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Psychic Sophistry

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 July 2009

Tony Youens
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Abstract

This article explains the various techniques that psychics can use to convince both their clients and themselves that they really do have occult powers. Tony Youens, the author, regularly demonstrates these techniques, and usually succeeds in convincing his audience of his amazing psychic abilities before he reveals all. On one recent TV show, a person who uses psychics was asked, after a long session with both Tony and a ‘real’ psychic, which of the two had genuinely psychic powers. They chose Tony.

Type
Research Article
Information
Think , Volume 1 , Issue 1 , Spring 2002 , pp. 29 - 37
Copyright
Copyright © The Royal Institute of Philosophy 2002

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