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Re: 2 QUESTIONS FOR P. BOWDITCH (AUS SKEPTICS)

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From: |-|ercules
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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