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Monday, January 16, 2006
 Color Me a Skeptic About Indigo KidsSee the story in Sunday's Inquirer? There's a new wave of psychically gifted whippersnappers with indigo auras. No, it's not the latest Children of the Corn / Village of the Damned spinoff/remake screenplay. (Even though some movie posters did show a funny-colored kid.) It's an idea that began with comments in a 1982 book by a self-described clairvoyant. She'd started seeing kids with deeper-blue energy fields, and concluded, rather than she needed new specs, that these were special beings destined to lead the world to a better future. What a sec, there's a tradeoff: They're so cool, they're distracted, disruptive and temperamental. Wow. Now, I'm seeing things. I'm seeing how maybe I'm an overaged Indigo kid, and that's why I've always resisted authority, ripped sports teams, and displayed wisenheimer smart-aleckiness. Why, this is also the answer to the Eagles' problems! Call in a psychic! Terrell Owens isn't wacko, he's Indigo! He didn't make this season fall apart! He foresaw it all, including QB woes (and no pay hike for him), and was just trying to warn us!  Wait, here's another great idea. Let's get that clairvoyant and win skeptic James Randi's $1 million challenge. Ought to be easy. We put hoods over the heads of four normal kids and one indigo, shuffle them around, and have her pick out the one with the indigo aura. Mix, repeat, mix, repeat, collect, ch-ching.Funny, but Randi's been offering this reward for years, and nobody's even passed the simple preliminary tests. Couldn't be some other phenomenon. Like parental pride mixed with denial. ("My kid's not troubled, he's gifted.") You know, I'm thinking this ESP could be contagious. Are you getting the same vibe I am? You're thinking this trend won't last? You're clairvoyant! Already one therapist says the Indigo wave is over. Now the Crystal children are arriving with healing powers and telepathy. Bet you can read my mind about that one.
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