Reply To: Spiritual atheist.

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Sorry @simonpaynton but, that’s the first time I’ve ever seen you give a Dr. Bob answer. My question is…what kind of mechanism do you think lies behind the cards revealing information. They are, after all, pre-fabricated pieces of plastic/paper with ink. Do the cards take on extra properties? Does it have to do with quantum entanglement? Is there a fourth dimension in which connections are formed between events and tanglible objects such as tarrot cards?

I ask because…I simply cannot possibly imagine any mechanism that would explain this (besides pretty standard trickery and cold reading) which isn’t pure speculation or completely unfalsifiable.

As simon pointed out…this really does border on the magic (like holy water or prayers beamed up from your mind to God).