Multiple Choice
Which of the following statements is FALSE regarding the advertising by psychic advisors and stage mentalists?
A) No one has passed the preliminary tests set up by James Randi's Million Dollar Challenge to demonstrate psychic abilities under controlled conditions.
B) Usually psychic advisor ads are promoted with a few testimonials and many unsupported claims.
C) Unlike psychic advisors, stage mentalists do not use deception with their audiences or in their advertising.
D) Psychic advisers promoted in TV commercials rely on uncritical acceptance and the confirmation bias to create an illusion that they know private information about the people who call them.
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