# Ask the Psychic **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 1, 2006, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-psychic/354953 "2006-05-01T14:20:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 65
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2006, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-psychic/354953/65 "2006-05-02T16:19:20Z")
> [@ianzin](#): > > **Lord Ashtar** , you have titled this thread ‘Ask the Psychic’. Before we can go ahead and respond to this suggestion, we have to establish that you are, in fact, psychic. If you’re not, then your offer / suggestion is bogus, and this thread is a total waste of time. When was the last time there was a thread in MPSIMS that _wasn’t_ a complete waste of time? > [@](#): > > (1) For what reason should anyone consider that you possess genuine psychic faculties? Putting it another way, what evidence would you offer to support the contention that you have psychic abilities or gifts? Please remember, that psychic =! omniscient. I’m not much of a reader yet, but my belief is that they aren’t supposed to give you direct answers about the future so much as tell you what you need to hear. Think of it as a guide. I still believe that you make your own destiny. > [@](#): > > (2) Are you able and qualified to answer questions in a way that constitutes more than just jokes, evasive manoevres, guesswork or cold reading? If so, please explain the underlying mechanism by which you receive the information contained in your answers. That’s up to you. Please be advised that flippant questions will get flippant responses and joke questions (like **tdn’s** ) will get joke answers. I will be as honest and forthcoming as you are in your questions. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-psychic/354953)._