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Originally Posted by DiscoDan  Second, my problem is that both he and you are conflating two ideas. Yes it is dangerous to base decisions on what some random psychic off the street might tell you. But isn't it also dangerous to base decisions on what some random PERSON off the street might tell you? |
The biggest difference is that you won't expect a random person on the street to know the right answers. Many people, when they go to psychics, will take what the psychic says very seriously, and they may even take life changing decisions based on what the psychic advises, thinking that he "has the answers" because of his supposed supernatural power. Same goes with religion gurus.
When you believe in someone so much that you think that if you follow all of his advices you will end up well, that's when things can get dangerous.