Critical Thinking at Van Praagh Event
Following
on the footsteps of John Edward, CFI Vancouver has learned that James
Van Praagh, a self proclaimed medium is visiting Richmond on September
25th at 8pm.
The event listing for his visit can be seen here:
http://www.riverrock.com/e
ntertainment/river_rock_sh
ow_theatre/performances/ev
ent09251001.aspx
Like Edward, Van Praagh is a medium and cold reader who applies his trade to desperate people who are grieving over their lo
...
st
loved ones. He gives them false hope and violates the memories of the
deceased people by making up stories about them. For an understanding of
who Van Praagh is and what he does, see here:
http://www.skepdic.com/med
ium.html
CFI
Vancouver believes it is within our mandate to stand up to this kind of
hustling of the vulnerable. Previously we handed out flyers encouraging
people to "Think Critically" about Deepak Chopra when he spoke in
Vancouver and with John Edward when he was here. Now we plan to do the
same with James Van Praagh
This event will take place before and
during Van Praaghs event. We should meet early, around 6pm to make some
last minute plans, and then set up outside the location for his talk.
We'll hand out flyers based on Ray Hyman's Guide to Cold Reading. See it
here:
http://www.skeptics.com.au
/publications/articles/gui
de-to-cold-reading-ray-hym
an/
This
guide has been successfully used by other skeptic groups when psychics
and mediums come to their city. Notably, the Ottawa Skeptics when Sylvia
Brown came and recently the new branch of CFI Okanagan when Brown was
in Kelowna.
Lets meet at the Bridgeport bus loop, just
underneath the Bridgeport skytrain around 5:45pm. We can head over to
Casino from there.
Please be respectful, smile, and be an ambassador for the Centre for Inquiry and skepticism as a whole.
You can check out the facebook event here .