Spook: Chapter 10

5 Comments
1] Mediumship is about proving that life after death is a fact.
2] Psychics and mediums prosper not because they're intentionally fraudulent, but because their subjects are uncritical.
3] The people who visit mediums and psychics are often strongly motivated or constitutionally inclined to believe that what is being said is relevant and meaningful with regard to them or a loved one.
4] The National Forest Service has a fine and terrible dark sense of humor.
5] Thousands of Americans and Europeans believe that tape reorders can capture the voices of people whose vocal cords long ago decomposed.

4 Questions
1] Can anyone become a medium?
2] What does trilobite mean?
3] Is it the client that makes the psychic?
4] When did the EVP start?

3 Vocabulary
1] Flummoxed: To confuse; perplex.
2] Obscured: (of meaning) not clear or plain; ambiguous, vague, or uncertain.
3] Evocative: Tending to evoke.

2 Literary Terms
1] "Watson's spiritualist beliefs colors his views of science.." -Metaphor.
2] "Tesla was a special case." -Metaphor.

1 Overview Sentence
Mediums and Psychics were used to prove if there was a life after death.