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Article #5478Re: 2 QUESTIONS FOR P. BOWDITCH (AUS SKEPTICS)
From: |-|ercules
Date: Sat, 02 Oct 2010 06:46
Date: Sat, 02 Oct 2010 06:46
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"Peter Bowditch" <myfirstname@ratbags.com> wrote > "|-|ercules" <radgray123@yahoo.com> wrote: > >><dev.null@example.com> wrote ... >>> On Sat, 02 Oct 2010 10:29:04 +1000, Peter Bowditch >>> <myfirstname@ratbags.com> wrote: >>> >>>>"|-|ercules" <radgray123@yahoo.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>>1. >>>>>Paranormal Claim 2 is NOT a psychic giving answers to questions claim. >>>> >>>>That is not a question, however I will open a book and point at a >>>>page. >>>> >>>>"If you have a DNS name server, press Enter to enter this IP" >>>> >>>>(Page 302, line 17 - "Idiot's Guide to Linux") >>>> >>>>That is an obvious reference to your web site, so I am psychic. WIN >>>>for me. >>>> >>>>> >>>>>It's a MIND READING claim, but instead of Zenner Cards or whatever >>>>>I mind read Questions. (It keeps my spirit interested - that's all). >>>> >>>>That is not a question either, but I will do the book thing again. >>>> >>>>"Indeed, the sudden appearance of a varied" >>>> >>>>(Page 45, line 12 "The Monkey Business: A Scientist Looks At >>>>Creationism" Niles Eldredge) >>>> >>>>That is an obvious reference to the sudden appearance of channelled >>>>"answers" when a psychic points at a book, so I am psychic. WIN for >>>>me. >>>> >>>> >>>>>2. >>>>>What's your opinion on Fish Oil capsules? >>>> >>>>I'm sorry, but that is not a real question, because a correct answer >>>>can be provided. >>>> >>>>But I will try, so it's book time again. >>>> >>>>"She doth mekyl good to the stomak" >>>> >>>>(Page 115, line 18 - "The Illustrated Earth Garden Herbal" by Keith >>>>Vincent Smith, citing a 12th century herbal guide.) >>>> >>>>Wow!! How close is that? I'm so paranormally psychic that I can hardly >>>>contain my enthusiasm. I should rent a stand at the next Mind Body >>>>Spirit Festival. >>>> >>>>> >>>>>a/ A lot of doctors say they can reduce the risk of heart attack by 30% >>>>>in overweight people. >>>>> >>>>>b/ Wouldn't a couple pieces of fish per week do? Is there really 20 CODS' oil >>>>>in each capsule? Do they really slaughter a tone of fish for each bottle? >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>I know 1/ is not a legitimate question, considering the audience... >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>Herc >>>> >>>>Three wins for me with bibliomancy. >>>> >>>>Oh, and I know your real question was "Are my web sites, the >>>>billion-dollar-a-year camgirls and the flash-in-the-pan mindreading, >>>>hotter than Google?". >>>> >>>>"difficult to see how it could be bettered" >>>> >>>>(Page 69, line 26 - "What Mad Pursuit: A Personal View Of Scientific >>>>Discovery" by Francis Crick) >>>> >>>>I'm going to have to stop this before my awesomeness becomes >>>>overwhelming. Wait - perhaps that random quote really referred to my >>>>awesomeness ... >>>> >>>><aus.tv and rec.org.mensa snipped for politeness and to get under the >>>>crossposting limit for my ISP> >>> >>> [aus.legal,misc.legal for similar] >>> >>> Congrats on an excellent post, Peter. Do you think he will get it? >> >> >>You like babbling idiot? >> >>I will say this again. >> >>Paranormal Claim 2 is not a test to answer questions. >> >>It is a mind reading test equivalent to a Zenner card test. >> >>You can write 100 questions on 100 sheets of cardboard if you want, >>hold the cardboard in front of you and I will mind read what card you are holding. >> >>Isn't it worth a paranormal test to make a slight change to the Zenner card test >>to change the symbols for something more interesting? >>Cue: MOTIVE OF SPIRITS considered to get mind reading to actually work! >> >> >> >>Herc > > I am holding up a card with a question on it. What is the question? > > It is now ten seconds later and I have put the card down. > take a photo of the card and post the MD5 of the jpg. This was a face to face protocol I was describing, for if you are only allowing mind readers to look at the back of cardboard for a test, Zenner style. Herc
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