Why do a lot of people scoff at using psychics in police cases?
Dec 14, 2008 in
Law Enforcement & Police
lilith663 asked:
I know a lot of people who just scoff at psychics. I’ve had a few readings and nothing has ever come of them. But I don’t label them all frauds. A lot of police departments use them. However, are they ever given any credit if they are right on the mark and the person is found due to their information? I know if they don’t come up with anything, they are automatically labeled frauds. Lots of times the psychics are called in very late as a last resort. I’m sorry, I’d let the police do their work but I sure as heck would also be working the other end with a psychic covering all bases. Who cares who is right in the end as long as your loved one is found?
I know a lot of people who just scoff at psychics. I’ve had a few readings and nothing has ever come of them. But I don’t label them all frauds. A lot of police departments use them. However, are they ever given any credit if they are right on the mark and the person is found due to their information? I know if they don’t come up with anything, they are automatically labeled frauds. Lots of times the psychics are called in very late as a last resort. I’m sorry, I’d let the police do their work but I sure as heck would also be working the other end with a psychic covering all bases. Who cares who is right in the end as long as your loved one is found?
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6 comments
Serpico7 on December 16, 2008 at 6:49 am
My father has worked as a forensic scientist for most of his life. He says they are professional scammers or weird people who just get lucky sometimes. Hey, I’ll believe my dad.
Cheffy D on December 18, 2008 at 8:49 pm
Why can’t psychics predict lottery numbers?
There is a lot more to life than what we know, but there is no proof that psychics work in any practical way.
Takfam on December 22, 2008 at 4:50 am
If psychic power had any real use. The government would have taken it and used it in the military by now.
kano7_1985 on December 24, 2008 at 8:24 am
Because psychic powers do not exist and theses people are, in general, frauds out to make money from vulnerable people, You should read up on the case of the alleged psychic Sylvia Brown to get my point.
timssterling on December 26, 2008 at 2:17 pm
Its important because we dont want to be wasting an investigators time chasing “feelings” about what happened. We want that person to be following leads, evidence, making rational decisions as thats the only known way to solve a crime. If he wastes his time following a psychic’s feeling thats bad because thats time he could spend figuring out the crime.
Isabel J on December 26, 2008 at 3:57 pm
I don’t believe in psychics. I believe in simple coincidences or lucky guesses. But psychics, in general, are scammers. They just say they’re what they are, to make money. And because of that, idiots tend to fall into their little mind tricks, just to see who they’ll fall in love with or when they’ll fall in love or what kind of job they’ll have in the near future. It’s stupid, because you might not even fall in love, get that job, and whatever else the person is saying. But yeah, psychics aren’t completely real, but in some cases, they might just be. I just see them as people, who use guesses as a way of scamming people out of their money.