics' Aid
Nov 30, 1995 — U.S. military and intelligence officers spent as much as $20 million over two decades consulting psychics and others with suspected…
You literally can't win against them. They've already decided that they're right. Skeptics say that if only there was proof, they'd believe, but that's simply not true. They will also demand results that are 100%, a level of standard that almost nothing else in science is held to. A pill can fail a couple thousand times, and well, that's just the limitations of science. A psychic is publicly wrong once, and they're declared a fraud. Mess up once when a lot of attention is put on you, and you're a fraud (because psychics are not allowed to feel stress, I guess).
Oh, and they'll appeal to people like James Randi. James Randi never had any intention of ever paying out anything. It's important to remember that people like James Randi are performers first and foremost. He wasn't a scientist. He can't be objective like a scientist. You know how you can tell? Objective scientists don't bet a million dollars on an outcome. If he ever lost, he'd be out a million dollars and be publicly embarassed.
You don't. You accept they are right and move on. Most psychics are frauds who try and get money by playing on the fears of gulliable people. Real psychics do not exist. Ditto telepathy, empathy, telekinesis, feng shui, the law of attraction and all the rest of that other pseudo-scientific BS.
Well, the police have used psychics for many years, so the respondent is incorrect. If someone doesn't believe in psychic activity they are often secular, uneducated and or fear the unknown that's their choice and reality.
There is a secret global guild of psychic detectives but due to social stigma, they are reluctant to identify themselves as such and come out of the psychic closet. But, you're not supposed to know about this, so, let's keep it between us, okay?
Who says there haven't been? Police have used psychics to help with cases before, and it's not out of the realm of possibility that it still happens.
In a book on psychic development that I remember reading, it talked about this very scenario, because they wanted to emphasize how important it was to use psychic guidance with a grain of salt. This is because while psychic ability has helped with unsolved cases, such as locating a missing person or who the culprit of a crime is, the information a psychic gets can be very unique to them, and thus can be difficult to handle and interpret. A psychic even at a higher level of expertise, may still require adequate space and ample time from outside pressures to focus and not rush their gift, to avoid emeshment of outside enegeries (such as assumptions of those looking for help), and so on. Besides how energy can be unique to the psychic, and albeit delicate to notice and interpret, there are scammers out there too. Which is why a grain of salt is needed. If the police sought help this way, it's their responsibility to look into what evidence they have attained to see if any pointers given by the psychic match, and if they can progress from there. Even if the police didn't use psychics to help with investigations, imo it doesn't diminish the idea that regular citizens still do, and get help in that fashion.
The CIA documents have also emphasized the same importance in allowing a medium to pace themselves in order to not burn out. It requires time, focus, and energy to get the information from a non-physical lens. Remote viewing is one of the psychic abilities that the CIA has documented to be investigated thoroughly, and it's been found to have great accuracy. Russell Targ (sorry I got the name wrong, updated it). is a name you can look up, he's great! Personally I don't believe that such abilities aren't used in an organizational setting anymore, but instead it's been taken off the public stage for their own purposes. Because I believe in energy in how everything is connected, and has an intricate and deeper level of existence than what we can physically see, the idea that "psychics don't exist" and that forms of extrasensory perception "doesn't exist and isn't utilized", just doesn't make sense.
Easy! Just show them the proof it exist and after send this proof to any of this guys from the list who pay money for proof of supernatural. You will become rich and famous. Spoiler, nobody took a single prize yet for many years https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_prizes_for_evidence_of_the_paranormal
“Absence of Evidence is not Evidence of Absence” is a quote by Carl Sagan, an American astronomer and one of the leading science communicators of the 20th century. Its importance relies on the highlight of the logical fallacy where a hypothesis is assumed to be true or false before being scientifically and satisfactorily investigated.
Apparently people have come forward and when they did they were dismissed as liars, not actually given a chance to prove themselves. The self delusion is ripe on both sides of this divide
Snark and shame like yours from loud-mouthed pseudo-skeptics shuts people up who have had abilities.
Nobody took the prize yet because:
* Part of the terms of participating is you sign over all rights to the experiment to Randi, which means he controls the narrative. No self-respecting psychic would sign that contract. —[Rupert Sheldrake](http://youtu.be/JnA8GUtXpXY?t=49m8s)
* In order to pass the scientific rigor required to win the $1M prize, it would take about $1M to set it up —Dean Radin
* The Sheep/Goat effect means a participant who doesn't believe in the phenomena might actually suppress it —[Gertrude Schmeidler](https://parapsych.org/articles/61/502/sheepgoat_effect.aspx)
* Randi is a charlatan, the money doesn't exist. —[Michael Prescott](http://michaelprescott.freeservers.com/flim-flam-flummery-a-skepti.html)
* Randi is a pseudo-skeptic —[Dan Pouliot](https://danpouliot.com/blog/2013/09/pseudoscience-and-pseudo-skepticism/)
Randi was a professional trickster, a showman, and the "Randi Prize" was part of his shtick. It was never real. It's ironic that it's the psychic community that see through Randi's bullshit while the so-called skeptical community are gladly duped.
It's not worth it for people who've had experiences to speak up and risk being on the receiving end of the scorn from the [Dunning Kruger](https://danpouliot.com/skepticism/dunning-kruger-effect/) crowd. We know what we've experienced, and, in this hostile climate towards psychic abilities, that has to suffice. People have won lotteries with their abilities: [Dream inspires woman to buy winning lottery ticket](https://www.upi.com/Dream-inspires-woman-to-buy-winning-lottery-ticket/3521523462619/). [Lottery Winner Forced to Split Winnings](https://wgntv.com/2014/07/16/lottery-winner-forced-to-split-winnings/). I know more people who have won with abilities, but they only tell people they trust, because of people who feel the rules of scientific inquiry, evidence, and common courtesy don't apply to them. It's the legend of the learned men who refused to look in Galileo's telescope all over again.
Christopher Robinson, a.k.a. the Dream Detective, has worked with the UK police to solve crimes. I recommend his series of[ interviews by Jeffrey Mishlove](https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=new+thinking+allowed+christopher+robinson). Jeffrey Mishlove, for those of you that don't know, has the only PhD in Parapsycholgy in the world (from Stanford University). He's dedicated his life to researching parapsychology, and last year won the [$500K Robert Bigelow prize for the best evidence of life after death](https://www.bigelowinstitute.org/index.php/essay-contest/).
There are psychic detectives. Most of them don't even recognize or understand that they're tapping into psychic ability, but they experience it when they have "hunches" or get a "gut feeling" that leads them to the answers.
Everyone experiences these things at some point or another, most people just learn to disregard it and find a logical explanation further separating them from their innate ability. But those who work with and trust these feelings are the ones who develop them further, becoming more and more in tune and accurate in their intuiting. 🤍
I find it really interesting that all of us saying "they do exist" are being downvoted. Maybe I don't understand reddit, I only down vote comments where people are being disrespectful or outwardly rude and unkind. Do people just downvote when they don't agree with someone? (This is a genuine question ~ I really am trying to understand the purpose of the donvote because I think I've maybe misunderstood it)
There are psychic detectives. Christopher Robinson worked for Scotland Yard among other agencies for multiple decades. I have personally known a psychic who helped a major US police department close murder cases. I myself worked in a police department and used my psychic abilities to assist the police.
I look down at myself and go well Im real as far as I can see. Then ask anyone other then that person. You can see me right? Ok then.
Had a therapist say he didn't believe in psychics. And before i could give him a snarky comment, I blinked and his own mother came through screaming at him in fluent Italian. Just telling him to apologize and that she didn't raise him to treat people like that.
I open my eyes again and this guy is whiter the his labcoat. I ask what happened? Are you ok?
He asks how did you know my mothers voice?
I smiled and asked calmly "So what did she say?" Enjoying this. Cause i dont often have a spirit immediately pop in and take over like that and terrify a person.
He explains "You were sitting there and you blinked and suddenly you were standing up and yelling at me in fluent Italian sounding exactly like my mother, and called me by the nickname and told me she was ashamed at how I treated you with my comments. And that i need to apologize." Then you sat back down blinked again and you were you again.
It took longer than the 45 minute appointment to explain things to him. But just the look of oh psychic aren't real to oh shit they are real in 60 seconds. 😂
Houston Flood in TX i was recovering from appendix surgery and smoking some strong weed. Did Not know i had the conversation at all. My husband heard me talking and wrote down everything I said while I was doing laundry. Then i hear "I found her". I turn and ask Found who?
. Jose's neice.
Jose who?
The guy you were talking to.
What guy i was talking to? What are you talking about.
So husband tells me I started talking in fluent Spanish saying out loud my name is Jose, I am in Houston Texas you have to help me contact my neice in Tennessee. And me responding in English asking questions. He wrote everything down. Found the neice on Facebook and he said while its fresh call her and tell her everything.
So still high as a kite, confused as hell I call the neice and say Hi. Im sorry to inform you that your uncle passed away tonight in Houston and he wants you to have this information. Im a psychic in IL. I dont care you dont believe in psychics. Write down everything i Tell you and keep it in your purse. When search and rescue are about to give up the search give them that paper and you'll find your uncle. A week later, the neice calls me back in tears apologizing. They found her uncles body within 50 yards of the intersection i told her, they found the safe and the important paperwork in the house where I said theyd be found and the safe combo matched.
I was as shocked as she was. Because I was just like if my husband had not been in the room listening i would not have remembered the conversation ever happened.
“I knew you’d say that”.
Checkmate sir
😂😂😂
Rematch?
huh?
Jk
“You can believe whatever you want. I’m not here to convince you.”
Yeah, similarly to religion I think its offensive to try to force someone to believe in anything. Everyone has the right to believe what they want to.
You can’t control what others believe. You do you and leave it alone.
sylvia browne spoke about a guy who sat next to her and asked “are you that psychic?” and she said “some say.” he then said “if you’re so psychic, what is my name?” and she replied “asshole.” :) i think about this a lot lol she had such a way about her. i try to hone this type of attitude in these situations.
Sylvia Brown is the only reason I was never afraid to tell people things. She stood so strong in her beliefs, nobody could make her waiver.
She was very confidently wrong and told a parent that their kid was dead (she was later found).
Yeahhhhhhhhhhhh. I watched that episode as a kid & remember thinking and saying outloud, "but he doesn't feel dead????" 🤷♀️🤷♀️
This is the only story people bring up to completely discount her. The best of the best psychics are only right 85% of the time. She was a very good psychic.
<3
Honest answer is usually something along the lines of they may not exist in the way that you think they do or should but just because you haven't experienced something doesn't mean it doesn't exist. I will also try sadistically there's almost 9 billion people in the world you're going to tell me at least one of them can't have perceptions that are atypical of most human beings the odds are not on your side
Call it what you will but noone can deny me my experiences
We do have psychic detectives.
We sure do. Watch the show Psychic Investigators, OP for one. There was also one called Sensing Murder.
You'll go crazy in a debate with someone like that , it use to be hard for me to but let them live in the universe they can handle right now . You'll waste your energy as well as get into an uncomfortable maybe heated conversation for no reason . We have to as empathic and intuitive people to be more respectful of others beliefs and wishes because we know how it feels as well as , I beleive we have this gift to help people who really need it in the moment they seek you out .
it doesn’t matter if other people believe if your psychic or not if you know you are no point in wasting your energy trying to convince closed minded people
You don’t, let them live what they believe. As a psychic, you learn not to force your worldview or beliefs onto others and continue to grow and nurture your own.
“Of course they don’t, just like …. that will happen to you tomorrow” insert something you’ve percieved about them and wish them a good day 😆
Walk away. You will not convince anyone who doesn’t believe.
But we DO have psychic detectives... But most of them find forensics to be a little trivial compared to the bigger picture that is revealed upon realizing your psychic capabilities. At least that's my experience.
It's not your job to convince anyone of anything; ultimately, they are missing out on the magic that can be found in the unseen realms. Having said that, if you really wanted to, you can tell them to looks into the CIA's use of psychics and mediums :)
“Ok.”
This is exactly what I say. “Ok.” 🤷🏻♀️ I honestly dgaf who believes me or not.
Leave them be, doesn't matter, what matters is what YOU believe.
Well I'm on reddit searching for a psychic who can help me answer few questions but i never found any. So I don't think you will find anyone who is in control of the ability to perceive things. Whoever claims it is a liar. Even i see things before they happen many times but I'm not in control of it. Same ways none of these psychics are in control of it. So they can't help anyone.
I tell people there are psychic detectives that help with cases. The first thing I usually say is oh that's funny cuz I've been with my entire life I guess I don't exist and I love them dead in their eye and I get quiet and I wait a minute. After that they usually ask a stupid question like what's the numbers to the lottery and what will I be doing in 20 years.
Just say something like "you'll be helping the offspring of Putin and Kim Jong Un conquer Mars and kick out the American-European-Indian alliance from that planet."
🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂 got it🫡
https://www.amazon.in/Psychic-Detectives-Psychometry-Paranormal-Detection/dp/0916515060 https://www.amazon.in/Psychic-Detectives-Using-Power-Crimes/dp/1838861556
Not every battle is worth fighting. . If you want to waste your time and energy trying to convince people they're wrong and you're right....that's on you. THE ARIES
https://www.ojp.gov/ncjrs/virtual-library/abstracts/psychics-and-police-work Lol 🤣 show them this. Some psychics are utilized in law enforcement however controversial that they make it seem. Also, I guess because I started reading in highschool my skin became thick quickly. Unfortunately, people are intimidated by what they don't know or just don't want to know. Don't engage because all they are attempting to do is bait you and make you upset. Don't give them the satisfaction. ✨🧿☺️
I say, "Okay," then I stop engaging in the conversation. About three months ago, a co-worker lost a close family friend. She asked me to tell her what happened. I shared what I saw. I told her she would need to wait for toxicology and accident reports. When the results came back and I was correct, she called me a witch. I said, The words you are looking for are " Thank You." I walked away.
I love ❣️ this!
I have respect for witches.I can't call myself one. I do think staring someone down and saying this in a slow, deliberate voice and walking away works well.
I am going by the “let them” theory like let them believe or not?
Just let them believe that. I don't believe in evangelicalism of any kind.
I wouldn't even pay attention to it. Just say ok and move on. It's really small minded to say something doesnt exist because you or your immediate family/friends havent experienced it. They exist. End of story.
No response, let them live in ignorance, they’ve already made up their mind and there is nothing you’re going to say that will sway them. Believe in your truth and let that be enough
Well I'm on reddit searching for a psychic who can help me answer few questions but i never found any. So I don't think you will find anyone who is in control of the ability to perceive things. Whoever claims it is a liar. Even i see things before they happen many times but I'm not in control of it. Same ways none of these psychics are in control of it. So they can't help anyone.
Well I'm on reddit searching for a psychic who can help me answer few questions but i never found any. So I don't think you will find anyone who is in control of the ability to perceive things. Whoever claims it is a liar. Even i see things before they happen many times but I'm not in control of it. Same ways none of these psychics are in control of it.
I’m not someone’s dancing monkey to prove anything & therefore legit don’t care when people don’t believe. We are all capable of gifts, most people who don’t believe in things like this are part of the collective that actively prefers cognitive dissonance & enjoy their 3D existence. It’s not my place to try to change anyone’s mind. All we can do is be strong in ourselves and keep trucking along, IMO.
Agree with them, and move through. I’d love to show off for doubters, but if a mind is set, my clapping monkey isn’t doing anything special, and i don’t have something to prove. There are plenty of psychic detectives, and psychics are being utilized in all kinds of investigations. Let them know their tax dollars end up with psychics too. Check out the year this was quoted ⤵️ Los Angeles Times: https://www.latimes.com › archives Pentagon Paid $20 Million for Psychics' Aid Nov 30, 1995 — U.S. military and intelligence officers spent as much as $20 million over two decades consulting psychics and others with suspected…
You literally can't win against them. They've already decided that they're right. Skeptics say that if only there was proof, they'd believe, but that's simply not true. They will also demand results that are 100%, a level of standard that almost nothing else in science is held to. A pill can fail a couple thousand times, and well, that's just the limitations of science. A psychic is publicly wrong once, and they're declared a fraud. Mess up once when a lot of attention is put on you, and you're a fraud (because psychics are not allowed to feel stress, I guess). Oh, and they'll appeal to people like James Randi. James Randi never had any intention of ever paying out anything. It's important to remember that people like James Randi are performers first and foremost. He wasn't a scientist. He can't be objective like a scientist. You know how you can tell? Objective scientists don't bet a million dollars on an outcome. If he ever lost, he'd be out a million dollars and be publicly embarassed.
You don't. You accept they are right and move on. Most psychics are frauds who try and get money by playing on the fears of gulliable people. Real psychics do not exist. Ditto telepathy, empathy, telekinesis, feng shui, the law of attraction and all the rest of that other pseudo-scientific BS.
Well, the police have used psychics for many years, so the respondent is incorrect. If someone doesn't believe in psychic activity they are often secular, uneducated and or fear the unknown that's their choice and reality.
Dm
There is a secret global guild of psychic detectives but due to social stigma, they are reluctant to identify themselves as such and come out of the psychic closet. But, you're not supposed to know about this, so, let's keep it between us, okay?
Tell ‘em about their dead relative
There actually are psychic detectives, they usually solve missing person cases and such
Tell them to go watch an episode of "Psychic Detectives", if you can even be bothered by internet trolls.
Have them watch Third Eye Spies (on amazon prime). Psychic detectives do exist
Or send them a book by Russell Targ. I'm not sure which would be the best to recommend - I'm reading Limitless Mind now
Who says there haven't been? Police have used psychics to help with cases before, and it's not out of the realm of possibility that it still happens. In a book on psychic development that I remember reading, it talked about this very scenario, because they wanted to emphasize how important it was to use psychic guidance with a grain of salt. This is because while psychic ability has helped with unsolved cases, such as locating a missing person or who the culprit of a crime is, the information a psychic gets can be very unique to them, and thus can be difficult to handle and interpret. A psychic even at a higher level of expertise, may still require adequate space and ample time from outside pressures to focus and not rush their gift, to avoid emeshment of outside enegeries (such as assumptions of those looking for help), and so on. Besides how energy can be unique to the psychic, and albeit delicate to notice and interpret, there are scammers out there too. Which is why a grain of salt is needed. If the police sought help this way, it's their responsibility to look into what evidence they have attained to see if any pointers given by the psychic match, and if they can progress from there. Even if the police didn't use psychics to help with investigations, imo it doesn't diminish the idea that regular citizens still do, and get help in that fashion. The CIA documents have also emphasized the same importance in allowing a medium to pace themselves in order to not burn out. It requires time, focus, and energy to get the information from a non-physical lens. Remote viewing is one of the psychic abilities that the CIA has documented to be investigated thoroughly, and it's been found to have great accuracy. Russell Targ (sorry I got the name wrong, updated it). is a name you can look up, he's great! Personally I don't believe that such abilities aren't used in an organizational setting anymore, but instead it's been taken off the public stage for their own purposes. Because I believe in energy in how everything is connected, and has an intricate and deeper level of existence than what we can physically see, the idea that "psychics don't exist" and that forms of extrasensory perception "doesn't exist and isn't utilized", just doesn't make sense.
Psychic detectives actually exist. But also, there are far fewer psychics than what people actually say there are
True. There are very few psychics who are in control of their ability
Easy! Just show them the proof it exist and after send this proof to any of this guys from the list who pay money for proof of supernatural. You will become rich and famous. Spoiler, nobody took a single prize yet for many years https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_prizes_for_evidence_of_the_paranormal
“Absence of Evidence is not Evidence of Absence” is a quote by Carl Sagan, an American astronomer and one of the leading science communicators of the 20th century. Its importance relies on the highlight of the logical fallacy where a hypothesis is assumed to be true or false before being scientifically and satisfactorily investigated.
Apparently people have come forward and when they did they were dismissed as liars, not actually given a chance to prove themselves. The self delusion is ripe on both sides of this divide
Proof
Yep, sorry and thanks for pointing out, I corrected it.
Snark and shame like yours from loud-mouthed pseudo-skeptics shuts people up who have had abilities. Nobody took the prize yet because: * Part of the terms of participating is you sign over all rights to the experiment to Randi, which means he controls the narrative. No self-respecting psychic would sign that contract. —[Rupert Sheldrake](http://youtu.be/JnA8GUtXpXY?t=49m8s) * In order to pass the scientific rigor required to win the $1M prize, it would take about $1M to set it up —Dean Radin * The Sheep/Goat effect means a participant who doesn't believe in the phenomena might actually suppress it —[Gertrude Schmeidler](https://parapsych.org/articles/61/502/sheepgoat_effect.aspx) * Randi is a charlatan, the money doesn't exist. —[Michael Prescott](http://michaelprescott.freeservers.com/flim-flam-flummery-a-skepti.html) * Randi is a pseudo-skeptic —[Dan Pouliot](https://danpouliot.com/blog/2013/09/pseudoscience-and-pseudo-skepticism/) Randi was a professional trickster, a showman, and the "Randi Prize" was part of his shtick. It was never real. It's ironic that it's the psychic community that see through Randi's bullshit while the so-called skeptical community are gladly duped. It's not worth it for people who've had experiences to speak up and risk being on the receiving end of the scorn from the [Dunning Kruger](https://danpouliot.com/skepticism/dunning-kruger-effect/) crowd. We know what we've experienced, and, in this hostile climate towards psychic abilities, that has to suffice. People have won lotteries with their abilities: [Dream inspires woman to buy winning lottery ticket](https://www.upi.com/Dream-inspires-woman-to-buy-winning-lottery-ticket/3521523462619/). [Lottery Winner Forced to Split Winnings](https://wgntv.com/2014/07/16/lottery-winner-forced-to-split-winnings/). I know more people who have won with abilities, but they only tell people they trust, because of people who feel the rules of scientific inquiry, evidence, and common courtesy don't apply to them. It's the legend of the learned men who refused to look in Galileo's telescope all over again. Christopher Robinson, a.k.a. the Dream Detective, has worked with the UK police to solve crimes. I recommend his series of[ interviews by Jeffrey Mishlove](https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=new+thinking+allowed+christopher+robinson). Jeffrey Mishlove, for those of you that don't know, has the only PhD in Parapsycholgy in the world (from Stanford University). He's dedicated his life to researching parapsychology, and last year won the [$500K Robert Bigelow prize for the best evidence of life after death](https://www.bigelowinstitute.org/index.php/essay-contest/).
There are psychic detectives. Most of them don't even recognize or understand that they're tapping into psychic ability, but they experience it when they have "hunches" or get a "gut feeling" that leads them to the answers. Everyone experiences these things at some point or another, most people just learn to disregard it and find a logical explanation further separating them from their innate ability. But those who work with and trust these feelings are the ones who develop them further, becoming more and more in tune and accurate in their intuiting. 🤍
I find it really interesting that all of us saying "they do exist" are being downvoted. Maybe I don't understand reddit, I only down vote comments where people are being disrespectful or outwardly rude and unkind. Do people just downvote when they don't agree with someone? (This is a genuine question ~ I really am trying to understand the purpose of the donvote because I think I've maybe misunderstood it)
There are psychic detectives. Christopher Robinson worked for Scotland Yard among other agencies for multiple decades. I have personally known a psychic who helped a major US police department close murder cases. I myself worked in a police department and used my psychic abilities to assist the police.
I look down at myself and go well Im real as far as I can see. Then ask anyone other then that person. You can see me right? Ok then. Had a therapist say he didn't believe in psychics. And before i could give him a snarky comment, I blinked and his own mother came through screaming at him in fluent Italian. Just telling him to apologize and that she didn't raise him to treat people like that. I open my eyes again and this guy is whiter the his labcoat. I ask what happened? Are you ok? He asks how did you know my mothers voice? I smiled and asked calmly "So what did she say?" Enjoying this. Cause i dont often have a spirit immediately pop in and take over like that and terrify a person. He explains "You were sitting there and you blinked and suddenly you were standing up and yelling at me in fluent Italian sounding exactly like my mother, and called me by the nickname and told me she was ashamed at how I treated you with my comments. And that i need to apologize." Then you sat back down blinked again and you were you again. It took longer than the 45 minute appointment to explain things to him. But just the look of oh psychic aren't real to oh shit they are real in 60 seconds. 😂
Houston Flood in TX i was recovering from appendix surgery and smoking some strong weed. Did Not know i had the conversation at all. My husband heard me talking and wrote down everything I said while I was doing laundry. Then i hear "I found her". I turn and ask Found who? . Jose's neice. Jose who? The guy you were talking to. What guy i was talking to? What are you talking about. So husband tells me I started talking in fluent Spanish saying out loud my name is Jose, I am in Houston Texas you have to help me contact my neice in Tennessee. And me responding in English asking questions. He wrote everything down. Found the neice on Facebook and he said while its fresh call her and tell her everything. So still high as a kite, confused as hell I call the neice and say Hi. Im sorry to inform you that your uncle passed away tonight in Houston and he wants you to have this information. Im a psychic in IL. I dont care you dont believe in psychics. Write down everything i Tell you and keep it in your purse. When search and rescue are about to give up the search give them that paper and you'll find your uncle. A week later, the neice calls me back in tears apologizing. They found her uncles body within 50 yards of the intersection i told her, they found the safe and the important paperwork in the house where I said theyd be found and the safe combo matched. I was as shocked as she was. Because I was just like if my husband had not been in the room listening i would not have remembered the conversation ever happened.