Is Alison Dubois An Authentic Psychic?

Alison Dubois is the name of a real person who says she talks to dead people in her dreams. Whenever anybody makes some kind of extraordinary claims about having psychic abilities you have to wonder whether or not they are aware that James Randi has offered a reward of one million dollars for anyone who can prove that they have some kind of psychic powers.

James Randi is stage magician who is an expert in deceiving large groups of people and has a special interest in how we deceive ourselves. He has had the million dollars on offer for many years without anyone being able to claim it.

To get the money you need to prove by results that you can see into the future, cure ills or whatever your claim is, without any possibility of cheating.

Alison Dubois is another psychic who has chosen to ignore James Randi’s million dollar challenge. Alison says that she became aware of her abilities when she was a small child. This could explain why she genuinely believes in her psychic powers. Scientific research has shown that we can carry outlandish beliefs into adulthood if they are left unchallenged in childhood. She claims to have helped law enforcement agencies with solving crimes but the agencies she says she helped dispute that she offered anything of value.

There is no evidence that Alison Dubois is doing anything other than what is called “cold reading”, and some of that looks dismally unconvincing. I personally cannot bring myself to believe that all these so-called psychics are out-and-out crooks. I think they believe, or once believed, that they have psychic powers. The fact is this is an area where people use lies when they are tested and challenged because they believe so fervently in themselves. “It’s the truth, so it won’t hurt to use a lie as proof.” The reasoning used by many police departments in the past to convict innocent people.

I think Alison has no ability to talk to dead people but she will always see proof where others cannot.