themagicwand wrote:I really don't see the psychic community quaking in their boots (and I do have my ear very close to the ground). Derren will be preaching to the choir in many ways, and at the very least it'll be a case of "for those that believe, no evidence is needed blah blah blah..."
Also, those who believe use their own ability to determine who is fake and who isn't as a means of maintaining their self-view that they are rationally appraising the evidence. My mother, who is a shut-eye, was taught how to recognise fakes as part of her own development as a medium. It's a powerful tool for maintaining belief. I've heard quite a few spiritualists dismissing Akorah, but it makes no dint in their belief of spiritualism as a whole, if anything it reassures them that their own experiences are genuine.
