I force fed my way through another episode of Sensing Murder tonight and am amazed this show has enough ratings to stay afloat.
If TV is anything to go by, I'm worried about the lack of skepticism in a day and age where it requires it in order to discern information from misinformation. I personally think it's bloody shocking that psychics are even allowed to dupe people the way they do.
I'm sick of reading about psychics, their claimed "abilities" and the bullshit they construe...at a price!
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I have several main issues with Sensing Murder in particular:
- All of the cases they go after are at least 15 years old, usually more so that the public media storms are given enough time to die down and so that the facts of the cases are vague enough for anyone to remember and for them to use.
- They mention how they chose a murder case and picked from 75 "psychics" from NZ to come to 3 that were able to discern the certain details. Now if that were statistically speaking, you could have a giant failure percentage (96% to be exact) and have 3 coincidental guesses. They fail to mention how the test was carried out.
- The same ones are used each show, which guarantees succe- I mean acting continuity.
- They choose to read the photos of the victims face down and somehow are able to discern features of the people contained. Features that are distinguishable if you throw in lots of ums and ahs and catch a glimpse of an outline showing through the paper. Let's see them try it with the photos in an iron box. Of course they will say they need to hold the actual picture for them to be able to "sense" the spirit.
- They are then shown the picture of the victim. This leaves many things open to interpretation. They mention how the latest girl is bouncy, a trickster and a bit of a mischief maker. This could be ascribed to the features of her face and because the audience is accepting these facts (without verification from family members) it fits the mold very easily.
- They are brought to the locations of the crimes and are thus able to recall prior knowledge or information about the locations that mysteriously fit in with where they are...read: Symonds St Cemetery, Domain, Museum triangle.
- They are able to stereotype based on their surroundings very vaguely and very easily.
- They never actually SOLVE anything. They just provide maybe clues that the police had already come up with.
- I don't see "Police Psychic" anywhere as a valid job as it has been proven over and over that these people are dancing with coincidence and vague "facts".
- They use so-called private investigators to verify their claims instead of scientists, police and other trustworthy affiants.
- They regularly joke around with the "spirits" or whatever they're inventing in their heads which happen to be the idea of former loved ones. So called psychics have caused much pain to grieving families by giving them hope and being way off the mark (cough: Sylvia Browne) and joking around hardly helps.
- The "spirit" always seems to be playing with them, leading them on. It's a cute way of fitting in with their "mischievous" personality and fills the hour show conveniently. If I died and wanted revenge on my killer (hell yes) I'd fucken straight up tell them who killed me and where I was buried etc.
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So that's basically everything I can think of at this stage to rant about this piece of shit show that is playing on the unknown. I am sick of critical thinking taking a backseat to wild fantasies and scary music and feel that more people need to stand up and expose these frauds. Thanks.
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Originally Posted by Mekk
even though you don't like it
or just this programme?
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