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Re: Final Question for Sylvia Else (Inability to fullfill contract)

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From: Peter Bowditch
Date: Sun, 19 Sep 2010 03:13
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"|-|ercules" <radgray123@yahoo.com> wrote:

>Being asked to state a brief claim of what you can do, that specifies all requirements
>and limitations and pass and fail criteria and objective step wise procedures and
>binomial distribution and T Square chart ranges in 25 words or less cannot be done.

That isn't what you were asked to do. You were asked to say what it is
that you can do.

Here is an example: I can find answers to questions by interpreting
randomly-selected quotes from a book.

>
>My test protocol is 2 pages long.

That isn't what you were asked to do. You were asked to contribute to
a mutually-agreed protocol that would establish, without any need for
judgment, whether you possess the claimed power or not. The protocol
must result in an unambiguous pass/fail result.

Here is an example:

You will be supplied with 10 questions. The correct answers to these
questions will be sealed in an envelope and deposited with a mutually
acceptable third party. As you haven't said that you can predict the
future, all questions will relate to the present time or the past.

Using a book of your own choosing you will produce 10 random quotes,
each not exceeding five words, one for each question, which you will
then interpret to provide the answers to the relevant questions.

The sealed envelope containing the correct answers will be opened in
your presence and you will then be given a score out of 10 for correct
answers. If you achieve a score of 8 or greater than you will be
allowed to continue on to the full test of your powers, otherwise you
will be deemed to have failed to demonstrate those powers. (Note: If
you claim that God directs your answers then the pass mark will be 10,
as God is omniscient.)

Once you have failed you must accept the failure and no further
correspondence will be entered into.

Once you have passed this preliminary test a protocol will be mutually
developed and agreed for you to proceed to challenging for the prize
being offered for demonstration of paranormal powers.

>My claim is 1 sentence.

As it should be.

>I've written 500 paraphrases of the two.

SFW?


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