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"Peter Bowditch" <myfirstname@ratbags.com> wrote 
> "|-|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.
> 


Cool but 1 problem.  I can get ANY skeptic or ANY skeptic organisation
to do a test like this any day of the week.

If I could channel trivial pursuit questions I'd go on Sale Of The Century.

RAVEN offered me $100 for a test similar to Barry's 10 mammal's names and such.

Think of God as a good Samaritan.  

What's helpful about telling you what you put into an envelope?

Herc