protocol

We all saw the charade perpetrated by The Professor last year regarding his attempt to participate in the MDC. He was never able to submit even the barest hint of a workable protocol and resisted all attempts by others here to assist him. But are there other instances where a protocol was being...

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...

New to the forums, but have been lurking for a long time. I've read many of the exchanges between Kramer and numerous applicants and am constantly frustrated. There has also been a lot of talk recently about 3 affidavits from witnesses being required. Not a bad idea. However, one thing...

Following some discussion and disagrement on this topic, I thought it worthy of its own thread, given that some are dubious of the ethics/protocol of some magicians. See the 'Derren Brown' thread for an insight into this. Here's the question: "To what extent, if any, should a...

This is just a discussion item - not a real claim! I have been taking a good long look around at the PEAR website at Princeton, and reading their publications. The details of their setup and statistical analysis are quite complex, and quite beyond my ken, but their claims on their webpages are...

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Beth Clarkson's experimental protocol That seems incredibly over-elaborate and has a couple of real no-nos. So Beth decides the order of controls and tests? Why should she be deciding the order of anything here? Bizarre over complexity - how is anyone supposed to measure exact degrees when...

Dear Mr. Randi, I have moved this from the other thread, as it was a derail. As I noted there, there are serious flaws in the protocol of "Sylvia Challenge", flaws that continue to be totally ignored . These problems in the test you proposed to her, in fact, are so serious that, in my...