>>7 I half agree with that. Empath's are a little fishy by themselves, but I generally put them on the level of grossly emotional psychics. You prolly don't believe in psychics in the first place though even though they basically are just highly perceptive people. (Which is fine, btw. I've always been pretty skeptical, so I can respect other people's opinions on that matter of existence; I've just experienced enough face-to-face shit myself that I can't pretend said shit isn't real. But I also don't think it's like that fantasy bull you read in books or anything. Everything has its own explanation.)
Anyway, it's all a matter of weeding out people who are bragging about what they aren't and those who legitimately are what they claim they are, whether any of this is by accident or on purpose. And empaths are a lot more likely to overstate themselves both intentionally and not.