The future and psychic research

I came across an interesting blurb on a livejournal page this morning:

I have an odd relationship with Tarot. I claim no psychic abilities. I do not claim to be able to read the future, nor do I believe that it is actually possible for anyone to do so. However, I do believe that the cards can be an amazingly useful tool for analysing a situation and suggesting courses of action. I do believe that they can provide people with useful advice and insights.

That is pretty much how I feel about any psychic information, whether it comes to me via a feeling, a vision, or via a card. I believe that the information reveals the situation, and that situation gives me clues about what will happen to that person next. The energy of that person carries all sorts of trajectories that have already been started, but it is always up to the person to complete or interrupt any of their trajectories, which is why it is not always possible to predict their future.

Then Amy said something today that is in line with the first blurb:

while i don't necessarily *believe* in psychic powers in the popular sense, i do believe that some people have a great gift of clarity and vision, and the ability to see connections and assess the world based on those connections in an objective way, even from a distance.

I don't know if any research has been done on the accuracy of psychic readings. The kind of research I would like to do is this:

Have 50 or so different psychics do readings on 10 or so different people. Then compare the results.

I bet you that the psychics would see a lot of the same things for each person they are looking at.

The emphasis should not be on the accuracy of the predictions but on the accuracy of the reading of the present moment. In other words, it's not as important to be able to tell the future than to understand what is going on with the person right NOW. My fantasy research would focus on the current situation rather than the future.

While I do believe that is it possible to predict the future, it is not necessarily all that useful for the person receiving that information. It is more useful to receive information about the present, along with some direction on how to attract the changes they are trying to attract.