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filthy
SFN Die Hard
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 Posted - 01/29/2004 : 04:25:20
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Considering the scource, this could probably fit pretty well in humor.
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THE SUN has brought the incredible X-ray eyes girl to Britain and seen her amazing powers at first hand.
Russian Natasha Demkina, 17, has stunned doctors in her home country with her ability to see medical conditions inside people.
We flew her 1,500 miles to London to demonstrate her extraordinary powers on Sun reporter Briony Warden, who suffered multiple injuries when she was knocked down by a car in October last year.
She is still recovering from the hit-and-run and uses crutches or a wheelchair to get around.
Before Natasha arrived at Briony's North London home, our reporter removed a leg brace and hid all clues to her injuries.
Then the petite blonde teenager, who looks years younger than her age, began her examination.
http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,5-2004040384,00.html
Cute kid though, and it seems she's already achieved some popularity amongst the easily impressed of her homeland. It is interesting to note that the test subject is another reporter on the Sun staff who, we are told, has suffered an unfortunate accident.
I am further reminded that Pravda, a major news organ in the young lady's homeland is filled with this sort of thing.
The site loads a little slow.
The quoted text was doubled-up, so I snipped the second copy - Dave W.
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Edited by - Dave W. on 01/29/2004 12:25:40
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Dave W.
Info Junkie
USA
26022 Posts |
 Posted - 01/29/2004 : 09:20:52 [Permalink]
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filthy wrote:quote:
Considering the scource, this could probably fit pretty well in humor.
Considering the subject matter, it could fit pretty well in Health, too.
Anyone who says, "Only my orthopaedic consultant could have known more" is probably wrong. After all, the Sun reporter probably discussed her injuries with her coworkers. Plus, shouldn't one expect wounds to heal? Doesn't that make "She even said the scars where the screws had been were covered over with new tissue" the no-brainer guess? |
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Kil
Evil Skeptic
USA
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Posted - 02/01/2004 : 11:17:04 [Permalink]
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Maybe it just feels this way, but Russia seems to be emerging as psychic central...
I took a look around the Internet, and could not find a list of the various claims coming out of Russia. Each claim was treated separately. Of course, there was the "Nova" show on Randi being a pain in the ass to Russian psychics.
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Randi took "Nova" to Russia because during the Cold War, the
Soviet Union was rumored to be rife with psychics and other wild
talents. With the demise of communism, Russian belief in the
supernatural has flourished.
http://www.skepticfiles.org/skeptic2/randnov.htm
It might be interesting if someone would compile a list of recent psychic claims broken down by country. Perhaps this kind of study would shed some light on what kind of history, culture and environment gives rise to magical thinking in our modern world. It may be that there is little correlation between culture and psychic claims. But I doubt that. I can think of many reasons for the rise of New Age thinking here and claims of psychic abilities in Russia. The reasons differ and are speculative on my part. A study might help to dash or nail these musings down... |
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Computer Org
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Posted - 02/01/2004 : 11:28:34 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Kil
It might be interesting if someone would compile a list of recent psychic claims broken down by country.
Very, very interesting, IMO.   |
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