Astrology

[joshua_ste]

For some reason I always associate astrology with the "psychic" Sylvia Browne:

YouTube - "Psychic" gets busted!

 

[Calboner]

For some reason I always associate astrology with the "psychic" Sylvia Browne:

YouTube - "Psychic" gets busted!

That's hardly "busted." Even if it were, pointing out one instance does not expose the techniques that these charlatans rely on or the defective modes of thinking that make people credulous of them. These clips do the work much better (starting around 1 minute into the first one):

The Carrot (Season 6, Episode 15) - Video Clips - South Park Studios

The Other Side (Season 6, Episode 15) - Video Clips - South Park Studios

In the second one, Stan gets his own television show in which he tries to expose the fraud in cold reading techniques, but no matter what he does, the audience believes that he is exhibiting actual psychic powers.

 

[maxcok]

That's hardly "busted." Even if it were, pointing out one instance does not expose the techniques that these charlatans rely on or the defective modes of thinking that make people credulous of them. These clips do the work much better (starting around 1 minute into the first one):

The Carrot (Season 6, Episode 15) - Video Clips - South Park Studios

The Other Side (Season 6, Episode 15) - Video Clips - South Park Studios

In the second one, Stan gets his own television show in which he tries to expose the fraud in cold reading techniques, but no matter what he does, the audience believes that he is exhibiting actual psychic powers.

I knew you were going to post that. How do you explain that? :tongue1:

p.s. The thing I love about you most, Cal, is the way you argue philosophy, theology, metaphysics, etc. all according to the University of South Park. That and your ass. :P

 

[Pendlum]

I will definitely have to mentally pocket that Forer effect info.