Depression is a Bitch

When I was a kid I used to play legos, video games, watch TV, and for no reason I would feel really really sad all the sudden and I would just go to sleep even in the middle of the day. I didn't want to do anything ever. It was scary. My mom told me it was going to be like that till I got married and that I was gonna need to learn to deal with it. I learned to force myself to do what I was supposed to do and to distract myself. My mom told me if I didn't the pain in my stomach would make a hole, an actual hole, and I was gonna need surgery. So I tried really hard to get my mind off reality. I learned that time makes things better and if I wait it out it gets better. That's been the best thing ever to help me.

There's Nothing Special About Psychic Powers

 How can you tell legitimate psychics apart from frauds? They have the same success rate and the same effects upon success. If any clever liar can replicate the effects of extraordinary or supernatural abilities, than there’s nothing special about psychics or their abilities. If you say you can levitate, I expect a loop-de-loop. 

What sort of god would create a world where psychics are relevant anyway? The pain of loss is universal and if it's intentionally imposed by someone then it's cruel. It's also cruel if a nature designed by any god would incorporate assured, permanent death and the ability to communicate with the dead is rare. At best it's wasteful that these people don't use their powers to gain a potentially near-infinite amount of wisdom from the departed; Martin Luther King Jr., Nicola Tesla, Einstein, etc. Instead, these people sell their powers at a high price, sometimes, to offer either comfort or the semblance of comfort to the grieving.

Once again I ask how you distinguish between a psychic and a liar. The reality is it's irrelevant because psychic powers, if real, are nothing special. They have as much relevance to society as graffiti, which is comparatively high brow next to the average psychic. Fine arts such as painting, music, and literature have a measurably more beneficial effect on the world by improving our culture. The sciences produce knowledge and technology that can give us longer lives and a higher quality of life. The dead can only tell us of the mundane. If you’re a psychic, I would argue that you’re not making any contribution to the world or your species.