Indonesian Skeptic Puts Psychic Powers to the Test

"The following is a report from skeptic Lukas Dion Pradityo in Jakarta, Indonesia, of an investigation he conducted after learning of four local individuals with claimed psychic abilities: two with a “sixth sense,” including one who can allegedly predict the eruptions of Mt. Merapi; one “witch doctor” who can supposedly diagnose illness by touch and cure by traditional medicine; and one allegedly clairvoyant Islamic teacher. Pradityo asked each of the claimants to bring their own magical object for the test, performed double-blind tests of the claimants’ abilities, and reported back to us."