For the last millennium or so, the amount of psychics have been increasing. As the amount rapidly raises, so does the amount of psychics helping the police. But the question is, “Should they be trusted? Especially when people’s lives will be threatened and in danger?” I say no, psychics should not be trusted. Psychics, although many would claim otherwise, should not be trusted, especially with crime. The reason why I claim this will be explained in the next following paragraphs.
Before I start explaining, you must first know what a psychic even is. According to the Collins Dictionary, a psychic is a person who has mental powers which cannot be explained by natural laws (“psychic”). Wikipedia further extends the meaning. Wikipedia states that
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The Wikipedia article defines them as psychic detectives, psychics who use their paranormal abilities to investigate and solve crimes (“psychic detective”). These so-called “detectives” are mostly interested in missing cases, which is usually about children. In certain murder cases, mediums resort to talking to the spirits of the victims to gain clues. Some use psychometric to find information from objects. Some might have visions or predictions that helps them describe the abductor or where the body, which is usually dead, is. They use their paranormal abilities to find information. Because of these abilities, psychics have solved some cases, however, the amount of false tips far outweighs the accurate ones. Wikipedia talks about a case that was solved a by psychic, Annette Martin, who gave the police information on how to find the missing Dennis Prado (“Psychic detective”). She was extremely accurate, even describing how he died, which was by natural diseases. However, there are far more cases with inaccurate information. An example of that case, which is talked about in Wikipedia, is the case of Shawn Hornbeck. Sylvia Browne, a famous psychic, claimed that her spirits told her that the 11 year old, Shawn Hornbeck, was dead. She described the abductor, but she was proven inaccurate when the missing child, who happened to be still alive, turned up a bit after 4 years since he had gone missing (“psychic detective”). His …show more content…
In the crime scene, if the psychics were to make a mistake, it could be fatal and a waste of the police’ time. According to an article, majority says no to trusting a psychic. 1 out of 10 psychics in real life are genuine, the other 9 being scammers. There is even a website online that is dedicated to revealing scammers. Some are even wanted as they have conned out thousands of dollars with fake information. There is even a challenge online, known as the Million Dollar Challenge, which offers a million dollars to anyone who could prove that their paranormal abilities were real. The reason why no one has been able to accomplish the challenge is because they, in simple words, were caught cheating in the preliminary rounds and the
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probable explanation for the crime event in which they are investigating. For experts they use the