Do you believe in psychics?

XXVoid MainXX wrote:

I don't believe in psychics but I do believe in physics.

scooter5002 wrote:

My wife has a "spiritual advisor" and I've never really known what to think about it, just listened to what she tells me about her visits...

My wife has a "spiritual advisor" and I've never really known what to think about it, just listened to what she tells me about her visits. One day in late 2010 she came home and told me that a friend of mine was really worried about me, according to her advisor. My friend was worried enough, apparently, that he thought I was going to off myself, and I WAS going through a pretty rough stretch. He thought that I needed to get away from the stupidity of living down in the mayhem of here, and go back out west.
I thought, "How the hell am I going to accomplish THAT?" I'm in a relationship here, and I can't leave my parents, since I'm the only child still local. She then went on to tell me that her advisor described this guy to a "T", how he looked, how he dressed, rode a Harley, on and on. Strangely, she has never even SEEN this guy, let alone met him, so the fact she knew all this was astounding The girl has never met ME either, just going off what she sensed from my wife. Said that I really needed to get away, and reconnect with the wilderness and some inner peace. I wasn't super tight with this guy, but he was definitely someone whose friendship I really valued, he just came along at a time when I was recovering from alcohol abuse, and we met because of moto. Just a stand up guy who'd give you the shirt off his back. I actually flew him out to Calgary in April 2002, to drive my van back to southern Ontario, and he could stop and see his Grandmother in Sioux Lookout in the north part of the province for as long as he wanted. I was in no hurry to get my stuff once I got there, it was just my CR500 riding gear, tools and a bunch of non essential items. He didn't want to hang out even for the night, he ran on adrenalin, always going, always doing something, I couldn't even talk him into letting me rent him a room for the night to sleep. Said he wouldn't sleep anyway, might as well get in the van and head east. Bought him supper, gave him a bunch of money for gas and eats on the trip, and he put 'er into the wind. As it turns out, when he left Calgary that night about 3 hours after he landed, it would be the last time I'd ever see him. He was killed on his Harley south of Sudbury Ontario in July, 1 month before my wedding, hit a moose after a heavy summer rainstorm around 2am. Never even saw the damn thing in the heavy mist. The both of us had bad schedules and never hooked up in the following 4 months, once I got home. My fiancé picked up my van at his house during the week, because he was an instructor at a safe street riding course on weekends.
Do I believe in people that are gifted in that way? I damn sure do now.

gabrielmalinois wrote:

I wouldn't say I am psychic but often my intuition (or gut feelings) are too accurate to be attributed to coincidence. It is not the sort...

I wouldn't say I am psychic but often my intuition (or gut feelings) are too accurate to be attributed to coincidence. It is not the sort of thing I can will to happen but It just happens at times and for me it seems to happen much more often than the average person. Most of the time it occurs when my emotional state is elevated.

Below is my Super Bowl prediction. http://www.vitalmx.com/forums/Non-Moto,21/Super-Bowl-XLVIII,1265092?pag… The score ended up being 43 to 8. I was off by four points but the total points I had was exact (my gut got a little confused by the safety and two point conversion). Though I was slightly off, I was certain it was going to be a complete blow out for the Hawks. It wasn't something I believed, it was something I knew, and that is how it works for me. I get in tune with the rhythms of the Universe. Though, my gut tells me the Long Island Medium TV show is B.S.

gabrielmalinois wrote:

I wouldn't say I am psychic but often my intuition (or gut feelings) are too accurate to be attributed to coincidence. It is not the sort...

I wouldn't say I am psychic but often my intuition (or gut feelings) are too accurate to be attributed to coincidence. It is not the sort of thing I can will to happen but It just happens at times and for me it seems to happen much more often than the average person. Most of the time it occurs when my emotional state is elevated.

Below is my Super Bowl prediction. http://www.vitalmx.com/forums/Non-Moto,21/Super-Bowl-XLVIII,1265092?pag… The score ended up being 43 to 8. I was off by four points but the total points I had was exact (my gut got a little confused by the safety and two point conversion). Though I was slightly off, I was certain it was going to be a complete blow out for the Hawks. It wasn't something I believed, it was something I knew, and that is how it works for me. I get in tune with the rhythms of the Universe. Though, my gut tells me the Long Island Medium TV show is B.S.

TripleFive wrote:

F YOU

level wrote:

Specifically Teresa Caputo from the long island medium? If you have ever watched this show it's pretty crazy how she knows what she does. Sure, it's...

Specifically Teresa Caputo from the long island medium? If you have ever watched this show it's pretty crazy how she knows what she does. Sure, it's a TV show but still all they are doing is following her around. It's not necessarily scripted but just edited.

That being said I still have skepticism but that doesn't mean it's not true. If it is true then she validates that there is life after death.

What you guys think? I would also like to know if anybody here has any experiences that led them to believe that there is definitely life after death?

the_wood109 wrote:

You people are sad...really sad. James Randi has been destroying all paranormal claims for a long time but he's not the first and won't be the...

You people are sad...really sad.

James Randi has been destroying all paranormal claims for a long time but he's not the first and won't be the last. The reason being that the methodology behind this bullshit is all the same. There hasn't been anything new in this area for thousands of years. Cold reading, magic tricks, lies, ruses, and straight up guesses account for all psychic phenomenon.

Guessing the super bowl score close (but still incorrectly) is harmless enough, but the for profit ones are extremely damaging. They sell people lies about loved ones that have gone missing, advising life decisions, and generally just fuck with people to make a buck.

If you search through youtube for James Randi, there is some great stuff. It's great to watch these people squirm when Randi exposes them.

the_wood109 wrote:

Perhaps you didn't experience anything. Perhaps you're just trying to justify your own belief system by attributing a lucky guess to something paranormal. If you get...

Perhaps you didn't experience anything. Perhaps you're just trying to justify your own belief system by attributing a lucky guess to something paranormal. If you get it wrong, you ignore it...but if you even get close (after all your guess was wrong,) you try to claim that you experienced something unworldly. It's hilarious to anyone willing to be intellectually honest enough to look at things objectively.