Psychics fail $2 Million dollar challenge

An Australian television game show, Deal or no Deal, had a $2 million dollar psychic challenge tonight. 26 psychics were asked a series of 5 quiz questions. The psychic with the most correct answers in the shortest time then becomes the contestant, with the chance to win up to $2 million in prize money.

There are 26 sealed briefcases, each with an amount written inside, from 50 cents to $2,000,000. Feeling the energy forces (Reiki) from the briefcase, holding a scarf that had been in contact with the $2,000,000 briefcase, holding a crystal, which she had asked her dead ancestors to infuse with elemental forces and receiving instructions from her spirit guides, she chose briefcase number 19. The remaining 25 sealed briefcases are then distributed to the other 25 contestants.

Jacqueline then started nominating briefcases to have their contents revealed. The psychic with the nominated briefcase would then guess what amount they thought was inside, winning $1,000 if they were correct. At set intervals, Jacqueline is offered the chance to keep what’s in her chosen briefcase, or to take a cash offer and leave the show. The amount offered to leave varies depending on what amounts are revealed in the other briefcases.

The perfect game would be to choose the smallest amounts first starting from $0.50, then $1, $2 etc, leaving the big prizes, $250,000, $500,000, and $1,000,000 for last, assuming that you chose the $2,000,000 briefcase at the start.

So what did tonight’s show reveal?

The perfect game would start with the smallest amounts being revealed. The first guess held the fourth largest amount and the second the sixth largest. This is not exactly a promising start.

The first offer to take the money and run was refused. The second, higher offer was also refused. When the $2,000,000 was revealed, the offer amount fell. Jacqueline was still confident, because she was getting strong vibes that she had a substantial amount. The next set of briefcases uncovered the $1,000,000 briefcase, with the next offer lower again. This offer was taken up. While no more offers could be made, they do show what the offer would have been if the contestant continued. Each of the subsequent offers was higher than the one Jacqueline accepted.

At the end of the night, we find that Jacqueline’s substantial amount was 50 cents. Maybe Jacqueline should get some new spirit guides. The strong vibes of the substantial amount were coming from the briefcase with the smallest amount available.

The individual psychics who were trying to guess what was in their briefcases were just as unimpressive with only four correct guesses. One of the correct guesses was laughable, with the psychic first guessing an amount that had already been revealed, secondly guessing an amount that was not even available, before the third guess ended up being correct. It was fairly obvious that the psychic had no idea. Even with this guess included, the psychics only managed marginally better than the regular non-psychics that appear on each show.

As more briefcases had their contents revealed, the chances of a correct guess became easier. 15 of the last 16 psychics guessed the incorrect amount. The only one who did manage a correct answer was the last contestant who had a 50/50 chance, as there were only two amounts yet to be revealed.

Being familiar with this type of fraud, I was not surprised when Jacqueline and any other psychic asked, supported every decision by other psychics. To contradict another psychic is to suggest that they can be wrong, which in turn, may suggest that you could be wrong.

While not a regular viewer of this program, it was worth the effort to show that the psychics, once again have had their skills tested and have been found wanting.

Remember, psychics, mediums, clairvoyants, shamans and other people claiming to be able to tell the future, contact dead people, or manipulate the energy forces of the body are simply manipulating you into paying them for a pack of lies.

If there are any psychics out there who think that their ability is better than those on deal or no deal, then there is $100,000 in cash available from the Australian Skeptics, if you can prove it. Application details are at http://www.skeptics.com.au/features/challenge.htm

For the chance to walk away with US$1,000,000 the James Randi Educational Foundation also offers a cash reward for proof of psychic ability. Details from http://www.randi.org/research/index.html


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