Originally Posted By CuriousConstance Do you think they are all laughing about the people they are ripping off between phone calls or do you think they all have to act like they are psychic even to each other? WTF would the hiring qualifications be?! I'm so curious, I've GOT to know!
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance But the people that are doing the hiring, do they have to keep up the psychic ruse with their employees or is it more like, "we realize you're not psychic but keep your mouth shut or else".
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan WTF would the hiring qualifications be?!<< 1. How many times have you correctly predicted an event, such as the sun rising in the east? 2. Please describe your childhood, using the vaguest terms possible. 3. Complete this question. "I find the Carnac the Magnificent skits from the old Tonight Show to be..." a. offensive b. inspiring c. instructional d. both B & C 4. Answer the following question telepathically:
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan >>But the people that are doing the hiring, do they have to keep up the psychic ruse with their employees or is it more like, "we realize you're not psychic but keep your mouth shut or else".<< Good question. I'm sure the "for entertainment purposes only" disclaimer provides all kinds of cover.
Originally Posted By RoadTrip What's scary is knowing they are probably people who couldn't make it in the phone-sex field. If you can't make a horny loser in front of a computer do his thing, how can you possibly predict the future??
Originally Posted By ecdc <-------Wrote a screenplay about an unhappy guy in a call center who comes to believe he's psychic, after the call center converts to psychic calls.
Originally Posted By barboy ///Thus damaging your own credibility somewhat. Just sayin'./// not at all..... I've read multitudes of all kinds of books ranging from the 17th century politcal theorist T. Hobbes 'The Leviathan' to 'Curious George' all the way to Ron Jeremy's 'The Hardest Man in Showbiz' and John Mac's 'You Cannot Be Serious'. I don't see how reading Browne's works (even if she is indeed a charlatan) damages credibilty if done for entertainment purposes. If I would have cited her as a bonafide authority in parapsychology then you can bring up credibility concerns. I've read chunks of Mein Kampf but that doesn't mean it inspires me to organize a local chapter of the 'Democratic Socialist Party.
Originally Posted By Tikiduck Perhaps a great deal of psychic success is a result of people being so receptive to what they are told. People want to hear this stuff, and they want to believe it as well. They may even be inclined to believe as a species. We have been listening to shamans, witch doctors, and priests as long as we have been gathering in social groups. Hell, with those odds, any damn fool could pull this con game off.
Originally Posted By mawnck >>My Life as a Phone Psychic Callers are paying $2 a minute for a supernatural adviser. They're getting me instead.<< <a href="http://www.slate.com/articles/life/human_guinea_pig/2003/06/my_life_as_a_phone_psychic.html" target="_blank">http://www.slate.com/articles/...hic.html</a>
