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I'm just saying that the established ones are frauds. Can you give me a good example of a real one?

What about the TV psychics who will tell people about their relationships and whatever? Those people ought to have control over it, but you don't see them winning the lottery all of the time.

I have their books. And I agree. Waaaay too many.

I thought it was 8 billion. A google search for it says 8 billion, and it also says that on the main page.

Please use the search function. http://www.scienceforums.net/forums/showthread.php?t=1936 http://www.scienceforums.net/forums/showthread.php?t=6027 We do not need to discuss anything 38237 times. As for my opinion, no. There are no psychics. Just frauds. Think about it: if they were really psychic, wouldn't they go and win the lottery a few times?

I don't have any more either. Hoax?

Why wouldn't he be using his psychic abilities to win the lottery? Anyways, it could always be a hoax. Someone told me that February First used to be February Fools Day; it was moved to April.

Nope.

Body language? He does the "I'm getting vibrations from the cup" thingy too, so it could be their body language.

Only one person. No informant. I do wonder if she was making it up though.

Apparently, if she doesn't point at any or points at all of them, he tells her that she did.

Someone at school told me about something her brother does: He takes three cups/glasses of different colors and sets them on the table. Then he leaves the room, telling them to point at one once he's gone. Then he comes back and tells them what they pointed at. Apparently they've even locked him in the bathroom and he did it. He can do it with any set of cups, anywhere. Any clues as to how?

Oops. GI Joe has more uses after all. What kind of twisted mind would come up with that type of hoax though?

It shows only when you've logged out. It could be put back in in the "Quick Links" menu.

In an instant. Then you have to define an instant. http://www.scienceforums.net/forums/showthread.php?t=8653

The speed of light is still constant, it's just that the atoms it hits absorb it and only very slowly re-emit it. The absorbtion and emission bits slow it down.

Well, the first chapter is done and I'm getting ready to do the second. I'll post the first chapter when I'm done with the third.

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And there I was thinking it would never be done. I guess the insurgents couldn't stop us this time. I certainly hope nobody will be saying "Fraud!" and blasting everybody else to smithereens because of it.

There you go.

I think they're bits of proteins floating around in the eyeballs. I think. That's what my parents told me when it happened to me. edit: from swansont's link below, I guess I was close.

It is kind of funny, isn't it? It seems that only the w3c website is valid HTML... except for Sayo's own site. I guess nobody cares about the standards. Someone needs to follow the rules.

It's some sort of gem. I'm not a gemologist, but it may be emerald?

Next thing you know, it'll be in style. Scorpion bracelets! If someone's annoying you, just chuck the scorpion at them!

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