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Article #4980Re: HOW ABOUT THIS TEST PETER?
From: |-|ercules
Date: Sun, 03 Oct 2010 04:48
Date: Sun, 03 Oct 2010 04:48
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"Sylvia Else" <sylvia@not.here.invalid> wrote ... > On 1/10/2010 3:56 PM, |-|ercules wrote: >> "Sylvia Else" <sylvia@not.here.invalid> wrote >>> On 1/10/2010 3:29 PM, |-|ercules wrote: >>>> You write 3 Yes/No questions* each on a sheet of cardboard. >>>> >>>> * You must want to find out the answer for the answers sake, not purely >>>> for test purposes. A genuine question that you might ask a friend, if >>>> you have any. >>>> >>>> You select one of the cards and hold it and concentrate on the >>>> question written on the card. >>>> >>>> You roll 3 10 sided dice and tell me the digits in order. >>>> You roll 2 10 sided dice and tell me the digits in order. >>>> >>>> You hand me the 3 cards shuffled and I will hand you the card with your >>>> question on it. >>>> We video tape the whole thing to check which card you >>>> were holding. >>> >>> And if you fail, you claim that the requirement marked with an >>> asterisk wasn't complied with. If you succeed, you don't question it. >> >> I'm a happy winner, sore loser, got it! > > No - you're a cherry picker - which is much worse. What? I'm not demanding a MISS be counted as a HIT or not tallied. ALL the skeptics prizes refuse to publish paranormal applications, that's evidently cherry picking. Herc
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