mdc

Have you guys seen this yet? r5IozwbRA88&feature=channel I wish more claimants would do a journal like this on YouTube :) This is his homepage, I guess: http://www.nickdutch.co.uk/index.html

Hi, Highflyertoo, and welcome to the Forum. I saw your post in the Ganzfield thread and thought I'd start a thread for your challenge as a means of welcoming you. I thought also that I would give you some advice, which I hope you don't mind. Please remember that no one here (except for RemieV...

Connie Sonne has applied for the Challenge with the claim that she is able to dowse for certain numbers when they are written on one side of a piece of cardboard and the other side is blank, and the cardboard is shuffled and placed on a table numbers-down. Ms. Sonne has had interviews regarding...

In the presentation of the protocol for the sound diagnostician Eileen McKusick, I am again surprised at how every care is taken to make the test as cheap as possible for the applicant. The test subjects are specifically told that "they will need to provide their own transportation to the...

Due to an oversight on my part, Ms. Eileen McKusick, who diagnoses sources of chronic pain using tuning forks, had not previously been added to the Challenge Applicants subsection. Ms. McKusick's application has, however, reached the stage of protocol negotiations, and she was today presented...

This thread is the result of a discussion with Vision from Feeling and UncaYimmy. (see here for details: http://www.internationalskeptics.com/forums/showthread.php?t=131286) The only posts which will be approved here will be posts made by UncaYimmy and Vision from Feeling. If you have a...

Well, get ready for more complaining... 19th August 2008: First statement that Mr. Koenig had actually mailed in the MDC application. 26th September 2008: Testable claim finally submitted to, and accepted by, Jeff Wagg. 26th November 2008: Application closed. One thousand five hundred thirty...

http://www.internationalskeptics.com/forums/showthread.php?t=122607 I was reading over the correspondence between Koenig and Remie and this was the first time I've ever read a challenge that seemed to be rejected unfairly. The purpose of the MDC is to show proof that some paranormal event is...

Purely for purpose of discussion elsewhere(sadly involving The Professor),it is stated in the revised MDC rules that Randi may skip the preliminary test providing media and academic requirements are met. Does this mean no protocol is required either? Thanks. I realsie now this may be in...

Hello Everyone :) According to what I consider to be credible sources, there is a forthcoming major homeopathy test to be conducted in Greece. To my knowledge Mr. Vithoulkas has applied for the Million Dollar Challenge and a hosting institution for the test has been found. Moreover, I am...

The stage is yours, The Professor's writers. Please provide evidence for the statement that the MDC is a sham.

In the train wreck that is The Professor's thread, Jim Callahan said the following: Jeff Wagg responded: Will you propose a claim, Jim Callahan? Do you have a test protocol in mind, perhaps along the lines of those "tests [you] have done for the past couple years"? A must read. Since one...

Sorry to bore with repeated threads about the inane Jim Callahan,but as his cohort Slim King/Psychic Samurai/The Professor is attempting the MDC I thought it pertinent. No clue if this is in right section.This is the quote that starts the last page of a now locked thread. I believe it...

Dr. Satyaprakasham has applied for the Million Dollar Challenge, and provided all necessary documents. He has applied with the claim that he is able to treat/cure individuals suffering from chronic breathing issues, such as asthma. He has proposed a study that would be observed by physicians...

Howdy! In this thread about the Million Dollar Challenge claim of "Psychic Samurai" aka "The Professor", The Professor either asks a rhetorical question or suggests that employees of the JREF are "leaking" information. I responded to it, but the thread in question is just supposed to be about...

Concerning the proposed test here... Ms. Putt will be able to see the volunteers' hands for skin color, wrinkles and callouses, and the basic outline of their height and body shape. Not to mention their shoes, unless they're covered by the gown when seated. How direct can the readings be? I'm...

Still a witch here. I see the million is coming to an end. Just curious though--I seem to have felt these last two recent earthquakes a day or two before they happened, and then when they happened the sensation lifted, before I had read the earthquake news. Personally, if this is real, I...

Yesterday on reddit, I came across an interesting story on Market Watch. Colin Ross, MD claims he "can make a tone sound out of a speaker using nothing but an energy beam he sends out through his eyes." Apparently "Dr. Ross' application to the $1 Million Dollar Paranormal Challenge has been...

I am here to get feedback from those who post here. I have worked for 4 years to get good enough to take on the million dollar challenge. By all means I have just barely unlocked the information in astrology. I found the timing code. I also found many special meanings to what it is saying. Kind...

Patricia Putt has applied for the Challenge (and met all requirements) with a claim of psychic ability. Ms. Putt would like to develop a test based on readings for random individuals. Ms. Putt suggested a test wherein she would read for individuals and simply ask how accurate the readings...

Pavel Ziborov has applied for the JREF Challenge claiming the ability to tell what photographs are placed inside envelopes without being able to see them. For an academic witness, he provided an affidavit from the University of North Carolina Psychology Department with detailed information on...

I've heard several times on these forums about the "1 in one thousand usual MDC standard for a preliminary test." Unfortunately, there is nothing in the rules that mentions any such standard. Rather, there is only: (1) The vague opening sentence to rule number 3. "We will consult competent...

Mr. Price originally contacted the JREF some time ago regarding his ability to dowse circular paths that he (or others) had recently walked on. Mr. Price's application had been held at the JREF as incomplete and illegible. He has since sent the full application. Since his original application...

Mr. Tobolson's full application file, including proof of media presence and affidavits, has been received. Mr. Tobolson claims the ability to heal with 'energy fields' since having a vision of Jesus in 1975. Included in the illnesses/disorders that Mr. Tobolson is able to heal are: -...

Back in 2004, Randi mentioned what at the time sounded like rather an exciting project: Well, I stayed about half-tuned, and never did come across any mention of this proposed large-scale investigation ever again. Did I miss a memo? I've tried searching on it, but the necessary search...

First, a quote to begin my point: Now, suppose we add the following conditions:The "somebody" who offers the prize is Sylvia Browne.To accept the prize, you have to start by signing and notarizing an application form, written by Sylvia's lawyers.The application form is written in a language you...

As most people have no doubt noticed, the million dollar challenge is coming to an end. Since many people think this is a shame and that such a challenge is useful to have around. Obviously there are several similar challenges around, but none have the same public awareness or impact of the JREF...

This thread piqued my interest and raises the question of whether a successful, statistically better-than-chance detection of truthful and deceptive subjects would qualify for the Million Dollar Challenge? http://www.internationalskeptics.com/forums/showthread.php?p=3316060&posted=1#post3316060...

Whilst the protocols for the MDC are general extremely exhaustive in covering cheating, I've often wondered what would happen if an applicant was able to cheat in a way not covered. I'm not talking about them "fooling" the JREF, but rather cheating in a way that is not covered by the protocol...

From the protocol thread here http://www.internationalskeptics.com/forums/showthread.php?p=3176028#post3176028 I'm sure this has been covered, but when the "begin reading" signal goes out, is it before Cordero has been shown the card, or is it certain that the radio microphone can't pick up...