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Re:Sting Operations to Expose Celebrity Psychics by scott_s on Tuesday February 26, 2019 @02:57PM (#19257791)
"Prove" is a funny word. No, I can't "prove" there are no pink elephants in interstellar space. But based on our understanding of the universe, we can dismiss it out right. Claims of psychic powers are basically the same.
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Re:Sting Operations to Expose Celebrity Psychics by bduerst on Tuesday February 26, 2019 @02:58PM (#19257805)
It's the celestial teapot.

You can't prove it's existence, but you can't disprove it either. Belief in it's existence is purely based on opinion, not fact.

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Re:Sting Operations to Expose Celebrity Psychics by scott_s on Tuesday February 26, 2019 @03:06PM (#19257867)
"I like pizza" is an opinion. "I can read your thoughts" is a factual claim. We can test factual claims.
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Re:Sting Operations to Expose Celebrity Psychics by bduerst on Tuesday February 26, 2019 @05:15PM (#19258828)
Sure, and "I can hear the ghosts around me" is not, and it's a waste of time for anyone trying to prove or disprove this opinion.
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Re:Sting Operations to Expose Celebrity Psychics by scott_s on Tuesday February 26, 2019 @05:31PM (#19258957)
Which is fine, but often the claim is "The thing in this picture is a ghost." That's easily testable.
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