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Originally posted by Choder
I presented you with proof of something that could not be cold reading, and you say the member of the audience was planted. That is a seperate debate on whether that is happening. Does this mean I convinced you that John isn't just cold reading people, and now you think the audience members are fake? I want to be clear on what exactly it is that you're skeptical about. You're changing your answer
Why would he use cold reading techniques on plants?
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What you are seeing here is the process of induction, not unreasonable skepticism. If your past experience tells you that someone making claim X is always associated with fraud, then you are going to be inordinately skeptical of people who make that claim in the future.
Fact is that so many psychics have been exposed as frauds in the past that people have come to believe (reasonably..) that the burden of proof falls 100% on the psychic to prove beyond any shadow of a doubt that they are real. Given the sordid history of John Edwards types, I wouldn't be expecting to convice anyone until you have evidence which is absolutely unimpeachable.