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Skeptics say that the evidence presented Oklahoma, showed that college seniors and
for its existence is unverified or not graduate students have more paranormal
sufficiently verified for scientific beliefs than college freshmen. According
acceptance. Many parapsychologists who to the Steiger scientific report, higher
study psychic phenomena agree that many education tends to support belief in the
of the instances of more popular psychic paranormal.
phenomena such as mediumism and other Some people also believe that psychic
psychic feats, can be attributed to abilities can be activated or enhanced
non-paranormal techniques such as cold through the study and practice of various
reading and hot reading, or even self- disciplines and techniques such as
delusion. Magicians such as Ian Rowland meditation, with a number of books and
and Derren Brown have demonstrated websites being dedicated to instruction
techniques and results similar to those in these methods (see Psionics article
of popular psychics, but they proffer for details). Another popular belief is
psychological explanations instead of that psychic ability can be inherited and
paranormal ones.[citation needed] They is something that can be passed down from
have identified, described and developed one generation to the next.
complex psychological techniques of cold There are also a number of individuals
reading and hot reading. who have been proclaimed or proclaimed
James Randi themselves to be psychics and/or mediums.
Former stage magician and noted debunker Some of them make a living as
James Randi has offered a $1 million professional fortune tellers. Some either
prize to anyone who can actively host their own TV programs, such as John
demonstrate "any psychic, supernatural or Edward or are featured on the shows of
paranormal ability". In order to claim others, such as Sylvia Browne (see
the prize, a challenger must first Paranormal television). Some have made
complete a preliminary evaluation - predictions of future events, with
demonstrate a psychic ability in varying degrees of accuracy, or have
uncontrolled circumstances - and must published books of predictions or
then demonstrate the same ability under metaphysical ideas based on psychic
agreed, controlled circumstances. No themes.
challenger has yet passed the preliminary Fiction
evaluation. Psychic characters are common in fiction
Correspondence and claims from 150 as well. For example, The Dead Zone by
applicants are listed on the James Randi Stephen King (and the film and TV series
Educational Foundation (JREF) website. based on it) are about a psychic named
Popular culture Johnny Smith whose abilities are awakened
Belief in psychic abilities is common. after a car accident. Psychic abilities
For example, one 2006 poll by researchers are also used by the fictional character
Bryan Farha of Oklahoma City University Raven Baxter in the television show
and Gary Steward of University of Central That's So Raven.






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