• deltapi@lemmy.world
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    6 days ago

    There were so many adults in the 90s that believed esp was real.
    The town I grew up in had so many clout chasers and liars because until the internet became readily available, you couldn’t fact check their bullshit without going to the local library.
    I served on a rural fire department from 2004-2012 and both of the captains from my station believed that dowsers are legit. 90% of that town voted for the right in the last election.

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      6 days ago

      There were so many adults in the 90s that believed esp was real.

      A lot of the media at the time was very pro-“Mysticism” and things of that nature. Typically there were two characters, a true believer and a skeptic, and the skeptic was always vilified with the believer turning out right at the end. X-Files, one of the most popular shows of the 90’s, ran on this.

      Police used psychics to help solve murder cases and Ms. Cleo was seen as legitimate.

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        6 days ago

        Were you a child in the 1990s? The police were not using psychics with any regularity as their evidence cannot be introduced in courts.

        I dont think many believed a TV commercial psychic had any powers.

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      6 days ago

      Yes, those are the morons I’m talking about. Those people are still around today, just as deluded. See how many people voted for Trump?