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"|-|ercules" <radgray123@yahoo.com> wrote:

>"Peter Bowditch" <myfirstname@ratbags.com> wrote ...
>> "|-|ercules" <radgray123@yahoo.com> wrote:
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>>>"Peter Bowditch" <myfirstname@ratbags.com> wrote
>>>>>If you can shift your ideal test away from such a fuckwit idea then let me know.
>>>> 
>>>> As my "ideal test" is nothing like that I can't really shift it away.
>>>
>>>
>>>Yes it is.  You want to ask ANY questions and me to I have to answer everything
>>>exactly what is on your answer sheet.
>>>
>>>Only someone with infinite knowledge could always pass your test.
>>>
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>>>
>>>Why is www.tinyurl.com/ParanormalClaim2 not a claim that can be tested
>>>for paranormal powers?
>>>
>>>You tell me 3 options, I tell you what option you were thinking of.
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>> Then when you get it wrong you demand that I prove what I was thinking
>> of. Sorry, no cigar.
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>Huh?  That is just speculation and you just score me wrong anyway.

On what basis could I score you wrong unless I know what the correct
answer is?

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>You have to use a dozen volunteers anyway and I'm sure most of them
>will follow the directions easily.

I don't need a dozen volunteers. I need one person with a pack of
Zenner cards.

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>If you use a DATA ENTRY FORM then the first question is LOCKED IN
>and I can't complain.
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>The page numbers are sent and the 2 dummy questions are posted later.
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>There is no confusion, I get it right or you mark me wrong.

So you are saying that the first question is the real one and you win
if you guess that the first question is the real one? Not very
psychic.

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>>>It is NOT possible to cheat by guessing.  If you can beat 1,000,000:1 by selecting
>>>the right idea that you are thinking of then it's a pass.
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>>>Say you do a Zenner test and write down which card you're thinking of: a square.
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>> Say I do a Zenner test where I look at a card instead of imagining
>> one.
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>God won't channel meaningless nonsense.

Must be a pretty pathetic god if it can't see what card I'm holding.

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>>>Then you show me 3 cards in random order, including the square.
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>> Then I ask you to tell me which card I'm looking at.
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>>>I pick square.  I'm right most of the time over dozens of trials.
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>> You pick square and are marked wrong because it's a star.
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>> The test is repeated the number of times agreed in the protocol and
>> the results compared to your predicted accuracy.
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>I can EASILY "guess" what question you posted on page one of a form
>like that on MindReading.com 1/2 of the time.  (only 50% higher than expected)

Forget guessing. If God is supplying the answers then 100% is the
benchmark.

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>I can probably "guess" the correct option 2 times out of 3.  (double expected).

So what?

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>But I need to do some tests before I set a bench mark that high.
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>>>THAT IS THE ESSENCE OF MY TEST.
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>>>All that is required is to substitute Zenner Cards for a more interesting idea or request
>>>so that my powers kick in!
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>> So instead of Zenner cards you want unanswerable questions to which
>> you will give vague "correlated" responses? Sorry, not falsifiable,
>> therefore not testable.
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>NO NO NO NO NO.
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>I select A, B or C.
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>I'm smart enough to interpret the word of God from bible quotes to any question
>posed to him.

Here's a question - what Zenner card am I looking at right now?

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>I work out what question you asked on page 1 from 3 options.  There is nothing
>subjective to mark - there is just a little bit of intelligence on the English language
>required ON MY PART.

No, it is you guessing at something, a guess which cannot be checked
for correctness.

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>Can you either think my protocol over a lot more carefully or get a competent 
>statistician to advise you whether the claim could hold?

I topped my class in statistics at university. Your claim (whatever it
really is today) does not hold.

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>Herc 

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