2013 Failed and Forgotten Psychic Predictions

[zappaman]

What the world’s leading psychics didn’t predict for 2013:

-The surprising resignation of Pope Benedict XVI…

-The revelation of PRISM and the NSA spying scandal revealed by Ed Snowden, which is still arguably one of the biggest news stories of the year…

-The meteor which exploded over the Russian city of Chelyabinsk, injuring 1,491 people and damaging over 4,300 buildings. It was the most powerful meteor to strike Earth’s atmosphere in over a century…

-The Boston Marathon bombings…

Many, many more at link.

http://www.relativelyinteresting.com/2013-failed-forgotten-psychic-predictions/

[hrmjustin]

1. Don't forget Sylvia Brown's death.

[zappaman]

2. It's on there

The recovery of Amanda Berry, who was a 16-year-old girl when she went missing in 2003, and was rescued from an unassuming house in Cleveland. She was held captive for a decade. High-profile psychic (Sylvia Browne) told Berry’s mother in 2004 that she was dead.

Speaking of Sylvia Browne, she incorrectly predicted her own death. She thought she’d make it to 88, but died at 77.

[pintobean]

4. That saved us eleven more years of fail. /nt

[zappaman]

5. true

"The Psychic “industry” is worth about 2 billion dollars, growing 2% per year, with almost 80,000 businesses in the field (almost equal to the number of employees, so probably safe to assume that many are individual psychics). That’s a whole lot of people who are claiming to know about a whole lot of things.

And yet, psychics don’t have any real advantage over everyone else in society (other than being pretty good at cold reading). You don’t see psychics ruling the world, winning the lottery, solving impossible crimes… They don’t provide any real value to those who seek them, and more often than not, their agenda is financial.

Some legitimately believe in their powers – perhaps blinded by faith and hope. Others willfully lie, cheat, take advantage, and provide false hope to their victims – who are often those who need the most help."

[zappaman]

3. more missed...

Typhoon Haiyan “Yolanda”, one of the strongest tropical cyclones on record, which hit the Philippines and Vietnam, causing devastation with at least 5,653 dead…

Iran agreeing to limit their nuclear development program in exchange for sanctions relief…
William and Kate’s royal baby – a boy, named Prince George…

The Bronx train derailment…