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Article #5020Re: My Psychic Challenge To Sylvia Else
From: |-|ercules
Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2010 06:00
Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2010 06:00
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"DavidW" <no@email.provided> wrote ... > |-|ercules wrote: >> "DavidW" <no@email.provided> wrote ... >>>> -|ercules wrote: >>>> "DavidW" <no@email.provided> wrote >>>>>> -|ercules wrote: >>>>>> "DavidW" <no@email.provided> wrote... >>>>>>>> -|ercules wrote: >>>>>>>> "DavidW" <no@email.provided> wrote >>>>>>>>>> -|ercules wrote: >>>>>>>>>> "DavidW" <no@email.provided> wrote ... >>>>>>>>>>>> -|ercules wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>> "DavidW" <no@email.provided> wrote >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> If your answer is a set NO and you ask me for an answer then >>>>>>>>>>>> you broke the TOS. >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> Okay, let me get this right: >>>>>>>>>>> I think of a question, which must be one of the three >>>>>>>>>>> questions I offer, and you will answer that question by >>>>>>>>>>> somehow using the page and line nos. I enter. Are you saying >>>>>>>>>>> that I am barred from asking a question that has only one >>>>>>>>>>> possible answer, or a question to which I know the answer? >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> It's a yes / no question, I look at the bible quote which will >>>>>>>>>> be God telling me something about your question or an answer. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> You haven't cleared up the apparent restrictions with the >>>>>>>>> question. Above you imply that it can't be one with a "set" >>>>>>>>> answer, which appears to rule out any question I know the >>>>>>>>> answer to. >>>>>>>>>> I work backwards to tell you exactly what your question was >>>>>>>>>> because skeptics are too docile to score a subjective answer. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> In any case, you have a 1/2 chance of getting the right >>>>>>>>>>> answer, which is not unlikely enough to attribute a correct >>>>>>>>>>> answer to mind reading. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Your stats escape me. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> If all you are doing is giving me the answer (Your site says >>>>>>>>> "Before I attempt to answer your question I must read your mind >>>>>>>>> what it is!"), then you have a 1/2 chance of getting it right >>>>>>>>> (Heads for Yes/Tails for No). There's nothing there about >>>>>>>>> determining the question also. Is that a service commitment or >>>>>>>>> just a bonus ? >>>>>>>>>> I can do it more than once BTW. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Have you seen the new www.MINDREADING.com site? >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Yes, that's where your link takes me. Isn't that what we've >>>>>>>>> been discussing? P.S. My Usenet server limits cross-posting to >>>>>>>>> three other groups. That's why I'm deleting some of the groups >>>>>>>>> you've added. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> 1/ read the terms check box >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I have read the terms and I agree with them. >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> 2/ Guessing from 3 options is 3:1 >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Assuming that you are identifying the question. The site only >>>>>>> claims to give the correct answer, which is a 1/2 chance. >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Please think carefully before bombarding me with objections to a >>>>>>>> trivial website form. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> These are not objections. I am trying to thoroughly understand >>>>>>> what you are claiming to be able to do and what restrictions on >>>>>>> my questions exist (if any). How about I just give you my >>>>>>> questions. At afternoon tea time, do I usually drink a cup of: >>>>>>> 1. Coffee? >>>>>>> 2. Hot chocolate? >>>>>>> 3. Tea? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> One of those is the question I would like the answer to. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Page: 642 >>>>>>> Line: 71 >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> huh? I've explained over 200 times - a question you want to find >>>>>> out the answer to. >>>>>> Do any of you comprehend English? >>>>> >>>>> I only have this thread and one or two earlier ones to go on. I >>>>> asked this only days ago in the "ANOTHER 1,000,000 TO 1 <<<MIND >>>>> READING>>>" thread: * * * >>>>> Can someone give a summary of what Herc is claiming to be able to >>>>> do? It seems to be implied with each new thread that readers know >>>>> what it's all about. Is Herc some sort of psychic? >>>>> * * * >>>> >>>> >>>> I posted >>>> V V V V V V V V V V V V V >>>> PARANORMAL CLAIM 1 >>>> PARANORMAL CLAIM 2 >>>> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >>>> >>>> How could you miss them? >>> >>> No idea what that's about. >>> >>>>>> I can NOT determine what your question was you were thinking of >>>>>> because you already know the answer. >>>>> >>>>> I asked about three posts ago what the restrictions on questions >>>>> are. >>>> >>>> I SAID READ THE TERMS OF SERVICE. >>>> >>>> YOU SAID YOU DID. THEY SAY YOU MUST WANT TO *FIND OUT* THE ANSWER. >>> >>> That's right. _From you_. I can only conclude that you are not >>> offering a mindreading service at all. You are merely an all-knowing >>> being from whom any fact of interest may be extracted. >>> >>>> WHY DID YOU ASK WHAT DRINK YOU LIKE AND THEN TELL ME YOU FOLLOWED >>>> THE TERMS OF SERVICE WHEN YOU DIDN'T? >>> >>> I did. I wanted to know the answer, as per the mindreading service I >>> believed at the time you were offering. >>> >>>> If there was no money to be bet, would you really be interested in >>>> which horse won, you don't even know the the horses names. >>> >>> But there _is_ money to be bet, so I very much want to know the >>> answer. Now you appear to be imposing off-the-cuff restrictions on >>> the permitted reasons one wants to know the answer. >>> >>> Alright. Give me an example of a reasonable set of questions (say, a >>> set you've received before), and exactly what you mind-read from the >>> subject. >> >> >> Not interested buddy, you are being dishonest > > How? Any random person coming across your site more than likely wants to have > their mind read. Is that unreasonable? Are you saying that only mind-reading > believers are welcome? Okay, let's say a genuine believer shows up. They still > want to see you read their mind. What does "THEY SAY YOU MUST WANT TO *FIND OUT* > THE ANSWER" have to do with mind-reading? > >> and there is no way >> you have the aptitude to cooperate on a mind read. >> >> There is a balance between simplicity and practicality, if you follow >> the website instructions I should be able to determine your question >> by looking at the usually subjective answers I can channel. > > This is what I'm not getting. I have to be genuinely interested in an answer I > don't already know, yet what you claim to be reading is the _question_ I'm > asking, which obviously I do know. It's not making sense to me. > >> So far all your questions are intended to test the accuracy of the >> answer, since skeptics cannot be persuaded this is not of genuine interest to >> find out the answer I cannot help you any further. >> >> You can ask 1 question per day at www.MindReading.com if you want to >> test me out! > > After this exchange all day I still have no idea what service you are offering. > Is it a mind-read or the answer to a question I'm genuinely interested in? both. See Paranormal Claim 2. http://tinyurl.com/ParanormalClaim2 Only change is to put your idea into a question and I get a more consistent channel due to the interest factor. Herc
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