seeing the future

[roxybella]

are fortune tellers,phychics,claievoyants for real,or is it all a trick??

[ELVIS68]

stokie you`re kind of a fortune teller aint you? lol

[mungbeanz]

Thay are all frauds. Everything they do is a mixture of cold reading and Barnum statements. James Randi has offered $1,000,000 to anybody who can prove that they really are psychic. Not one person has won his yet. Does this not say something very clearly?
There's more than one good documentary to watch will explain what they do. Richard Dawkin's 'Enemy of Reason' and 'Derren Brown Investigates' both discuss the tactics that these people use.
May people who go to see psychics are mourning or desperate for answers. Anything that they hear that they want to will stick with them, while forgetting the misses.
"I am sensing a man who died of heart or stomach problems"
"I have a brother who died after a heart attack"
"Yes it is your brother clling me from the spririt world"
"What Kieth?"
"Yes. I'm sensing your brother Kieth says that he is in happiness and loves you"
Most times the customer will leave only remembering that the psychic contatcted their dead brother Kieth. Spooky!, But forgetting that they told the psychic all the information they needed.
tl;dr
It.s all rubbish

[RATTER15]

Absolute nonsense the lot of it!! I saw Darren Brown giving an incredible reading live on stage, the victim was amazed and terribly upset by his knowledge and accuracy and the detail that only she would have know. After the reading he explained how he done it, mostly by reading the reactions in her face, some were just educated guesses but extremely clever. It can be done, they are all frauds.

[Dee Sa]

when younger I went quite often to fortune tellers etc but none of it ever came true I realise now ! The spiritualist church is something different because apart from putting one or two pounds in the collection they never ask for money but then the medium only talks of things in the past hardly anything about the future.But is known in our household as "the spooky church" and I am the only one who goes occasionally, took hubby once and he left half way through and I had to make my own way home !

[Arti]

<James Randi has offered $1,000,000 to anybody who can prove that they really are psychic. Not one person has won his yet. Does this not say something very clearly?>

Surely, anyone who's psychic can find lots of ways to make loads of money, without having to put up with the unwanted attention that this offer would bring.

[Old_Geezer]

It must be easy to fake so I'm sure there must be many who knowingly chance to fool folk, but since we do not know the nature of time it is an act of faith to say no one can get an impression of what is to happen. Although by the force of some folks arguments one would think proof was abundant.

You refer to fortune tellers, psychics, clairvoyants, which are not all the same. Fortune Telling is a general term and probably accurately describes those with no ability to see future events. Anyone can make up a "fortune" and tell you.
Psychics are folk who have (or claim) occult talents, and that can include clairvoyance, but could be other talents such as psychometry or clairaudience maybe. Clairvoyance is the name given to the ability to see future events.

I think your best bet is not to make assumptions but to treat such claims with suspicion until they have been demonstrated. Someone demonstrating such talents when they are personally gaining nothing material from doing so, is worth experiencing.

[T&S]

There was a psychic fayre near where i live that was cancelled due to unforseen circumstances...

[Old_Geezer]

Yes, I don't think any of them claim perfect vision of what is to be, just impressions

[mungbeanz]

@Arti 'Psychics' love attention. There are plenty of celebrity 'psychics' out there who would love to claim this prize to wipe the smug grin off Randi's face. Trouble is they don't actually have the psychic ability to perform this feat. He has even told them that they can set the conditions. Or perhaps you are referring to the quieter "I don't do it for the money, just to help people" lot. Well, these are the most deluded people in this spectrum (and should probably seek psychiatric help). They aren't even using their cold-reading skills to exploit people.
Some people just have an unshakable belief in something that can't be disproved which gives us these pointless round-and-around debates. Religion, the paranormal and spirituality are our three main focuses.