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Archive for the ‘Skeptics Corner’ Category

August 28th, 2007

Sylvia Browne Won’t Touch a Million Dollars with a Ten Foot Pole

Quackwatch has a very detailed account of attempts to get Sylvia Browne to take the million dollar test to prove psychic ability.: 
Most assuredly you’ve heard the phrase “innocent until proven guilty.” I’m pretty much a believer in that saying. Our legal system is built around it — and justifiably so. But what if an alleged psychic makes three […]

By Katelyn -- 2 comments

August 23rd, 2007

Sylvia Browne Does it Again

Look at this poor mother’s face as Sylvia Browne keeps insisting that she have her daughter checked for something completely unrelated to her condition. Why do people keep asking her for advice?
It makes me think-just the other day, I was at the store and decided to get milk and when I got home, we were […]

By Katelyn -- 3 comments

August 1st, 2007

Sylvia Browne - Always Worth a Laugh

I just spit tea all over my keyboard laughing, so I thought I’d share this excerpt from Montel Williams that T.O. from LAMLand blogged about this morning:
…you can make your own holy water by putting it in the sun and making the sign of the cross over it three times.
I’m so thankful for that DIY […]

By Katelyn -- 4 comments

July 12th, 2007

More Sylvia Browne Fun

 Someone has created a video montage of Sylvia Browne  and some of her worst readings:

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By Katelyn -- 1 comment

July 11th, 2007

More Sylvia Browne Gossip

I thought this article on the Hornbecks and Sylvia Browne was so sad. I can’t imagine the pain this family was in and then to have someone take advantage of them like this. The worst thing about this is the attempt to profit from this family’s pain, but making them think their son was dead when he was […]

By Katelyn -- 1 comment

July 3rd, 2007

Bad Psychics Cause Serious Problems

 I thought this article by Benjamin Radford was really interesting:
In June, a psychic offered information in the case of Lisa Stebic, a 37-year-old mother of two missing since April 30. The psychic claimed that Stebic would be found in Silver Springs State Park. The family endured a “roller coaster” of emotions as police and volunteers […]

By Katelyn -- 3 comments

May 22nd, 2007

Sylvia Browne Becomes a Simile

Sylvia Browne’s messed up predictions have become so mainstream that sports writers are creating similes:
Matt Millen May Not Have Screwed This Up
Deadspin, NY - Apr 28, 2007
He was tough to evaluate at times, because his quarterback at Georgia Tech’s arm was about as accurate as a Sylvia Browne horoscope, but Johnson has Pro …
Anyone […]

By Katelyn -- 19 comments

October 19th, 2006

Skeptics Corner: Teaching Pigs To Sing

My skeptic friends tried to warn me: “Never try to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and annoys the pig.”

So says Harriett Hall in her article Teaching Pigs to Sing: An Experiment in Bringing Critical Thinking to the Masses, where “A skeptic encounters psychics, astrologers, and other strange creatures and […]

By Sheila -- 3 comments

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