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

>"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
> 

Thank you for finally admitting that you had no hope of passing any
preliminary test for the Australian Skeptics $100,000 Challenge. Now,
will you please shut up about it and stop pretending that you were
treated unfairly.

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