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


Huh?

You have to ask a question you want to know the answer to.

No big deal.  Ask Les Norton how he tested me to beat 11:1 odds last week.


Herc