Post by Mr. Jon Donnis on Jan 19, 2011 14:28:32 GMT
Rayleen Kable is the latest psychic to appear on "The One: The Search for Australia's Most Gifted Psychic"
By Jon Donni
The One's site says this about her
"Rayleen is a 38 year-old medium who has used her gift numerous times assisting police with their investigations. As a 3 year-old she saw spirits and heard voices but didn't associate this as a special gift until she was 8 years old."
Yes folks its another psychic who claims to assist the police with their investigations, well that is something else we will investigate ourselves in the future. For now we will concentrate on the tangible, that being one of her readings on "The One"
And yet again we are faced with some pretty bog standard cold reading.
check out the transcript and analysis
KEY:
RK: Rayleen Kable
PBR: Person being read
JD: Me
H: Host
General Transcript - By Conbott
H: Welcome our next psychic Rayleen Kable. (Applause)
RK: Two I keep getting the number two around you. Do you have a another brother or a twin brother?
PBR: No, no I don't. (Shakes head)
JD: This is a classic way to start a reading, she keeps it nice and vague, allowing herself plenty of wriggle room if she is wrong, which in this case she is.
So in just the first line of her reading she has asked 2 questions and been wrong on both.
RK: Okay no that's ok I've just got the number two around you, very strong. (Pause). I've also got here, very strongly, that you have been focused (inaudible) the home, I've got money so have you just gone into your own home?
PBR: Ah yes.
JD: Again she is asking questions in the cold reading style, it allows her to always adjust the reading if she is wrong, however in this case she is right! How could she possible know? Well one look at the man being read and you can see he is in his 20's which is the perfect age for someone to be looking at getting their own home.
She does not say whether he is renting or buying, she just asks a question whichincludes a comment about money.
Now lets imagine the man answered "no" instead, by making the comment about money she can turn it around and say something about him wanting to move into his own home but not being able to afford it.
This is how cold reading works, you make a comment that is vague enough that any answer the client/victim gives you, allows you rom to twist the reading.
RK: But I feel like you used to play football. Is that correct?
PBR: Yes that is correct.
JD: Lets put this into perspective, she is asking a late twentysomething fit looking Australian man whether he used to play football, could there be any more obvious a guess?
No surprise that he answers yes.
By waiting for his answer, she can now elaborate on things.
RK: Okay and I am being shown here that you injured, I got the knee and I got the back. Why am I given, going going those two areas.
PBR: Um I have injured both of those previously so.
JD: So she was only shown these injuries AFTER he confirmed that he played football? Why didn't spirit who whoever tell her
"This man used to play football but injured his knee and back"
That was she could state it as a fact, instead we have this silly cold reading routine.
I would also suggest that knee and back injuries are incredibly common injuries for any footballer to have. (Remember this would be Aussie rules football we would be talking about and not Soccer)
We get not more information from Rayleen that could actually prove she is psychic, why cant she name the football team he played for? Or the position he played in? Because to do that would mean she was really psychic, which is something highly unlikely from what we have seen so far.
Either way she did hit, even if using bloody obvious guesses.
RK: Yeh okay. (Pause). You are in a relationship at the moment?
PBR: Oh yes.
JD: Notice how she actually asks him if he is in a relationship, again this allows her room to change what she is saying depending on the answer.
RK: It's a beautiful relationship. Uh you have no children at this point in time. Is that correct?
PBR: No, no (shakes head).
JD: So now its a beautiful relationship, how does she know that? She had to ask him if he was in a relationship in the first place!
She makes an educated guess regarding children and she gets that right.
RK: Okay, I don't know why but I feel very strongly that within in this next eight months I've got a baby coming. I think umm your partner's thinking children can you relate to that?
PBR: Yep
JD: Notice the mans body language as she starts talking about possible children, he is smiling nodding, and giving her everything she needs. This is classic body language reading here.
She already knows that the man is in a relationship, he currently has no children and he is of the age where starting a family would be on his mind, so she is simply taking an easy route here to hitville.
RK: And I do feel your first (inaudible) your first child will be a little girl. Don't ask me why just had a vision of a little girl and she's beautiful. Umm but you won't stop at one. I can see another two so there'll be three children. It was lovely to read for you Thomas.
PBR: Okay thank you.
RK: Thank you sweetheart. (Audience applaud).
JD: She finishes off with a future prediction that we will have no way of knowing if it will come true or not, and even then its a 50/50 guess.
So what do we learn from this then, a good looking fit man in his late 20's used to play football, has a girlfriend and has moved into a house, oh and is thinking of having kids!
WOW call James Randi quick we have a contender folks!!
SHORT INTERVIEW:
PBR: There was some pretty accurate stuff which (inaudible) quite a bit. I was in the process of buying the house and I only found out a couple of days ago that I'm actually, I've got it now.
JD: The truth of the matter is that this reading was incredibly vague, she offered no real proof of psychic ability, much like the other psychics we have covered she just asks questions and any misses are quickly forgotten.
Is this truly the best Australia has to offer
By Jon Donni
The One's site says this about her
"Rayleen is a 38 year-old medium who has used her gift numerous times assisting police with their investigations. As a 3 year-old she saw spirits and heard voices but didn't associate this as a special gift until she was 8 years old."
Yes folks its another psychic who claims to assist the police with their investigations, well that is something else we will investigate ourselves in the future. For now we will concentrate on the tangible, that being one of her readings on "The One"
And yet again we are faced with some pretty bog standard cold reading.
check out the transcript and analysis
KEY:
RK: Rayleen Kable
PBR: Person being read
JD: Me
H: Host
General Transcript - By Conbott
H: Welcome our next psychic Rayleen Kable. (Applause)
RK: Two I keep getting the number two around you. Do you have a another brother or a twin brother?
PBR: No, no I don't. (Shakes head)
JD: This is a classic way to start a reading, she keeps it nice and vague, allowing herself plenty of wriggle room if she is wrong, which in this case she is.
So in just the first line of her reading she has asked 2 questions and been wrong on both.
RK: Okay no that's ok I've just got the number two around you, very strong. (Pause). I've also got here, very strongly, that you have been focused (inaudible) the home, I've got money so have you just gone into your own home?
PBR: Ah yes.
JD: Again she is asking questions in the cold reading style, it allows her to always adjust the reading if she is wrong, however in this case she is right! How could she possible know? Well one look at the man being read and you can see he is in his 20's which is the perfect age for someone to be looking at getting their own home.
She does not say whether he is renting or buying, she just asks a question whichincludes a comment about money.
Now lets imagine the man answered "no" instead, by making the comment about money she can turn it around and say something about him wanting to move into his own home but not being able to afford it.
This is how cold reading works, you make a comment that is vague enough that any answer the client/victim gives you, allows you rom to twist the reading.
RK: But I feel like you used to play football. Is that correct?
PBR: Yes that is correct.
JD: Lets put this into perspective, she is asking a late twentysomething fit looking Australian man whether he used to play football, could there be any more obvious a guess?
No surprise that he answers yes.
By waiting for his answer, she can now elaborate on things.
RK: Okay and I am being shown here that you injured, I got the knee and I got the back. Why am I given, going going those two areas.
PBR: Um I have injured both of those previously so.
JD: So she was only shown these injuries AFTER he confirmed that he played football? Why didn't spirit who whoever tell her
"This man used to play football but injured his knee and back"
That was she could state it as a fact, instead we have this silly cold reading routine.
I would also suggest that knee and back injuries are incredibly common injuries for any footballer to have. (Remember this would be Aussie rules football we would be talking about and not Soccer)
We get not more information from Rayleen that could actually prove she is psychic, why cant she name the football team he played for? Or the position he played in? Because to do that would mean she was really psychic, which is something highly unlikely from what we have seen so far.
Either way she did hit, even if using bloody obvious guesses.
RK: Yeh okay. (Pause). You are in a relationship at the moment?
PBR: Oh yes.
JD: Notice how she actually asks him if he is in a relationship, again this allows her room to change what she is saying depending on the answer.
RK: It's a beautiful relationship. Uh you have no children at this point in time. Is that correct?
PBR: No, no (shakes head).
JD: So now its a beautiful relationship, how does she know that? She had to ask him if he was in a relationship in the first place!
She makes an educated guess regarding children and she gets that right.
RK: Okay, I don't know why but I feel very strongly that within in this next eight months I've got a baby coming. I think umm your partner's thinking children can you relate to that?
PBR: Yep
JD: Notice the mans body language as she starts talking about possible children, he is smiling nodding, and giving her everything she needs. This is classic body language reading here.
She already knows that the man is in a relationship, he currently has no children and he is of the age where starting a family would be on his mind, so she is simply taking an easy route here to hitville.
RK: And I do feel your first (inaudible) your first child will be a little girl. Don't ask me why just had a vision of a little girl and she's beautiful. Umm but you won't stop at one. I can see another two so there'll be three children. It was lovely to read for you Thomas.
PBR: Okay thank you.
RK: Thank you sweetheart. (Audience applaud).
JD: She finishes off with a future prediction that we will have no way of knowing if it will come true or not, and even then its a 50/50 guess.
So what do we learn from this then, a good looking fit man in his late 20's used to play football, has a girlfriend and has moved into a house, oh and is thinking of having kids!
WOW call James Randi quick we have a contender folks!!
SHORT INTERVIEW:
PBR: There was some pretty accurate stuff which (inaudible) quite a bit. I was in the process of buying the house and I only found out a couple of days ago that I'm actually, I've got it now.
JD: The truth of the matter is that this reading was incredibly vague, she offered no real proof of psychic ability, much like the other psychics we have covered she just asks questions and any misses are quickly forgotten.
Is this truly the best Australia has to offer