"BLUE" JIMMY: PARANORMAL INVESTIGATOR
BLIND DOG OZZY: NEUROTIC CHIHUAHUA
"BLUE" JIMMY: Have you ever thought of someone you haven't seen for awhile and they suddenly drive by and wave to you in traffic? Or what about when a psychic spits out some random information and it feels like they're telling you your life story? Have you ever been using the hairdryer and you think you hear the phone ring when it ain't? Or what about when you look at the wood grain on a door or something and you see a demonic face and the number 666?
BLIND DOG OZZY: I once saw the image of Santo Nino de Atocha in a burned tortilla!
"BLUE" JIMMY: These are all examples of apophenia, or your mind's tendency to find meaning in random events or data.
BLIND DOG OZZY: And it's a pain in the ass for paranormal investigators like us!
"BLUE" JIMMY: I'm the PARANORMAL INVESTIGATOR, He just pees on everything.
BLIND DOG OZZY: It could help.
"BLUE" JIMMY: The lowdown is that when your mind looks for something, it tends to find it. Let's do a little experiment here!
BLIND DOG OZZY: F**K YEAH!
"BLUE" JIMMY: How many times have you saved a little money in the bank and you decide you want to buy something you been wantin'. Guys, it might be a certain automobile you been dreamin' of and now, every time you pull up to a stoplight, you see that same car right next to you. And girls, say you had your eyes on a certain outfit you saw in the store ...
BLIND DOG OZZY: Now every b**ch in the club got that same outfit on ... OH!!!
"BLUE" JIMMY: It may seem like Sinister Forces are at work here but what is really happening is that your attention has shifted and you are seeing things that were always there but you never noticed before because your attention was focused elsewhere. What about all the thousand other times you thought of someone and they never appeared? What about the thousand other details of your life the psychic guessed at before they got two or three right? And in a series of random visual patterns, you can pretty much see anything you want.
BLIND DOG OZZY: A list of practices that exploits apophenia includes: tarot cards; ouija boards; palmistry; astrology; numerology; I ching; iridology; reflexology and applied kinesiology.
"BLUE" JIMMY: These practices may be valid and have use but because of their esoteric nature, can be readily exploited by con artists and mumbo jumbo types down at the corner juke joint.
BLIND DOG OZZY: I lost a wad of money down there!
"BLUE" JIMMY: Speaking of that, apophenia also plays a part in the cognitive illusion known as gambler's fallacy. This is where good folks think that by knowing the past, they can predict the future. If you bet on a certain horse 20 times in a row and he loses, he's bound to win the next race ... no? If you blow 10 grand at blackjack in Vegas using a certain system, it's bound to turn around and start winning you money ... no? If your wife has 5 daughters in a row your next kid is bound to be a boy ... no?
BLIND DOG OZZY: NO!!!
"BLUE" JIMMY: Apophenia makes gamblers think that there are certain patterns that they can observe and master, giving them the illusion that the big payout is one more hand away.
BLIND DOG OZZY: What about f***ing Charlie, Charlie ... Oh, S**T!!!
"BLUE" JIMMY: You may have heard about the Internet phenomenon known as Charlie, Charlie where school kids all f**ked up on Pop Tarts, Red Bull and youthful enthusiasm, cross two pencils over a makeshift grid and contact a demon named Charlie.
BLIND DOG OZZY: Wha...? Demons are supposed to have names like Abadddon, Leviathon and Behemoth -- Charlie is the name of our ice cream vendor who likes young boys!
"BLUE" JIMMY: Charlie, Charlie, while being an entertaining rush at sleepovers, is just a trick which relies on random gusts of air and the ideomotor response of folks playing the game. Whatever you get can be interpreted an infinite number of ways and is a prime example of your mind looking to find meaning in random patterns. Looks like someone done invented a cheap version of ouija mixed with dowsing rods and added a shot of urban legend to make it more spooky. When looking for genuine paranormal activity, all logical scientific explanations must be exhausted before we can get all "Amityville Horror" and start running out the house with nothin' but our drawers on.
BLIND DOG OZZY: Dude, an upside down crucifix dripping with blood just appeared on the living room wall!
"BLUE" JIMMY: ... R-U-N !!!
BLIND DOG OZZY: OH, B**CH!
"BLUE" JIMMY: Sake's Alive!
BLIND DOG OZZY: Wow! Wow!
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"BLUE" JIMMY: These are all examples of apophenia, or your mind's tendency to find meaning in random events or data.
BLIND DOG OZZY: And it's a pain in the ass for paranormal investigators like us!
"BLUE" JIMMY: I'm the PARANORMAL INVESTIGATOR, He just pees on everything.
BLIND DOG OZZY: It could help.
"BLUE" JIMMY: The lowdown is that when your mind looks for something, it tends to find it. Let's do a little experiment here!
BLIND DOG OZZY: F**K YEAH!
"BLUE" JIMMY: How many times have you saved a little money in the bank and you decide you want to buy something you been wantin'. Guys, it might be a certain automobile you been dreamin' of and now, every time you pull up to a stoplight, you see that same car right next to you. And girls, say you had your eyes on a certain outfit you saw in the store ...
BLIND DOG OZZY: Now every b**ch in the club got that same outfit on ... OH!!!
"BLUE" JIMMY: It may seem like Sinister Forces are at work here but what is really happening is that your attention has shifted and you are seeing things that were always there but you never noticed before because your attention was focused elsewhere. What about all the thousand other times you thought of someone and they never appeared? What about the thousand other details of your life the psychic guessed at before they got two or three right? And in a series of random visual patterns, you can pretty much see anything you want.
BLIND DOG OZZY: A list of practices that exploits apophenia includes: tarot cards; ouija boards; palmistry; astrology; numerology; I ching; iridology; reflexology and applied kinesiology.
"BLUE" JIMMY: These practices may be valid and have use but because of their esoteric nature, can be readily exploited by con artists and mumbo jumbo types down at the corner juke joint.
BLIND DOG OZZY: I lost a wad of money down there!
"BLUE" JIMMY: Speaking of that, apophenia also plays a part in the cognitive illusion known as gambler's fallacy. This is where good folks think that by knowing the past, they can predict the future. If you bet on a certain horse 20 times in a row and he loses, he's bound to win the next race ... no? If you blow 10 grand at blackjack in Vegas using a certain system, it's bound to turn around and start winning you money ... no? If your wife has 5 daughters in a row your next kid is bound to be a boy ... no?
BLIND DOG OZZY: NO!!!
"BLUE" JIMMY: Apophenia makes gamblers think that there are certain patterns that they can observe and master, giving them the illusion that the big payout is one more hand away.
BLIND DOG OZZY: What about f***ing Charlie, Charlie ... Oh, S**T!!!
"BLUE" JIMMY: You may have heard about the Internet phenomenon known as Charlie, Charlie where school kids all f**ked up on Pop Tarts, Red Bull and youthful enthusiasm, cross two pencils over a makeshift grid and contact a demon named Charlie.
BLIND DOG OZZY: Wha...? Demons are supposed to have names like Abadddon, Leviathon and Behemoth -- Charlie is the name of our ice cream vendor who likes young boys!
"BLUE" JIMMY: Charlie, Charlie, while being an entertaining rush at sleepovers, is just a trick which relies on random gusts of air and the ideomotor response of folks playing the game. Whatever you get can be interpreted an infinite number of ways and is a prime example of your mind looking to find meaning in random patterns. Looks like someone done invented a cheap version of ouija mixed with dowsing rods and added a shot of urban legend to make it more spooky. When looking for genuine paranormal activity, all logical scientific explanations must be exhausted before we can get all "Amityville Horror" and start running out the house with nothin' but our drawers on.
BLIND DOG OZZY: Dude, an upside down crucifix dripping with blood just appeared on the living room wall!
"BLUE" JIMMY: ... R-U-N !!!
BLIND DOG OZZY: OH, B**CH!
"BLUE" JIMMY: Sake's Alive!
BLIND DOG OZZY: Wow! Wow!
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