With higher interest rates, the discounting reduces the present value of those future income (or psychic benefit) streams.

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America is a nation of believers, ready to place their faith in God or baseball or the Psychic Friends Network.

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Fame can homogenize an artist, blurring parts of his identity so critics can slot him into pop cultural trends or the public can use him to fill national psychic needs.

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Finally, Simmons has a gift for spinning fantastical theories that make total sense despite not being grounded in anything resembling scientific rigor, like his 16 Levels of Losing (rating the psychic pain of fans depending on the scenario) or The (Patrick) Ewing Theory (teams play better after losing a superstar).

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If you decided to stay home from work today because your psychic told you to, would you tell your boss the truth or make up an excuse?

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And, as I said, if either pet or owner feels in need of counseling, they can travel to the basement where Annie Germani, the dog psychic, holds court.

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