A look at the claims, predictions and behavior of a media "psychic".
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A look at the claims, predictions and behavior of a media "psychic".
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Email: Young Woman "Asks Montel”A young woman asks Montel Williams why he has Browne on his show.
BackgroundWhen watching Sylvia Browne on the Montel Williams show, I frequently wonder if Williams actually believes her to be a "true psychic," or if he doesn't care one way or the other, and simply has her on for the sake of ratings. A woman who seems to wonder the same thing was recently able to ask Williams a question which elicited a rather confusing reply. The EmailOn November 30, 2006, I received the following email, shown here with the author’s permission (I have removed her name and email address.):
AnalysisSo - according to this woman - Williams thinks that Browne is not psychic, just extraordinarily intuitive? I have to wonder whether or not Browne knows that this is what he thinks. Either way, it doesn't make sense. How could intuition, regardless of how highly-developed, help a person to know some of the things Browne claims to know, such as:
If this is how Williams defines "intuitive," what does he think a person would have to know in order to be "psychic?" It also seems to contradict things Williams has said in the past, such as this quote from the cover of Browne's book Adventures of a Psychic:
So, why then did he tell this woman he did not believe in psychics? Impossible to say. Perhaps he assumed the woman did not believe in psychic powers (it is not clear from her question, or even her entire email, whether that is the case, or whether she just doesn't think that Browne is psychic), and so tried to come up with an answer which would not offend the Browne supporters in the audience, but would still satisfy a skeptic in their midst. If so, it apparently did not work. ConclusionI have to admire the nerve it took for this woman to stand in front of a room full of Williams' fans - which must have included quite a few Browne fans - and ask this question. I mentioned this to her in my reply to this email, and she said that, while Williams was very polite and gracious in his answer, she did indeed get a number of dirty looks from fellow audience members. But no matter what Williams says, whether on his show, in a book, or in front of a studio audience, we may never know his true opinion on Browne. Related LinksClicking on any of these links will load a separate browser window for viewing the linked page. StopSylviaBrowne.com is not responsible for the content of any of these linked pages.
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