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Article #5017Re: Psychic showdown - challenge to Herc
From: Peter Bowditch
Date: Fri, 01 Oct 2010 09:00
Date: Fri, 01 Oct 2010 09:00
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"|-|ercules" <radgray123@yahoo.com> wrote: >"Peter Bowditch" <myfirstname@ratbags.com> wrote >> "|-|ercules" <radgray123@yahoo.com> wrote: >> >>>"Peter Bowditch" <myfirstname@ratbags.com> wrote >>>> "|-|ercules" <radgray123@yahoo.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>>"A Real Psychic" <arealpsychic@crystalball.com> wrote >>>>>> I bet I can out-psychic Herc, so here's the challenge... >>>>>> >>>>>> I'll answer any question off the top of my psychic head and Herc does >>>>>> whatever it is he does to answer the same question and we post the replies >>>>>> here. >>>>>> >>>>>> Whichever one answers the question correctly gets a point, whilst a wrong >>>>>> answer loses a point. >>>>>> >>>>>> The original poster replies with the correct answer after both "psychically" >>>>>> read answers have been given. >>>>>> >>>>>> I nominate Sylvia to keep score and no MD5 nonsense or any other bullshit >>>>>> just plain answers to questions. >>>>>> >>>>>> Accept the challenge Herc? >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>No. My answers are channeled through random quotes and often metaphorical. >>>> >>>> Oh, so they are not answers at all. Thanks for clearing that up. >>> >>> >>>How did you conclude that? >> >> By reading where you said "My answers are channeled through random >> quotes and often metaphorical". > > >so? that means I use supernatural powers to get answers doesn't it? > >Gotta get em somewhere! So you do give answers, not just random quotes? Good. We're making progress. > > > >> >>> >>>I can channel answers to genuine (not purely test) questions. >> >> Prove it. > > >You keep asking test questions you can check the answer to and are therefore >not worthy of channeling. I keep asking you to demonstrate that you have some sort of paranormal power. You keep doing what anybody can do - open a book, point at some words and then read them out. > >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. > > > > >> >>> >>>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! > >www.PopeToYou.com > >------------------------------------------------- > >Here's a good mind reading demo. > >http://hercshome.com/DSCF0333.JPG > >If you remember the context of how I came across that quote >it's very specific and apt of the mind I was reading. > > > > > > >> >> >>>>>Any idiot can impress a crowd of dullard skeptics with a direct although stupid answer >>>>>that directly addresses the question. >>>> >>>> But you are not just any idiot. >>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>Find a book with 500 pages and 50 lines per page. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>People ask us questions that are not just for test purposes, interesting questions. >>>>> >>>>>They give a page and line number - we both upload a screen shot of that page >>>>>and my answer will piss all over your random quote. >>>> >>>> But he isn't offering to provide random quotes - he is offering to >>>> answer questions. >>> >>> >>>Yes Peter, it's called a conversation. >> >> Not if it's a test of paranormal powers it isn't. >> >>> >>>This is a conversation, Mindreading.com is a test, Australian Skeptics challenge >>>is just a cherry picking exercise and therefore has no valid conclusions. >>> >>>How can a 'fake' magician duplicate or better my test protocol? >> >> Did I say anything about a fake magician. I said that I have seen some >> good mind reading acts in my day. None of them claim to be paranormal. >> >>> >>>I'll tell you what. >>> >>>If MindReading.com starts to get some real paranormal results come in, >>>THEN you can try and duplicate the feat >>>AND/OR see if I can guess YOUR (volunteers) ideas. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>> >>>>> >>>>>PS this is valid paranormal test but skeptics are too stupid to use a brain >>>>>to distinguish intelligence from noise. >>>>> >>> >>>You should try it Peter. >>> >>>Just get a few judges to blindly score which answer is better. >> >> OK. Here are six questions, with randomly-selected quotes for answers. >> The "answers" were provided by me and my friends Darryl and Cody. >> >> Q1. What is the capital city of Canada? > >IDIOTIC QUESTION But try to answer it anyway. > > > >> >> 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. > > > >> >>> >>>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. > > >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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