as a tarot card reader, (well rune cards actualy), and I'm a magician that does mentalism / spirit reading tricks so i would say that uri and myself have a lot in common.
we both started out as psychics in a basic way with premonitions and dreams and both progressed onm to have a talent for reading people, i sumize that we both then studied our crafts which of course will have brought us into the magic field.
thus when i do a reading for someone i have to tell them that i am a magician so that if i do an acurate reading then i cant be sure if its the magic half reading your body lanquage for clues or my psychic half recieving vibrations and such, so i personaly think uri is genuine but may be useing magical principles he has learnt subliminaly and may feel he needs backup in a test condition, because he is not confident he can use his skills consistantly which is the bane of most psychics and sharletan's alike.