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Article #5303Re: Final Question for Sylvia Else (Inability to fullfill contract)
From: Sylvia Else
Date: Sat, 18 Sep 2010 06:16
Date: Sat, 18 Sep 2010 06:16
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On 18/09/2010 4:06 PM, |-|ercules wrote: >> On Sep 18, 3:47 pm, Sylvia Else <syl...@not.here.invalid> wrote: > >>> go directly from inventing a reasonable test protocol to consuming the >>> time and effort of skeptics organisation members when those people could >>> reasonably anticipate that you will fail and be a complete waste of >>> their resources. > > > As opposed to a psychic that the skeptics would reasonably anticipate > they would pass? > > Herc The problem for the skeptics, incase you've failed to notice, is that the world is full of people who believe they have powers, but who do not. Skeptics could spend their entire lives just running tests. They need some way of screening out the nutters. Requesting that genuine psychics engage in a bit of self-help first isn't asking the Earth. Sylvia.
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