News & Submissions 12/30/2010
Dark future for wrong psychics
There are many things to dislike about end-of-year celebrations – the pressure to make New Year’s Eve memorable, the shameful amounts of money wasted on fireworks, drunken renditions of Auld Lang Syne. But perhaps the most annoying tradition is the value placed on predictions made by psychics.
According to a 2009 Neilsen poll, 49 per cent of Australians believe in psychic powers, despite – it must be pointed out – a distinct lack of supporting evidence.