I am a scientist and skeptic by nature. With that said, I am convinced that Hillary's abilities are real and that psychic phenomena is a scientific reality due in part to Hillary accurately predicting certain events and describing very specific details of things only I knew and some things I didn't know (but confirmed accurate later) - which could not have been the result of cold reading, warm reading, hot reading, generalities, the barnum effect, reading my body language, guessing, focusing only on the hits and ignoring the misses, luck, or based on any other present day scientific or other explanation.
I have been investigating psychics as personal side interest for 30+ years ever since my mother had a reading with a psychic when I was teenager who relayed some very specific information as it related to me. Back then I was still skeptical but just couldn't explain everything away that was said about me based upon some logical explanation. Ever since then, I have been going to psychics/mediums on occasion out of personal and scientific curiosity to determine if the phenomenon is real or fake (and if fake, how it's done). And trust me, there are plenty of fakes, frauds, cold readers, and others who are either faking it or who have convinced themselves that they have some psychic ability (but are simply making barnum statements or relaying information back to their client that their client told them either verbally or non-verbally through the client's own questions, appearance, mannerisms, reactions, body language, etc.). In fact, one of my favorite skeptics is Derren Brown (a U.K. illusionist/mentalist) who shows you how cold reading is done and how easily people can be manipulated into believing almost anything through the power of suggestion, hypnosis, psychology, misdirection, and basic magic. Check out some of his stuff:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MT3izBQfh5M
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51B8MzcxOX0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQ4uBqdLaXI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=II_-QcW4Q4I
Amazing- I love that guy!
However, even taking into account all of the tricks of the trade as exposed by Derren and other skeptics, I simply cannot explain some of the predictions and detailed information Hillary has relayed to me. The most accurate predictions in my experience have been ones that are not (or less) dependent on the reactions or choices of other people (e.g., unusual physical events, unknown medical conditions, etc.). With that said, I'm still not sure about the scope or exact parameters of the phenomena but believe something is very real about it which has yet to be discovered by mainstream science. Eventually, I believe there will be a scientific breakthrough to explain it. Some of the other scientific skeptics turned believers include:
Brian Weiss, MD (Yale Psychiatrist)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Weiss
Eben Alexander, MD (Harvard Neurosurgeon and former skeptic) http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/26/books/dr-eben-alexanders-tells-of-near-death-in-proof-of-heaven.html?_r=1
Elisa Medhus, MD (Pediatrician and former atheist)
http://www.beyondword.com/blog/a-skeptics-journey-guest-blog-by-author-elisa-medhus-md
However, buyer beware. There's a broad spectrum of psychics and mediums with different abilities, skills, and levels of development- some fake, some real, some using a combination of techniques, and some who are better on certain days than others. Even Hillary has her off days (just as any athlete, performer, or skilled worker who can't perform at an optimal level because they are tired, sick, or distracted by something in their personal lives). The only way to know for sure who is real and genuine is to have multiple experiences with different people and judge for yourself.
Based on my own 30+ years of experience, Hillary's psychic ability is unquestionable (from this skeptic's perspective). And although she can continue to improve as a business person (e.g., being better at keeping originally scheduled times, etc.), in my opinion, Hillary is by far the best psychic and medium in the bay area. read more