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nigelswift Sep 12, 2003 09:30:36
Replying to Steve Gray

I think there's something fishy about "no-one has ever passed even the preliminary tests". Is it a case of "the better you seem the higher you must jump"?
I mean, people of all sorts have been subjected to rigorous lab testing at highly respectable universities and have been "impressive" at least.
And what about dowsing? We know it IS demonstrable. So are they saying that's definitely explicable scientifically, so can't be allowed?

W Wotan
Wotan Sep 12, 2003 09:34:48
Replying to nigelswift

i'd love to have a go, given my limited experience/perception, just to see if i could pick up any correllation with a 'professional' dowsers results. Sod Randi and his moolah - i'd be happy just to be able to satisfy my own curiosity!

T The Sizewell Bee
The Sizewell Bee Sep 12, 2003 10:18:11
Replying to nigelswift

afaik, randi's reward is on offer to anyone who can demonstrate something to him that he himself cannot duplicate by trickery. i suppose the 'preliminary' test might be whether he can carry off the trick himself immediately, and it could go on to round2 tests if he has to think about it for a while.