In Reply to: $1,000,000 reward!! posted by truthseekerprime on October 2, 2007 at 04:16:46:
Repeatedly referring to Randi as an "old carny" (or some variation), as many posters here have, is both nasty and offensive. It actually hurts your case - why are you so vindictive if you simply think he's wrong?
I just had a look at his site and read some of the thread linked to below (which concerns a test of a psychic who claims to be able to decide by speaking with the dead whether a diary was written by a man or a woman). It isn't at all in accord with what people here are claiming about this organization - they seem to be taking the test very seriously, and are concerned that an error has been made in the test (some of the diaries are too old, which the psychic had specifically requested not be the case). It seems there will be a re-test to correct this.
I think these people are fanatics of a certain stripe. They are convinced that the world is a rational place full of superstitious people, and they are willing to risk $1,000,000 so long as the odds of succeeding by chance (or by some trick) are small enough.
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Follow Ups
- RE: $1,000,000 reward!! - truthseekerprime 17:14:27 10/02/07 (29)
- Listen child! - bjh 17:28:50 10/02/07 (28)
- Umm... who's lying, exactly? - truthseekerprime 17:52:34 10/02/07 (27)
- I have physical proof that I was lied to by the Randi Challenge administrator. [nt] - Wellfed 22:38:00 10/02/07 (0)
- Hey pee-wee, - bjh 18:16:20 10/02/07 (25)
- OK, I'll make it very, very simple. - truthseekerprime 18:28:30 10/02/07 (24)
- Only one problem sunshine... - bjh 18:56:34 10/02/07 (23)
- forgot your meds? - truthseekerprime 19:25:23 10/02/07 (22)
- RE: forgot your meds? - John Atkinson 04:41:59 10/03/07 (21)
- What are YOU doing here? Don't you have a full time job at STEREOPHILE? - Richard BassNut Greene 15:23:45 10/05/07 (0)
- RE: forgot your meds? - geoffkait 09:10:59 10/03/07 (7)
- Also not to forget, Enid Lumley reported success with some Belt products. nt - clarkjohnsen 10:06:08 10/03/07 (2)
- Not to mention Positve Feedback and Soundstage. nt - geoffkait 10:17:49 10/03/07 (1)
- Indeed, my favorite the positive findings report on the Belt - Photo in the Fridge tweak published in PF. - bjh 10:47:53 10/03/07 (0)
- RE: forgot your meds? - John Atkinson 09:41:49 10/03/07 (3)
- RE: forgot your meds? - geoffkait 10:38:30 10/03/07 (2)
- RE: forgot your meds? - John Atkinson 11:38:22 10/03/07 (1)
- RE: forgot your meds? - geoffkait 12:03:24 10/03/07 (0)
- "suspect that both clocks are injecting RF noise into the AC line" - truthseekerprime 05:17:33 10/03/07 (11)
- RE: "suspect that both clocks are injecting RF noise into the AC line" - John Atkinson 07:43:54 10/03/07 (10)
- John, man, you're dealing here with a man who will always weasel out of the hole you've dug for him. - clarkjohnsen 09:18:29 10/03/07 (0)
- I wonder whether it's possible for an objective audiophile magazine to survive? - truthseekerprime 08:18:45 10/03/07 (8)
- RE: I wonder whether it's possible for an objective audiophile magazine to survive? - John Atkinson 09:35:54 10/03/07 (3)
- "Why do you refuse to answer my very specific questions? " - truthseekerprime 12:52:37 10/03/07 (2)
- RE: "Why do you refuse to answer my very specific questions? " - John Atkinson 14:11:10 10/03/07 (1)
- RE: "Why do you refuse to answer my very specific questions? " - truthseekerprime 15:35:41 10/03/07 (0)
- Since it seems you still require spoon feeding... - bjh 08:59:57 10/03/07 (3)
- RE: Since it seems you still require spoon feeding... - tlyyra 09:18:42 10/03/07 (2)
- RE: Since it seems you still require spoon feeding... - John Atkinson 09:44:23 10/03/07 (1)
- RE: "Honesty in reporting" - tlyyra 06:32:31 10/05/07 (0)