Psychic, or psyched out? My visit to a fortune teller

When luckbox asked me to visit a psychic for this future-focused issue, I felt “shook.” I grew up in the days of Miss Cleo’s “call me now” television infomercials and the hit show “Crossing Over with John Edwards” (the medium, not the baby mama drama politician). Still, keeping the proposed article in perspective posed no problems—no need to mistake entertainment for reality. 

But a sizeable portion of the American public takes the occult seriously. A survey on yougov.com states that one in five (22%) U.S. adults have consulted a psychic or medium. And a recent Pew Research Center survey revealed that roughly four in 10 adults believe some people can see the future. Not...

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