Table of contents:
- Skeptic reviews
- How fame came about
- Main evidence of deception
- Safronov is not a skeptic at all
- Psychics left without clues
- Hinderance for sorcerers
Video: Skeptic Mikhail Lidin: "I will prove that psychics do not exist"
2024 Author: Henry Conors | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-02-12 02:41
Mikhail Lidin is one of the most popular skeptics on the Russian-language YouTube, and recently his name began to appear in the press and on television. Using the great wisdom of Rene Descartes "question everything", Lidin shares his skepticism regarding the activities of modern magicians, sorcerers and psychics, who, in his sincere conviction, are crooks and charlatans.
The future skeptic was born on November 13, 1985 in Moscow. Unfortunately, this is all that is known about the biography of Mikhail Lidin: he does not talk about his personal life. But we know a lot about his success in exposing charlatans. Let's meet the storm of all modern sorcerers.
Skeptic reviews
It all started in 2011. A young and unknown guy posted his first video on YouTube with the title "Skeptic review on the couch: is it true that thought is material?" Mikhail gave a number of objective arguments and arguments, thereby refuting the possibility of the materialization of thoughts. However, this work did not bring significant popularity.to its author: only 37 thousand people watched the video - an insignificant figure by YouTube standards.
For several years, Lidin posted videos on various topics on the network: the theory of evolution, religion, and even the female G-spot. It cannot be said that the skeptic spent three years in vain: several dozen became interested in his extraordinary opinion and scientific approach to everyday issues thousand people.
How fame came about
On November 18, 2014 another video by Mikhail Lidin was watched by 2.8 million people. Obviously, such a figure was shocking for the author himself, because he had never even dreamed of such a high rating before. You ask about how this video was different from the rest. In it, Mikhail told how the TV show "The Battle of Psychics" deceives the audience, and confirmed his arguments with an excerpt from the program.
Main evidence of deception
In the 14th season of the "Battle of Psychics" one of the episodes was dedicated to a woman whose loved ones died suspiciously often. After she told the details of all the deaths, the frame changed to the gravestone of relatives buried nearby with a clearly indicated date of death. Then the frame changes to a psychic, saying that the deaths are not accidental, but natural: the woman's relatives leave the world with an equal 12-year interval. The frame changes again, and the plate is shown again, paying special attention to the dates on it. Indeed, the difference between the dead is 12 years! But here's the bad luck: in the first frame on the tombstone were completelyother dates, and the difference was not 12 years, but 13. In his video, Mikhail Lidin emphasized that the producers of the "Battle of Psychics" deliberately deceive their viewers and use editing, drawing fake numbers on the gravestones.
This revelation brought the skeptic unprecedented popularity, so he continued the column "Skeptic review on the couch", thoroughly reviewing all episodes of the mystical TV show.
Safronov is not a skeptic at all
Thousands of questions from viewers poured into the editorial office of the psychic program about how this could happen. The producers of the show were silent for a long time, but a month later the answer nevertheless followed. They stated that it was a malicious joke of the editor, allegedly in this way he wanted to add a share of mysticism to the plot. Viewers did not like this answer, so they continued to watch "Skeptic Review", finding more and more evidence that there are no psychics.
Fans of the program had an obsessive desire to send Mikhail Lidin to the "Battle of Psychics", so that instead of Sergei Safronov, he would monitor the cleanliness of the experiments. Despite numerous requests not only from viewers, but also from the blogger, the producers did not like this proposal.
Psychics left without clues
Mikhail Lidin was not upset because of the refusal, as he was invited to the organizing committee of the Harry Houdini Prize. It was here that the skeptic decided to "catch on hot" everyonepsychics.
The Harry Houdini Award is a guaranteed cash prize (one million Russian rubles) to those who prove their psychic abilities in a pure experiment. Unlike the "Battle of Psychics", here you do not need to be a medium, a searcher and a sorcerer at the same time. Lidin tests magicians and sorcerers exclusively on one profile task. You assure me that you will find one with a photo among 10 envelopes? Here are 10 envelopes, among them one with a photograph, you will pass the test three times in a row - you are a winner, a recognized psychic and the owner of a million rubles.
Not everyone can pass the test, but only those who already have a well-known name in the world of magic and witchcraft. The experiment involved the semi-finalists of past seasons of the famous paranormal show. However, none of them showed a result that can be classified as inexplicable mysticism.
Hinderance for sorcerers
Psychics share unflattering comments about Mikhail Lidin when he tests their abilities. Either he looks at them the wrong way, or he sighs too loudly, so they fail to pass the test. The skeptic, in turn, assures: "If a person has supernatural abilities, then they do not depend on how and under what conditions the experiment is carried out."
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