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REALL 2002 V10N11

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Skeptical Songs
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"Do you believe everything that you read Everything that you see on the set?" This quote could be the opening line from one of my "REALLity Check" columns (and indeed I might adopt it), however, it is not. It is actually from the song "Holiday in My Head," by Smash Mouth.

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Finding the Story Behind the Missing Link ............................. 5 UFOs, Ghosts, and Misunderstood Perceptions ....................... 6 interested in learning about them. We'll start with the aforementioned song, "Sister Psychic." At first listen, it is not immediately clear that this is a s

Finding the Story Behind the Missing Link
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UFOs, Ghosts, and Misunderstood Perceptions ....................... 6 interested in learning about them. We'll start with the aforementioned song, "Sister Psychic." At first listen, it is not immediately clear that this is a skeptical song. Some of the early lines in the song are a bit iffy on wheth

UFOs, Ghosts, and Misunderstood Perceptions
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interested in learning about them. We'll start with the aforementioned song, "Sister Psychic." At first listen, it is not immediately clear that this is a skeptical song. Some of the early lines in the song are a bit iffy on whether the writer was being skeptical or not, but tend to lead the listene

We'll start with the aforementioned song, "Sister Psychic."
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At first listen, it is not immediately clear that this is a skeptical song. Some of the early lines in the song are a bit iffy on whether the writer was being skeptical or not, but tend to lead the listener towards the questioning side: "Sister psychic can you tell me does it ever get better Can you

At first listen, it is not immediately clear that this is a skeptical
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song. Some of the early lines in the song are a bit iffy on whether the writer was being skeptical or not, but tend to lead the listener towards the questioning side: "Sister psychic can you tell me does it ever get better Can you really see the future or just predict the weather?" Other lines as it

"Sister psychic can you tell me does it ever get better
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Can you really see the future or just predict the weather?" Other lines as it gets into the heart of the song could be read as being written by a true believer, but once you get further in, it seems pretty obvious that they are meant in a more sarcastic vein: "If you really wanna see where it's all

Can you really see the future or just predict the weather?"
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Other lines as it gets into the heart of the song could be read as being written by a true believer, but once you get further in, it seems pretty obvious that they are meant in a more sarcastic vein: "If you really wanna see where it's all goin' Switch on your T.V. she's all tellin', all knowin'" Af

Other lines as it gets into the heart of the song could be
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read as being written by a true believer, but once you get further in, it seems pretty obvious that they are meant in a more sarcastic vein: "If you really wanna see where it's all goin' Switch on your T.V. she's all tellin', all knowin'" After the writer asks if the psychic can help find a bunch of

"If you really wanna see where it's all goin'
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Switch on your T.V. she's all tellin', all knowin'" After the writer asks if the psychic can help find a bunch of things (like children on the missing posters or his car keys), he moves on to the part that makes it clear he doesn't exactly believe in her by "Are those tarot or dialogue cards that yo

Switch on your T.V. she's all tellin', all knowin'"
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After the writer asks if the psychic can help find a bunch of things (like children on the missing posters or his car keys), he moves on to the part that makes it clear he doesn't exactly believe in her by "Are those tarot or dialogue cards that you're

"Are those tarot or dialogue cards that you're
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From there he moves on to end the song on a good note by pointing out (at least in my opinion) that the psychic is just using cold reading and repeating back what she "Sister why would I tell you my deepest, dark secrets

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