Deception and Self-Deception: Investigating Psychics
- ISBN-10
- 1615925848
- ISBN-13
- 9781615925841
- Category
- Literary Criticism
- Pages
- 266
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1997
- Publisher
- Prometheus Books
- Author
- Richard Wiseman
Description
Palmists, astrologists, and readers of tarot cards or crystal balls claim to help solve personal problems. Mediums claim to aid communication with deceased friends and relatives. Faith healers and psychic surgeons claim to cure physical illness. Psychic detectives offer advice to law enforcement agencies in hope of solving crimes. Other claimants operate in religious organizations using their alleged ability to help attract new followers or maintain the loyalty of present ones. Is all of this just innocent fun, real help, or can psychics actually harm individuals with their claims?Deception & Self-Deception outlines many of the techniques that can be used to fake psychic ability and describes ways in which these can be countered during an investigation. Richard Wiseman examines the general principles of deception and how these principles may be used to deceive. He also gives an account of the reliability of testimony related to the performance of alleged psychics and seances.Richard Wiseman, Ph.D. is currently a senior lecturer and Perrott-Warrick Senior Research Fellow in the Psychology Division at the University of Hertfordshire. He is also the co-author of Guidelines for Testing Psychic Claimants.. . . an important addition to the growing body of literature debunking the notion of psychic 'abilities'. -The Midwest Book ReviewThe material requires little specialized knowledge for understanding, and the book is very useful in making this information readily accessible for a wide readership. -ChoiceThis will help us, one hopes, to distinguish wheat from chaff in accounts of events or investigations we come across. -The Christian ParapsychologistIt is refreshing to see everything through the eye of a sceptic, for it [is] that sort of person who will stumble upon truths that others, with their minds in pink clouds, will not tolerate. An enjoyably eye-opening book. -The New Humanity (UK)
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