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In reply to the discussion: Psychic (Sylvia Browne) Who Said Amanda Berry Was Dead Silent After Berry Is Found Alive [View all]JoDog
(1,353 posts)for some people to be able to perceive the world in a way that is different or more acute than that of the majority of the population. To me, it's like the difference between a normal AM/FM radio and a HAM radio: they operate on the same principles, but one can communicate on more frequencies than the other.
In human beings, we call such things "psychic abilities". I have had too many personal experiences with them to deny that such exists. What disgusts me is when people pretend to have those abilities or pretend to have stronger powers than they really do and purposefully start fleecing vulnerable people.
I have a dear friend who I believe has some psychic ability. She refuses to get involved in missing persons cases or anything that involves contacting the dead. The chance that she could cause damage to the missing person's or deceased's loved ones is simply too great. As she views it, such things are reckless.
Browne, however, apparently takes a very different view. She does cold reads (watch a few episodes of the TV show "The Mentalist"--it gives a better explanation than I can here) and goes with probability. She has no problem reading for highly charged and emotional cases. Browne, if she has any at all, uses her gifts irresponsibly.