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Robert Sheaffer is an author and former chairman of the Bay Area Skeptics.
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From the archives: Future Imperfect – Psychics’ 1991 predictions fizzle
Robert Sheaffer
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16th September 2025
From the archives in 1992, Robert Sheaffer puts the previous year's psychic predictions to the test and finds them lacking
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