One may wonder why someone would even try to claim that they have ESP. What do they gain from having these extra sensory abilities? Psychics are a great example of this, according to industry analyst IBISWorld, the Psychic Services Industry generated $2 billion of revenue in the year 2018 alone, with the industry growing 2% that year. Psychics claim to fame is that through their telepathic and clairvoyant abilities they can extract information about you, your past, and your future. Psychics have a full range of services they provide consisting of Palmistry, Cartomancy, Mediumship, Aura reading, and Astrology. Palmistry, which can also be referred to as chiromancy, is an extension of precognition in which the Psychic will read the subject’s palm in order to tell them things about their future. Psychics make these predictions of the future seem legitimate by making them extremely vague, leaving much of the decision on what their prediction means on the subject. This also takes advantage of availability bias, by having this vague prediction inside their head, the subject will be more observant, looking for things that will show that the Psychic’s prediction was correct. The next service provided by Psychics is Cartomancy, in the United States this is more commonly known as tarot card reading. Cartomancy is the telling of fortune, using a deck of cards to base the fortunes off of. The same vagueness and availability bias apply here in contributing to people thinking these fortunes hold any weight. Another service that Psychics provide is Mediumship. This is a mediation of communication between the living and dead. People usually seek a medium for closure after a loved one has died, or if they believe some kind of spirit may be haunting their home. In Western culture we have developed a fascination with spirits and being haunted by the dead. There are many movies and shows which cover this subject. Mediums are able to take advantage of people who are either grievin>