Sally Morgan Psychic Readings

Q:  Is Sally Morgan genuine?

A:  I have never had a personal reading with Sally, and the truth is…….I actually know very little about her, as she is nowhere near as popular here in the States, as she is overseas.  That said……my experience with celebrity psychics and mediums in general hasn’t been great, and i’ve often found the very BEST psychics and clairvoyants are actually those that you can find by phone, or face to face in your local community as well.  (often at a huge fraction of the cost you’d pay someone like Sally Morgan or other well known famous mediums)

Here is an article from the Guardian in the UK that is critical of Sally – and while I complely DISAGREE with the authors opinion on psychic ability in general (as clearly he’s a serious skeptic) I do agree with his assesment of the readings he relates relative to the transcripts of Ms. Morgan’s sessions that are cited in the article.

Check out the whole thing….along with audio, at the link below.

You’ve got New Zealand in your life. You’re going to New Zealand. And you’ve got the name Robyn connected to it R.O.B.Y.N and it’ll be a woman, she’ll be a girl and she’ll be very important in your life … “”… Well, you’ll settle there. You’ll have a son. Yeah, you’ll have children, you’ll have boys … you’re going to have two little boys … you could marry someone who’s a doctor … You’re going to have the medical profession in your life … “”Oh you’ll emigrate, you’re going to marry someone called Robyn, with a ‘Y’”Link to this audioThis all sounds reasonable, until the reading moves on to discuss someone called Anna, whereupon the male subject of the reading corrects Sally and points out that she could not be more wrong: “I’m interested about Anna as I’ve always only had gay relationships.”

It is always amusing/sad/interesting to look at the unconvincing nature of the typical psychic reading, but not particularly surprising if you have a scientific perspective on so-called psychics. After all, the best available evidence points to the conclusion that psychic powers do not exist.Hence, instead of analysing the accuracy/inaccuracy of the reading, I am going to look at whether or not this sort of reading can be harmful, especially bearing in mind that some clients might be desperate or vulnerable.

Is psychic Sally Morgan deluded but essentially harmless? | Simon Singh | Science | guardian.co.uk