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GERALD EPLING - Shimmering Leaf Inventor

He's detecting something coming from an egg, using a plant activity detector! Gotta be paranormal! :rolleyes:
 
Man, that video of the terrified egg is going to give me nightmares!

This HAS to be a joke, right?
 
Well, if all he's detecting is "the egg is boiling", there's nothing paranormal there. If on the other hand, as his web page says he can detect intention, he can detect when someone in the room is thinking about boiling the egg, then that is paranormal.

I can see some problems with conducting the test. Telling someone to not think about boiling the egg is going to make them think about it anyway.

My initial opinion as to what's happening here is that his device has a very high gain and is reacting to electrical noise.
 
Ah, but there's a difference between thinking about boiling an egg and intending to actually do it. One could always instruct someone to boil something else, like a piece of broccolli. Can eggs feel sympathy for other foods?
 
I believe he's claiming that he can get the egg to emit a detectable frequency that his device can pick up, and he makes this happen with his mind.
 
Jeff Wagg said:
I believe he's claiming that he can get the egg to emit a detectable frequency that his device can pick up, and he makes this happen with his mind.
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Oh my. Oh my oh my. I went to the website and had to laugh like a hyena at the warning. Oh, and "Time Passes" -- that's a classic.

Boy, am I ever so full of questions --

1) One presumes that the egg is unfertilized. So what is it in the egg that is "reacting" to his intentions?

2) Would the egg also "freak out" if he intended to smash it? (that is, is this "intent monitor thingummy" maybe, just maybe, indicating an increase in conductivity brought on by, oh let's see, heat?)

3) Would other squishy and partly conducive things, yet verifiably non-living stuff also "react" to his intentions? I am thinking of that disgusting, yet strangely alluring "glop" or "snot" type toy stuff one can buy from most toy stores...

I wish I remembered more about electricity and electrical doo-dads!

-- Jackalgirl
 
how about if you give the egg lots of love? you know...dress it up like a little doll and nuture it...Show it respect...give it a name like 'Humpty Dumpty'
 
Mmmmm... Who's up for a boiled googy?

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How come nobody's brought up the fact that this guy submitted an application without even hinting at what he can do? And he even writes out "Question 1: HOW WILL YOU DEMONSTRATE YOUR ABILITY?"
 
The Secret Life of Plants

This thing is clearly descended from a brief fad in the early 1970's described in the book "The Secret Life of Plants." At the time they simply hooked a lie detector (skin resistance galvanometer) to a plant, usually a rhododendron leaf IIRC. In one experiment, a live shrimp was dropped into a pot of boiling water and a plant leaf in an adjacent room showed a change in resistance that moved a needle on a chart. The assumption was that the plant could feel the shrimp's pain. This idea that all living things are tuned in to some "force" connecting all of nature was only a few years later echoed in Star Wars and I have always suspected the plant exeriments inspired Lucas.

The whole "secret life of plants" movement fizzled out after only a year or two, no doubt because the experiment results could not be duplicated by reputable scientists.

The video of water being fed to the plant is one amazing freaking waste of 2.2 megabytes. If that's the best they can show they've got nothing to show. I think it's a scam to sell their silly, expensive electronics, and applying to the JREF challenge is a lame publicity stunt.
 
strathmeyer said:
How come nobody's brought up the fact that this guy submitted an application without even hinting at what he can do? And he even writes out "Question 1: HOW WILL YOU DEMONSTRATE YOUR ABILITY?"
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Yeah, but there wasn't a question labeled Question 0.5: WHAT IS YOUR ABILITY?

They should also add a new one saying Question 4: YOU'RE KIDDING, RIGHT?
 
Jeff Wagg said:
I believe he's claiming that he can get the egg to emit a detectable frequency that his device can pick up, and he makes this happen with his mind.
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You are probably right, but it is such a pity that he cannot say it clearly.

Seems that wooism and poor expression skills often go hand in hand.
 
TheBoyPaj said:
One could always instruct someone to boil something else, like a piece of broccolli. Can eggs feel sympathy for other foods?
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Can eggs feel sympathy for other eggs? How about boiling something in say five non-transparent pots and the guy has to identify whether other eggs are being boiled. Unless of course boiled eggs sort of die and stop emitting their eggy emotion. But they should emit some sort of scream:eek: just before they croak:)))
 
Things certainly have changed at the JREF, if this application is not rejected immediately on the grounds that there is no specified paranormal claim.
The ability to pick up noises from a boiling egg does not impress anyone. I can even pick up noises from boiling water!
 
Mr. Scott said:
This thing is clearly descended from a brief fad in the early 1970's described in the book "The Secret Life of Plants." At the time they simply hooked a lie detector (skin resistance galvanometer) to a plant, usually a rhododendron leaf IIRC.
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Like this?
 
steenkh said:
Things certainly have changed at the JREF, if this application is not rejected immediately on the grounds that there is no specified paranormal claim.
The ability to pick up noises from a boiling egg does not impress anyone. I can even pick up noises from boiling water!
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I wouldn't get your hopes up. This guy seems to be a parallel to Joe Delivera, who can write good syntax and grammar, but the actual content turns out to be apallingly meaningless and loopy.

In the case of Q1., I think the guy simply misunderstood the question. He thought it asked about his experimental method (that is what he will do, as in his experimental design), as opposed to what we expected - about his ability that will be tested (what he will do, as in succeed in demonstrating). I'd give him the benefit of the doubt on that basis. But not a lot more than that - he still needs to clearly state the magical mystical paranormal power he will attempt to demonstrate.
 
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