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Article #4987Re: Psychic showdown - challenge to Herc
From: Peter Bowditch
Date: Fri, 01 Oct 2010 15:55
Date: Fri, 01 Oct 2010 15:55
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"|-|ercules" <radgray123@yahoo.com> wrote: >"Peter Bowditch" <myfirstname@ratbags.com> wrote >> >>>Give me 100 questions from 20 skeptics members. >>> >>>REAL YES NO QUESTIONS. Stop the bullshit. >>> >>>Give me a page number 1..1000 and line number 1..100 for each question >>>from the asker. >>> >>>Don't tell them I'm using the bible to look up the answer. >>> >>>Then you'll have some data to play with! >> >> Nobody cares what method you use to get the answers. It's a black box. >> Just produce the answers. > > >The answers are subjective, hence a white box is necessary that I obtained >them in the same manner as a control. The manner of obtaining the answers is irrelevant. All that matters is the set of answers. Dream them up, ask God, toss a coin, ask a Ouija board, ... Just produce answers. Correct answers. > >If you give me 3 options of what your question was then I can give a >black box answer. But you still have to tell me the page & line number >to read your question without you stating it. I gave you page and line numbers. >>>>>You won't even do a subjective demo to see what I can do, >>>>>then flounder around an objective test protocol because you >>>>>have the idea set in your head that I'm not paranormal and >>>>>you'll just debunk me with an argument. >>>> >>>> I have the idea you're not paranormal because you have never offered >>>> any evidence of paranormality. >>> >>> >>> >>>Here's some paranormal exhibits. >>> >>>Q1 (to James Randi) >>>Can I take your million dollars if you do a test? >>>--> RANDOM QUOTE -> "Whenever you respond". >> >> Whenever you respond to what? You asked Randi if you could take his >> money if HE did a test. You were asking him to respond. >> >> FAIL! > > >Wait a minute!! I thought you couldn't mark a subjective answer. I was pointing out that the answer you gave could not possibly relate to the question. > >And don't give me BS that yes / no questions must be answered with a >yes or no. Why not? That's the way the world works. > >>>> Q1. What is the capital city of Canada? >>> >>>IDIOTIC QUESTION >> >> But try to answer it anyway. > > >I have, questions of this type. > >Same with Raven's VIN just for a demo. > >I asked "SHOW ME THE VIN" and pointed on video to V9.... Which is not a valid VIN. FAIL!!! > > >The answer will be like "THATS AN IDIOTIC QUESTION" or "DONT WASTE MY TIME" >or "LOOK UP A DICTIONARY". Forget "will be". Give "is". >>> >>>> >>>> A1 - The Turtles sang "Happy Together" >>>> A2 - The cactus lies to the East >>>> A3 - It's Yom Kippur on Tuesday >>>> >>>> Best answer - none of them >>>> >>>> Q2. Is there life on the new planet discovered this week? >>>> >>>> A1 - Whatever it is >>>> A2 - Yo momma wears combat boots >>>> A3 - Pythagoras was Greek >>> >>> >>>GIVE ME A PAGE AND LINE NUMBER >>> >>>AND GET A BLIND JUDGE READY WHO HASN'T SEEN ANY ANSWERS >> >> Nobody had seen the answers before they were discovered. These were >> randomly selected phrases. >> >>> >>> >>> >>>> >>>> Best answer - none of them >>>> >>>> Q3. If I am the eggman, who is the walrus? >>>> >>>> A1 - The stars come out at night >>>> A2 - I got a plastic fox in my Happy Meal >>>> A3 - Cabbage is a cruciferous vegetable >>>> >>>> Best answer - none of them >>>> >>>> Q4. How many beans make five? >>>> >>>> A1 - Fourteen days in a fortnight >>>> A2 - Insulin is made in the pancreas >>>> A3 - White smoke indicates that a new Pope has been chosen >>>> >>>> Best answer - none of them >>>> >>>> Q5. What is the third track on the fourth CD down in the rack in my >>>> lounge room? >>>> >>>> A1 - He wore a paisley tie and a diamond earring >>>> A2 - Concrete is very strong in compression >>>> A3 - Larks' tongues in honey >>>> >>>> Best answer - none of them >>>> >>>> Q6. Is Goulburn in the Goulburn Valley? >>>> >>>> A1 - When the telephone rings the dog barks >>>> A2 - I have lost my iPhone cable >>>> A3 - And the caramel sauce dripped from her chin >>>> >>>> Best answer - none of them >>> >>> >>>CONGRATS - JUST BY FLUKE YOU MANAGED 1 (ONE) QUESTION >>>OF LEGITIMATE INTEREST >>> >>>I AM AMAZED. >>> >>> >>>> >>>>> >>>>>You've spent 9 years whining about subjectiveness of answers that can't be marked right or wrong. >>>> >>>> If they can't be marked right or wrong then they demonstrate nothing. >>> >>>BULLSHIT. >>> >>>A BOOK TALKS WHEN I OPEN THE PAGE. IT'S EVIDENT. >> >> Not to me. Please stop shouting. >>>>> >>>>>Forget ANSWERS - just mark which answer is BEST. >>>> >>>> The best answer is the correct one. >>> >>> >>>THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS ONE CORRECT ANSWER. >> >> You asked for questions with a Yes/No answer. There can only be one >> correct answer to such a question. >> >>> >>>SHOULD I GO FOR A WALK? >> >> Yes. That is always a good idea, because it helps to get the weight >> off. > > >It's raining. So what? Is that your "answer" to the question? >>>>> >>>>>You could at least organize a simple buy subjective demo comparing my random quote answers >>>>>to someone Else's random quote answers. >>>> >>>> How do your random quote answers compare to mine, Darryl's and Cody's >>>> for the six questions above? >>> >>> >>>WAITING FOR THE RANDOMLY THOUGHT UP PAGE AND LINE NUMBER. >> >> Waiting for you to provide your random answers to the six questions. >> >> Page numbers start at 103 and increment by 13 each time. >> Line numbers start at 47 and decrement by 6 each time. >> > > > >Well I used your numbering scheme, please don't use that again, >and got something about a lamb. You should have got 6 "answers". What were they? > >Maybe there is sheep on the planet? Is that supposed to be an answer from God about something? > > >Herc > -- Peter Bowditch aa #2243 The Millenium Project http://www.ratbags.com/rsoles Australian Council Against Health Fraud http://www.acahf.org.au To email me use my first name only at ratbags.com I'm @RatbagsDotCom on Twitter
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