Daddio: 5/25/2011 Blog of the Day

For today's blog of the day, I want you to research a famous psychic and write about them and their predictions. A psychic is a person who says they can predict the future and have supernatural mental powers.  There have been many famous psychics through the ages, from Nostradomus, who supposedly predicted the future hundreds of years ago, to the Famous Kreskin from the 70s, Miss Cleo (who offered psychic services for money over the telephone and through infomercials) and even Sylvia Browne, who got famous as a psychic who appeared on daytime talk shows.

I want you to approach this topic from the perspective of a skeptic.  A skeptic is a person who critically views claims of paranormal and supernatural nature.  Essentially, a skeptic is a person who debunks the claims of people like psychics.

So research a psychic on the web (you can even use one of the ones I used above) and talk about their supposed powers and some of their famous predictions.  But then I want you to research further.  Because for every "correct" prediction that a psychic makes, there are dozens (if not hundreds) that were incorrect.  Talk about those as well.  Then talk about whether or not you think the person you chose is actually psychic or not.

Today's blog of the day was suggested by Ava.  Thanks for the inspiration, girl.