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Re: The whole Paranormal Claim idea is flawed

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From: JessHC
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2010 17:41
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On Sep 15, 1:28 pm, "|-|ercules" <radgray...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> "Peter Bowditch" <myfirstn...@ratbags.com> wrote ...
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>
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> > "|-|ercules" <radgray...@yahoo.com> wrote:
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> >>"Peter Bowditch" <myfirstn...@ratbags.com> wrote ...
> >>> george <gbl...@hnpl.net> wrote:
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> >>>>On Sep 14, 12:44 am, Peter Bowditch <myfirstn...@ratbags.com> wrote:
> >>>>> "|-|ercules" <radgray...@yahoo.com> wrote:
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> >>>>> >You invited me to be tested.
>
> >>>>> No, I did not.
>
> >>>> give it up mate.
> >>>>You are dealing with a retard and no matter what sense you make it
> >>>>won't get through..
> >>>>Good try though
>
> >>> I know that, but he is blaming me specifically for his failure to even
> >>> start to meet the conditions for the Australian Skeptics challenge.
> >>> Life was much simpler when he was still under the court order to stay
> >>> away from me.
>
> >>> I usually ignore him but he has been putting my name in spam to LEOs.
>
> >>Has it ever occurred to you that you've single handedly held up the world's
> >>religion for ten years Peter?
>
> > Wow! How powerful is that?
>
> >>Why do you insist Barry was being cooperative about mutually setting up a test?
>
> > Because that's the rules of the challenge.
>
> Non sequitur
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> >>He gave me the 10 mammals test instead.
>
> > Which should have been a doddle for God.
>
> Speculation
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> >>Barry is an atheist, he refused to test whether I was Genesis Adam.  THAT'S IT!
>
> > What test was proposed that would prove that you were someone who died
> > several millennia ago (if he ever lived at all)? What test protocol
> > was agreed?
>
> Based on Genesis Adam of the bible.
>
> I AM GENESIS ADAM - the bible was a prophecy.
>
> So was James Bond.
>
> Nostradamus = nostrils = to smell = to predict (before you taste)
>
> Modern prophet = Ian Fleming
>
> My claim is creation is merely the coming together of 1 male and 1 female
> as the final phase of evolution.
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> homo sapiens 1 >> homo sapiens 2 = destiny
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>
>
> > You went straight from "This vague thing is something I do" to "Give
> > me the money or I will poison food".
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> Barry is supposed to help work out how to eliminate vagueness.
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> I said use blind judges and controls.
>
> APPLICATION : DECEMBER 2001
> YOU RIPPED ME OFF COMMENT : FEBRUARY 2002
> IDLE POISON COMMENT : MARCH 2002
>
>
>
> >>And it's not a "sure sign" I'm mad, if you offer to test paranormal claims you
> >>can't use Occam's razor on them.
>
> > Of course we can.
>
> I made a testable claim, you cherry picked other applicants (if any) because you all
> hate religious people.

Too bad your psychic powers don't let you in on the fact you're wrong.
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From: JessHC <jesshc@phantomemail.com>
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Subject: Re: The whole Paranormal Claim idea is flawed
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2010 10:41:18 -0700 (PDT)
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