It would be so amazing to learn that humans actually have psychic powers...so why has no one ever proven that they have the powers they claim?

I mean, if i was psychic and i wanted people to know that not only i but many other people really did have this kind of power to help people then i would be only too happy to prove it.
There are many large cash prizes for people who could prove psychic ability but so far no one has collected.
Many have tried but none have passed.

Hot take: seems to me that if psychic powers existed then at least one person would have proved it by now.
Instead we get people with their "powers" delivering the vital message that a father or father-figure who died young (maybe 40-75) of something to do with his head, chest or stomach and whose name contains an R, N or E wants to say that you have a CD player with dust on it and a chair with a wonky leg and that everything is going to be ok.🙄

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DallasCowboysFan · 61-69, M

There are many frauds in the psychic community, but many people have a natural gift that others don't share. Try looking up the Lilydale Community in NY or Cassadaga in Florida.

Pikachu

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I think what there are, are many frauds and many people who earnestly (but mistakenly) believe they have some kind of supernatural ability.
Because try as they might, no one ever seems to be able to demonstrate their gift under a controlled test environment.
And that does include people who genuinely believe that they have a gift and they become confused when it doesn't seem to be working when carefully tested.

DallasCowboysFan · 61-69, M

@Pikachu @Pikachu Who was that guy with wild hair and a white beard , in his 70's, that offered $1MN to anyone that could prove psychic powers worked? There were a few people that tried to take him up on the offer but he refused.

If someone was psychic.....and they were at least above average....I would simply ask them who will be the next 3 presidents.......or when will China attack Taiwan.......something major that everyone would know.

James Randy.......that is the man's name.

Pikachu

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Yeah James Randi. Exposed some frauds live on TV. Good times lol
But there are other large cash prizes offered beyond the one that Randi set up.

But it turns out that when the conditions are well-controlled, the apparent effect disappears back into statistical probability.