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Archive of posts tagged mediums

New law to protect against fraudsters such as psychics?

News from skepticblog at http://skepticblog.org/2010/06/26/brits-do-something-about-phony-mediums-three-cheers/ that the United Kingdom is considering tougher laws to protect against fraudsters such as psychics, mediums, and spiritualists. Good. We’ve lived far too long in the Dark Ages and in the clutches of liars. Time to break free from these shackles and move forward. One of my previous posts that’s [...]

Joe Power, criminal intent?

In my previous post Mediums – true, deluded or criminal? at http://www.metalvortex.com/blog/2010/06/20/409.html I asked if those people who claim to be mediums and the like should be prosecuted for making claims that they cannot prove and for deliberately misleading and lying to people. So, thanks to a pointer from Michael Marshall versus ‘psychic’ Joe Power, [...]

Mediums – true, deluded or criminal?

skepticblog summarise the story at http://skepticblog.org/2010/06/19/one-down-thousands-to-go/ of Ramon Volz and his approach to ABC with regard to “medium” Kelli Faulkner. Great stuff. But it got me thinking about the role of “mediums”. Do mediums really believe in the stuff they peddle or are they deliberately lying to gain benefit for themselves? Regardless, whatever they sell [...]

Is that taxpayer’s money being wasted (again)?

We all know that the mechanisms that psychics use are based on lying to people, fooling people, to fraudulently represent what they are doing. So I am at a loss to explain why the government knowingly awarded cash to “self styled” mediums Paul Rees and Deborah Rees. If anything, in my opinion, those who claim [...]