I've
said it before, and I'll say it again:
Sylvia Browne is the most evil purveyor of woo ever.She's also close to being the most evil person on the planet, full stop.
Over the past few days, there has been a
lot of interest over at
The Two Percent Company in
a particular post they did on Sylvia Browne in August of last year. Suddenly their readership
skyrocketed and comments on this particular thread went
through the roof.
Apparently, this was down to
a link that AOL put through to them, it would appear, randomly. Has Browne been in
the news recently?
They're still having problems keeping on top of the
sheer volume of comments that are being posted - but fortunately, they're getting assistance from
Tom Foss,
Rockstar Ryan and
Bronze Dog.
It's worth having a read through the comments - the
sheer inanity of some of the commenters has to be
re-read to fully appreciate, but let's never get complacent about this: there are a lot of
gullible and
credulous people out there. And there are a lot of
unscrupulous people like Browne who stand to profit out of these
poor suckers.
So after this, I go over to
Ted's Stuff - which, by the way, has been re-named
Plonka's Blog - to see that he has posted
a very insightful post of his own on this very matter.
He asks the question
"So, you tell me, genuine psychic or complete fraud?"
And of course, I will always answer that I will prefer to describe Browne as a complete
DISGRACE!!!
Skeptico has a go at Randi's
current SWIFT commentary (to follow) where Randi appears to
drop the ball after Browne makes a comment about
"a James Randi negating every aspect of their work".
Worth reading the
comments for this one.
Next stop is
Phil Plait's Bad Astronomy blog, which is
currently documenting an
online petition that has been started to get Sylvia Browne to
stop cowardly weasling out of the Randi challenge.
Lordy! She must be
rich enough by now to admit to the world that she
simply can't do it.
Lastly, in
James Randi's latest SWIFT commentary from the
JREF, he devotes this special edition to a
transcript of a session involving Browne and one of her clients. This is very revealing and I cannot believe that people fall for the
stage-act that is this woman.
Folks, if I wasn't convinced before (which I was, but hey!) I certainly am now. Browne is the both
the most evil purveyor of woo ever and a complete
DISGRACE!!!She should be in
gaol. Immediately.
Is there any that I've missed that are
current? I'm thinking of making this post
ACTIVE for a short period to ensure that I pick all these up.
Never a shortage of
embarrassing stories where Browne is concerned.
