Psychics, Palm Readers and Other Mystic Endeavors | StarTalk

no and I wanted to be a scientist since
I was 9 so I’ve been thinking about all
the ways the shortcomings of the human
sensory system can interfere with your
ability to establish what is or is not
true and what is science if not the
power with tools and training to know
when something is true when it might
others seem otherwise seem like it’s not
and to know when something is not true
when it otherwise seems like it is and
so when someone’s trying to cold read me
look at my palms and if I have very
smooth skin on my palms they’re not
gonna say oh you’ve worked hard in the
fields today it’s not what your hands
would look like yeah I’ve just never
been convinced by anything it’s
entertaining but I just move on I’m not
gonna stop other people from getting it
done you can like things even if they’re
not true that shouldn’t be the criterion
on whether I enjoy magic thinking it’s
mysterious but I know it’s a trick
intellectually but it’s fun thinking
that maybe they do have these powers
it’s just fun