One idea for a get rich quick scheme?

Here's one.

Appeal to every parent's desire to have the best possible head start for their child,

and offer to sell them expensive classes to teach their child a superpower.

In this case, to see even when blindfolded.

By unlocking the power of a special part of the brain.

Whether it sounds silly to you or not, people are making tons of money off this precise scam.

The kids who see while blindfolded are coming right up, unskeptoid.

You're listening to Skeptoid.

I'm Brian Dunning from Skeptoid.com.

The kids who see blindfolded.

Today we're heading to India where a wave of a new technique in child education appears

to be conferring an almost magical superpower upon children.

The ability to see blindfolded.

They can read books, even reportedly see through solid objects, all while securely blindfolded.

Parents all over the country are scrambling to give their children this apparent edge

in life, buying expensive classes for their kids to learn this skill, and all indications

given to the general public are that it works.

The kids have even been featured on television showing off this incredible ability.

The Indian specialists who teach children mine skills that allow them to see blindfolded,

call their technique, mid-brain activation.

It is sold in hundreds of clinics throughout the country.

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