Psychics, Criminal Profilers, Trolls ... What is the difference?

[Robittybob1]

You stated opinion...and you are wrong..imo.
I'm not particularly bothered about your misguided opinion

I know what it is like to have premonitions that come to pass.  Whether that entitles me to say I can see the future I'm not sure, for it never feels like a thing I can do but rather something that just randomly happens.

When I read about how Kate listened to some who had dreams but later wrote a chapter in her book saying they were basically all nutters I didn't know exactly into what category she would put me.

[G-Unit]

I know what it is like to have premonitions that come to pass.  Whether that entitles me to say I can see the future I'm not sure, for it never feels like a thing I can do but rather something that just randomly happens.

When I read about how Kate listened to some who had dreams but later wrote a chapter in her book saying they were basically all nutters I didn't know exactly into what category she would put me.

Both psychics and religious people put their faith in things they can't see or explain. What's the difference?

[Robittybob1]

Both psychics and religious people put their faith in things they can't see or explain. What's the difference?

When you have had premonitions of the future and revelations of the past and they, in the end, appear to be truths, I find I believe in both premonitions and in God.   But that doesn't mean all psychics are correct or all believers are equal either.

To me, both are gifts, and not something I can conjure up myself.

[Mr Gray]

When you have had premonitions of the future and revelations of the past and they, in the end, appear to be truths, I find I believe in both premonitions and in God.   But that doesn't mean all psychics are correct or all believers are equal either.

To me, both are gifts, and not something I can conjure up myself.

Sorry Rob but there is no real evidence of any psychic ability....I wish there was. You may have convinced yourself there is but in reality there is no real evidence

[The General]

Sorry Rob but there is no real evidence of any psychic ability....I wish there was. You may have convinced yourself there is but in reality there is no real evidence

Agreed.

[Mr Gray]

Agreed.

I think in reality he exposed Geller as a fraud

About 30 yeras ago james randi offerred 1 million dollars to anyone who could supply proof of psychic ability....to this day taht sum has never been claimed

[The General]

About 30 yeras ago james randi offerred 1 million dollars to anyone who could supply proof of psychic ability....to this day taht sum has never been claimed

Indeed.
Have you ever come across anything even remotely compelling that piqued your interest?

[Robittybob1]

Sorry Rob but there is no real evidence of any psychic ability....I wish there was. You may have convinced yourself there is but in reality there is no real evidence

What would you call real evidence?   I'd love to have evidence.   I'll work on it.

Agreed.

In the military maybe you'd call it instinct, gut feeling or something like that, but what I'm talking about is more accurate than that.   It is rare.  Not an everyday thing, for sure.

About 30 yeras ago james randi offerred 1 million dollars to anyone who could supply proof of psychic ability....to this day taht sum has never been claimed

I submitted a proposal to go into that challenge.  But they said I had to pass some other test before the Randi Challenge.   It became so complicated it never eventuated it was plastered on the internet that I had failed. 

[Robittybob1]

About 30 yeras ago james randi offerred 1 million dollars to anyone who could supply proof of psychic ability....to this day taht sum has never been claimed

Thinking back to those days it was being arranged in the weeks prior to the 9/11 attack.  (September 11, 2001)  So it was a while ago now. 

[The General]

What would you call real evidence?   I'd love to have evidence.   I'll work on it.
In the military maybe you'd call it instinct, gut feeling or something like that, but what I'm talking about is more accurate than that.   It is rare.  Not an everyday thing, for sure.

I submitted a proposal to go into that challenge.  But they said I had to pass some other test before the Randi Challenge.   It became so complicated it never eventuated it was plastered on the internet that I had failed.

Really? Have you still got the proposal? Fair play, put your conviction to the test.

In the military there's always talk of 'gut feeling', but I think it's primeval instincts and neurotransmitters providing cognitive input.
There's many a story of 'knowing' something is about to go off, or there's a Tango on a rooftop or whatever, but for every one of those there's 10 terrible accounts of lads / lasses stumbling in to IED's or ambushes.

[Mr Gray]

Thinking back to those days it was being arranged in the weeks prior to the 9/11 attack.  (September 11, 2001)  So it was a while ago now.

Did any psychic predict 9/11

[Vertigo Swirl]

Did any psychic predict 9/11

Yep, I did.

[Robittybob1]

Really? Have you still got the proposal? Fair play, put your conviction to the test.

In the military there's always talk of 'gut feeling', but I think it's primeval instincts and neurotransmitters providing cognitive input.
There's many a story of 'knowing' something is about to go off, or there's a Tango on a rooftop or whatever, but for every one of those there's 10 terrible accounts of lads / lasses stumbling in to IED's or ambushes.

Those days were different than today, nearly 19 years ago. The proposal was being discussed and not yet agreed to but they say I failed.  It was on the internet right up to several years ago.  I don't go and check constantly.
It wasn't easy to find as it was so long ago.  http://ntskeptics.org/resources/the-north-texas-skeptics-paranormal-challenge/challenge-activity/

[Mr Gray]

Those days were different than today, nearly 19 years ago. The proposal was being discussed and not yet agreed to but they say I failed.  It was on the internet right up to several years ago.  I don't go and check constantly.
It wasn't easy to find as it was so long ago.  http://ntskeptics.org/resources/the-north-texas-skeptics-paranormal-challenge/challenge-activity/

The point is no one was able to show paranormal skills...

[Robittybob1]

The point is no one was able to show paranormal skills...

They didn't let me try.   All they wanted was predictions of earthquakes and the like.