There are many people who don't believe in psychic phenomena and many people who do. Who is right?

There are many reasons why people believe in the paranormal. They may have talked to a psychic that predicted their future correctly, had a psychic experience of their own, or they want to believe because it gives them hope.

The skeptics don't believe in it because they had an incorrect psychic reading, they only believe what they can see, or they want to see hard core evidence of psychic powers that leaves no doubt in their mind.

Below is an article written by one journalist concerning what he found when he started his own investigation.

Ever called a Psychic, I did yesterday and it was quite an eye opener.  
by Mike Green

I have been intrigued by psychics and what really goes on when you call one of these lines. So yesterday I called one up and was surprised if not a little shocked by what happened.

First let me say that I have an open mind, but I’m no sucker. In fact I’ve been on the net for 10 years and I know almost every scam that has been tried and only a few have ever sucked me in. Having a psychic reading on the internet, to me, was just about as risky as it gets.

The opportunity came up to write an article for the newspaper I worked for and I thought great, lets see what this is all about. So here I go.

I logged on and typed in a site that many people I know use. It was a large organization that basically sets the standards for Internet psychic sites.

I was quite surprised when the site first loaded. I was expecting to just see a few psychics and their contact numbers. Instead, it was more like a spiritual life site with heaps of content on all areas of spirituality. I mean they had psychics of course, but there was all sorts of information on wellbeing, health, motivation and its all free. They do charge for some astrology reports and of course psychic readings, but everything else is free.

So I proceeded to the psychic area and was able to read all about each psychic, how they became psychic and what they specialize in. I didn’t realize there are so many other readings you can get besides psychic readings. Others like Tarot readings, crystal and clairvoyant readings to name a few. I also checked out their policy information which was quite in depth. They offered a money back guarantee if you are not happy with your psychic reading, which I must say surprised me. So I rang their customer support line and they reassured me that if I was not happy with the call I could get a refund.

Since they had a 5 minute free offer, I called that line and spoke to Jenny. Well what a call. I asked her about my love life, job opportunities and of course when will I be rich. Just to be sure, I asked her what type of a person I was. Just for the record, I’m single, I am not rich and I’m an average sort of guy who is fairly happy.

She first started with my situation saying that although I thought I was happy(by the way I didn’t tell her anything besides my name), I was making the most of an average life and had let many opportunities for increased happiness pass me by. She went on to say that there are two people who think I’m worth going out on a date with, but I give all the wrong signs. She continued to say that I had a great job, but could do better and that there were many other opportunities in my life that I didn’t take notice of.

Well that was all fine, but in my mind much to general. That information could have applied to anyone, which is what I told her. She laughed (a psychic with a sense of humor)? Now this was starting to get interesting. She then proceeded to give me more detail about these two prospective women in my life. She not only described them, but named them and went on to tell me why they liked me. I don’t want to sound stupid, because I’m not, but on hearing that I nearly dropped the phone. She was spot on. I thought who the hell is this lady. I only called for a joke and to write my newspaper column and now here I was having my life laid out on a table and being accurately told of a life that I was letting pass me by.

I’ll save you from all my personal details, but all in all, I was quite amazed by the call. Since then I summoned up the courage to ask Sally in my office out and we have had a ball. I’ve since called Jenny back and came clean on why I called. I have to admit that I was surprised to find that some psychics may be for real. They also seem to have a code of ethics and many of them are trained counselors.

So there you have it, I call up for a funny story and the jokes on me. The call changed many things in my life for the better, so I suppose I have had the last laugh in the end.