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I will challenge James Randi.

LordoftheLeftHand said:
Wow that sounds like a really cool ability!

Of course (as others have stated) you need to submit a notarized Challenge application before your acceptance of the Challenge will be recognized.

Of course I do not represent JREF and you will have to negotiate everything with them, but let me suggest a test method.

Find a friend that in your experiences is good at receiving images from you. A screen would be placed between your friend and you. Your friend and you will be given 20 simple drawings of ordinary objects (bird, cat, house, etc). The test administrator will show you a picture, write down the name of the picture, and ring a bell. You will "send" the image to your friend. When your friend hears the bell he will concentrate on the image then write down the name of the picture. This will be done once for each picture.

I would guess 17 or more correct guesses would be an acceptable passing score and anything less would be a failure.
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Wouldn't pictures have the problem of possibly generating false positives through pareidolia? Do you think written language may be a better alternative as contrasts between objective and specific grammatical interpretations of ideas would be harder to rationalize?
 
It seems to me that almost none of the people that "challenge" Randi in the forum actually follow through. I think this is the same case for people that actually email the JREF as well.
 
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Darat said:
As admin.

It appears you have no interest in the Million Dollar Challenge therefore I am moving this thread to a more appropriate forum section "General Skepticism… ".
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Wouldn't the Humor section be even more appropriate?

Hans
 
thaiboxerken said:
It seems to me that almost none of the people that "challenge" Randi in the forum actually follow through. I think this is the same case for people that actually email the JREF as well.
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I'd have to agree with you there. They just don't seem to have enough motivation to actually put something in the mail.
 
Metullus said:
And to think I remember you when you were a warm-hearted, open-minded, seeker-of-knowledge.

Now, well, you are becoming a closed-minded, paradigm defending, cynical, hyper-critical, fudge-head. Next thing we know you'll be moving to Denmark and changing your name to cfmercer. :D
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Hmm... can't I be a warm-hearted, neutral-minded, seeker-of-knowledge who defends functional paradigms and is cynical and hyper-critical toward trolls that waste our valuable time?

(I'd go with the fudge-head, too, but I'm on a diet. ;))

Regarding Denmark - what's the ratio of single girls vs. single men there? :D
 
jmercer said:
Hmm... can't I be a warm-hearted, neutral-minded, seeker-of-knowledge who defends functional paradigms and is cynical and hyper-critical toward trolls that waste our valuable time?
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Nope. Not allowed. See mayday, jambo, and others for details.

(I'd go with the fudge-head, too, but I'm on a diet. ;))
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So you say. I've tried that line myself...

Regarding Denmark - what's the ratio of single girls vs. single men there? :D
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Dunno. Ask Claus. He'll know.
 
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Flo said:
Pedro, You're a very naughty boy ! ;)
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Kimpatsu said:
No, he's not, he's the messiah. :D
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Brian: I'm not the Messiah! Will you please listen? I am not the Messiah, do you understand? Honestly!
Girl: Only the true Messiah denies His divinity. :)
 
Metullus said:
Nope. Not allowed. See mayday, jambo, and others for details.
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OMG... linking me with mayday, jambo, etc?? :jaw: Oh, the horror - the humanity!!!!
 
c4ts said:
The self is the worst instrument of self-evaluation available.
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Ain't that the truth.
Lately, I've noticed just how many woo-woos justify their belief in the paranormal because of "things that have happened to me". They all use the same phrasing as well, as if subjective evaluation of the statistics of small numbers were irrefutable evidence of their obsession. The claim can be rephrased as "I will myself to believe it, therefore it must be so". When I point this out, however, they grow increasingly irate. I wonder why... :p
 
c4ts said:
The self is the worst instrument of self-evaluation available.
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Especially in the cases of some particular selfs. I, on the other hand, am a keen and accurate judge of my own sanity, given that I confer with my ouija board every morning just to make sure I am who it is I think I am - at that moment at least.

I am now going to reire to my tub and lipsynch the entirity of Madame Butterfly.

Repent ye sinners repent! You'll get no more rifles from Kincaid...
 
Kimpatsu said:
Ain't that the truth.
Lately, I've noticed just how many woo-woos justify their belief in the paranormal because of "things that have happened to me". They all use the same phrasing as well, as if subjective evaluation of the statistics of small numbers were irrefutable evidence of their obsession. The claim can be rephrased as "I will myself to believe it, therefore it must be so". When I point this out, however, they grow increasingly irate. I wonder why... :p
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You wanna see irate? Join supernaturalworld and check out some people I tried to reason things with(in my inimitable style);)
 
Azrael 5 said:
You wanna see irate? Join supernaturalworld and check out some people I tried to reason things with(in my inimitable style);)
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Too many people hate me already, thanks. ;)
 
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