Pseudopsychology And Information: James Vanprough Telling

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1. Observing this video, I was quite surprised seeing how inaccurate some of James Vanprough telling were. I am not very fond of psychic’s but I always questioned where they received their information from. In the video it is very clear that most of the questions that James Vanprough asked were very general and could almost apply to anyone life. I highly believe that James Vanprough does not have the ability he claims to have in the video; it is very likely that he did his research and collected information about Josh Elliott's past from the internet. Even when the time came to read the producer on the spot he was unable to do so.
2. Some of the dangers of pseudopsychology may lead to invalid information being exposed to the public or someone

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