"Something" to mediumship? Porterboy explains.

[CFLarsen]

On this thread, Porterboy said the following:

I'm a mature adult and I've chosen to take an interest in Spiritualism and come to the informed conclusion that there is something in it.

Porterboy,

What makes you say that there is "something" in spiritualism?

 

[Olowkow]

There is plenty of "something in it".... MONEY!

 

[ynot]

Perhaps Porterboy actually meant . . .

"I'm a mature adult and I chosen to take an interest in Spiritualism and come to the emotional conclusion that I want there to be something in it."

 

[schlitt]

It is a common misconception that woo folk have, that if a psychic is not really psychic, the reading will not be convincing. They feel convincing = psychic.

What they fail to realize is; the mediums convincingness has an alternate explanation.

So someone who is skeptical of a psychic may go to see one, and not be aware of cold reading techniques, and come away utterly convinced. Because they had a misconception that the psychic would not be convincing if they were not truly psychic.

 

[arthwollipot]