The average person can only remember 7 unrelated words after a few minutes gap. I was just using this as an example of how difficult telepathy could be, and could be made harder by protocols that do not take into account the basic facts of how the mind/brain works.
The average person can only remember 7 unrelated words after a few minutes gap. I was just using this as an example of how difficult telepathy could be, and could be made harder by protocols that do not take into account the basic facts of how the mind/brain works.
So basically, you're just making **** up. abr is the one making the claim, and this is how he says it works. If you're just going to throw out random nonsense you should do it in your own thread.
Poor protocols prove nothing except poor thinking.The time gap between posts indicates that it is you who is throwing out **** as you have done many hundreds of times before. Shame on you. Isn,t **** against the rules?
Jackalgirl
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Cuddles actually has a very good point: this abr's claim, not yours. Abr claims that he/she is able to send ten unrelated words with sufficient clarity that the receiver will be able to receive them.
Perhaps your telepathy does not work that way. That's fine -- but write up your own protocol in your own thread.
This is precisely why each MDC claim has to be processed individually, on its own merits. Different people claim different mechanisms, capabilities, and limitations; there is no base "this is how telepathy works" or "this is how telekenesis works".
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As a potential and experienced receiver, I say that a sentence is much harder than individual words. Are you trying to trick us up?ferj said:
Pernickety protocols are the only thing that would ever prove telepathy. So let's learn to love the pernickety protocols.ferj said:
If a receiver of telepathy receives words, I am sure they have the sense to write them down.ferj said:
Manners, ferj! The Skeptics are our friends.ferj to Cuddles said:
True this is abr's claim, but I have volunteered to be a receiver or sender with him. It was not abr's idea to have 10 words it was Jackalgirls and abr simply went along with it. His latest post says he wants 5 words. I am just trying to help the experiment go better.
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I would suggest that the receiver be a skeptic (so they are not tempted to cheat), but also has some incentive for this test to pass (again, so they are not tempted to cheat)...
ferj has shown quite clearly in his own thread that he has a serious disconnect from reality, and I for one would not trust him as a receiver in this type of experiment where cheating would be so easy.
ferj has shown quite clearly in his own thread that he has a serious disconnect from reality, and I for one would not trust him as a receiver in this type of experiment where cheating would be so easy.
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Coveredinbeeees
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Nothing, but bear in mind the purpose of the test. It is not designed to let abr prove to everyone on the forum that he has paranormal powers. Most folk here would require more solid evidence than this in order to accept that conclusion. Rather, it is to allow abr to test himself.
If he cheats he will know and must ask himslef why he felt the need to cheat.
If he tries honestly and fails then he must question whether he has paranormal powers or at least question the nature of the paranormal ability he thinks he has.
If he tries honestly and succeeds then he will have found a workable protocol with which to demonstrate his ability.
This is all for abr's benefit, not ours.
Czarcasm
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And all you have to do is say that any of us picked the right 5 words, whether it was true or not, so that you can claim elsewhere that your powers were confirmed on the JREF message board.
People, my "psychic powers" tell me that this is precisely what abr's plan is, and I strongly advise that we not participate in this farce. Please remember that other groups, out of desperate necessity, have much lower standards of proof, and will blindly accept this farce as proof.
Don't be used!
Akhenaten
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Those are exactly the words I received, so something seems to be working.
Perhaps it's such a common message that everyone can sense it.
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I was with you till the last one, that one is new to me...