"No strong opinion here though few years back a tarrot reader told me where to look for my mum's lost ring and found it after searching for nearly a month for it before. 🤷♂️"
Hmm, just a fantastic coincidence perhaps? 🤔 Unless they said "it is in a small blue box in the back of a drawer, 3 drawers down, in the chest of drawers in the back bedroom of your house on this road"  that would be something! |
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No except I think Tarot cards are very useful for focussing your mind and asking yourself questions you might not have thought of previously.
They are not able to predict the future but they do enable you to influence it. |
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"No except I think Tarot cards are very useful for focussing your mind and asking yourself questions you might not have thought of previously.
They are not able to predict the future but they do enable you to influence it. "
That's an interesting take! Maybe they do have a useful role in introspection. |
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When it comes to belief I tend to think in terms of Popper's concept of Falsifiability. If something can't be tested then it can't be considered empirically verifiable or therefore reliable. Popper would refer to this as a non-scientific hypothesis or question.
I look at it quite simply as something that can't be reliably proven, but that doesn't necessarily mean it has no value. I wouldn't rely upon the outcomes, let's put it that way. It can be interesting though, and if it's enjoyable then why not do ngage with it?
Why not? I mean unless deep down there's a belief that it may be real and you are messing with supernatural forces 😁. We wouldn't want to open a gateway and summon a demon now would we? 😈 |
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"When it comes to belief I tend to think in terms of Popper's concept of Falsifiability. If something can't be tested then it can't be considered empirically verifiable or therefore reliable. Popper would refer to this as a non-scientific hypothesis or question.
I look at it quite simply as something that can't be reliably proven, but that doesn't necessarily mean it has no value. I wouldn't rely upon the outcomes, let's put it that way. It can be interesting though, and if it's enjoyable then why not do ngage with it?
Why not? I mean unless deep down there's a belief that it may be real and you are messing with supernatural forces 😁. We wouldn't want to open a gateway and summon a demon now would we? 😈 "
Awwww, but that sounds like fun   |
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"When it comes to belief I tend to think in terms of Popper's concept of Falsifiability. If something can't be tested then it can't be considered empirically verifiable or therefore reliable. Popper would refer to this as a non-scientific hypothesis or question.
I look at it quite simply as something that can't be reliably proven, but that doesn't necessarily mean it has no value. I wouldn't rely upon the outcomes, let's put it that way. It can be interesting though, and if it's enjoyable then why not do ngage with it?
Why not? I mean unless deep down there's a belief that it may be real and you are messing with supernatural forces 😁. We wouldn't want to open a gateway and summon a demon now would we? 😈
Awwww, but that sounds like fun "
Meet me midnight, when the moon is fullest, at the abandoned church, in the forsaken woods.
There we will begin our ritual and embrace the abyssal divinity of the unknown.
I'll bring my Ouija board and a candle. |
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"Not really. Except when you read thing where it says my star sign is good in bed. Then it's 100% true."
I always find when I read things about pisceans I can relate to around 50% of the traits because they are vague as hell. It's easy for people to see or two things that resonate and think "gosh, yes, that's SO me!"
But I'm a total sceptic. Especially when it comes to horoscopes for the week ahead. Vaguest that vague could be |
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I think the psychology behind those things is more interesting than the practices themselves. Darren Brown is brillant on explaining how we can all be manipulated or fooled with the right techniques |
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"No except I think Tarot cards are very useful for focussing your mind and asking yourself questions you might not have thought of previously.
They are not able to predict the future but they do enable you to influence it. "
Exactly. |
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"No, but if it helps you, then you do you.
There’s evidential support for acupuncture, but most ‘woo’ stuff is to separate people from their money. "
The NHS offers acupuncture. A musculoskeletal consultant and a physio both treated me with it |
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Not at all and to be fair I cannot understand those that do believe in any of it.
I'll go to palm readings etc with people for fun but that's how I see it.... entertainment , like magicians and magic and illusionists.
My major worry are thoses who dupe people out of money by making them think they are in contact with their deceased loved ones. |
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Yes Leo and Granny, I think that's the thing. It can be seen as a bit of good fun, going to see a fortune teller etc as an act or a show if you're aware enough to realise it is all an act.
But it's when it tips over into taking advantage/fleecing vulnerable and desperate people that it becomes an issue in those cases.
It's a fine line too between someone seeking reassurances and comfort from these things in a harmless way, and those duplicitous charlatans who use desperate people as cash cows. |
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My major worry are thoses who dupe people out of money by making them think they are in contact with their deceased loved ones."
Absolutely, the Church are working the mortality corner, they should get their own grift. |
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No but without them how many horror films would we have?
Also, they may trigger you to think about things in a different way which might be helpful - interpreting cards for example forcing your mind to take different paths rather than getting stuck on the usual ones. They could also become a self fulfilling prophecy. And if they do...does that mean they were kind of accurate? |
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"Not really. Except when you read thing where it says my star sign is good in bed. Then it's 100% true.
I always find when I read things about pisceans I can relate to around 50% of the traits because they are vague as hell. It's easy for people to see or two things that resonate and think "gosh, yes, that's SO me!"
But I'm a total sceptic. Especially when it comes to horoscopes for the week ahead. Vaguest that vague could be "
The thing I find about star sign traits is that they are all positive. They are things like adventurous, studious, kind, focused etc. They are all things people aspire to being. When people read them they are more disposed to see themselves as those things and conclude there is something in it.
If one of the descriptions was "an utter piece of dog turd" then the person surrounded by crystals is much less likely to say "that's soooo me, darling". |
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