Thinking of applying for James Randi's Million Dollar Paranormal Challenge?

Here are some tips, mostly on what not to do.

Read the full article at Wired (http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2007/10/10-tips-for-dea.html)

10 Tips For Dealing With James Randi: Claim Your Million Today!
By Rob Beschizza, October 26, 2007

...In this latest funhouse, Michael Fremer, audiophile and Stereophile editor, accepted a challenge, with the backing of Pear Cables, to prove that the firm's $7,000 leads are better than standard-fare one can pick up at Best Buy. It's not gone well for the challengers, with Pear backing out and Fremer frustrated by the all-too-public negotiations between Randi and himself.

Don't let it happen to you. Whether you're psychic or merely a subjectivist in matters of science, here are 10 tips for dealing with Randi and claiming your dough.

• Don't claim the prize doesn't exist.
• Don't ridicule Randi.
• Don't claim the testing will be rigged.
• Don't lose your temper.
• Don't forget what you're getting yourself into: boring, exhaustive testing by people who think you're full of shit.
• Don't bother trying to work the protocol in your favor, with plans to back out honorably if the testing scenario isn't to your taste.
• Don't start what you can't finish.
• Don't forget the failures of those that have gone before.
• Don't come flying out of obscurity expecting to get a shot at the lucre.
• Do have paranormal powers.

If you are really psychic, you could win the power ball once in 3 years (just to keep it quiet) and call it a day...if you can influence slot machines with telekinesis...etc....;)

With my paranormal powers I predict that no-one will ever win Randi's Million pound prize.

so ah
where is the pseudoscience?
the test? randi? the advice?

i am so confused

so ah
where is the pseudoscience?
the test? randi? the advice?

i am so confused

With my Paranormal powers, I predict that Gustav will make another post.

you won! you won!!

/clink/clink

And now, I predict that Spud Emperor will post something.
(What are you saying spirit guides? What's that? )
Not today, but tomorrow.
(What's that ,psychic spirit cat? Oh.... not Spud Emperor, Nik something....)

• Don't claim the prize doesn't exist.
• Don't ridicule Randi.
• Don't claim the testing will be rigged.
• Don't lose your temper.
• Don't forget what you're getting yourself into: boring, exhaustive testing by people who think you're full of shit.
• Don't bother trying to work the protocol in your favor, with plans to back out honorably if the testing scenario isn't to your taste.
• Don't start what you can't finish.
• Don't forget the failures of those that have gone before.
• Don't come flying out of obscurity expecting to get a shot at the lucre.
• Do have paranormal powers.
The prize doesnt exist, that moron Randi just rigs the tests, I fucking hate his guts :mad: :mad:. Anyway its so dull, its probably not worth it in the end. Its probably good for a laugh, but I doubt the fakers who tried beforehand enjoyed themselves. Its just a publicity stunt, real people with paranormal powers like me just get ignored by him.

The prize doesnt exist, It has been demonstrated that the money does exist.


that moron Randi just rigs the tests, The tests are agreed upon by the applicant before the actual day so the tests are fair. Randi isn't even at many of the tests nowadays.

Of course you have no evidence that anyone is rigging the tests, you just know that this must be true.


I hate his guts :mad: :mad:. Anyway its so dull, its probably not worth it in the end. $1 000 000 is not worth it? You must be really rich already.


Its probably good for a laugh, but I doubt the fakers who tried beforehand enjoyed themselves. Its just a publicity stunt, real people with paranormal powers like me just get ignored by him.What paranormal powers do you have? Are you able to demonstrate them?

Nik's post ->








Shaman_'s head ->

WOOOOOSHH!

The Prize exists,
but it is just sitting in the smug bearded ones bank account
gaining interest.

No-one will ever win it.

Nik's post ->
Shaman_'s head ->

WOOOOOSHH!Hah, well if it was sarcasm I did completely miss it. I have seen many similar posts on sciforums that were completely serious.

You can never tell with Nickelodeon

the funny thing is... Randi is going to prove it himself and claim his own prize.

puzzled...? hmmmm I bet

What? Randi is going to claim the prize himself? What a nutcase.

A really clever psychic, smart arse such as my self will do things so that others prove the reality of psychic phenonema rather than prove it himself.
Why confront the skeptic directly? Instead it is by far better that the skeptic find out for himself. IMO

So in this case Randi is going to prove it along with a whole lot of other people.

hmmmmmm.....shhhh did I just write that....:)

the funny thing is... Randi is going to prove it himself and claim his own prize.

puzzled...? hmmmm I bet

I am not puzzled...If Randy claims his prize, he may have to pay taxes....on money he has already paid taxes....he is not that stupid....:confused:

I wish it were true.
I would like there to be evidence of the paranormal
but there isn't.

All the people who claim to know the future, read minds, etc
are self deluded or outright fakes.
Some of them are very kind, well meaning people
unlike Randi who is a smug little s***.

I am still willing to be convinced
but whenever I see top mediums exhibiting their talents
they are always using hot or cold reading techniques.

Does anyone know of any that are different.

Human beings deep seated need for paranormal (is this all there is?)manifests itself in religion and associated paranormal fakery. Even if we learn to invent Stargate and see otherworlds with blue people, we still would be searching....

I wish it were true.
I would like there to be evidence of the paranormal
but there isn't.

perhaps
where do you look for this "evidence"?
pardon ..........lack of evidence

perhaps
where do you look for this "evidence"?
pardon ..........lack of evidence

I would begin to be convinced that a medium had psychic powers
if they could give accurate answers to questions such as

"Where did I first live?"
"What was my first Job?"
"What is the first name of the man who fixed my computer last week?"

Instead, they dig around with vagueties until they find something you respond to,
then home in on that with further vagueties until you make a further positive response.
Any blind alleys are immediately dropped.
Fairly soon they are telling you something that they "could not possibly have known beforehand".
They didn't know it beforehand, you told them through your responses.

The other thing they do is tell you things that could apply to anyone.
Total frauds, the whole lot of them.

...... the whole lot of them.


what if i tell you this is sci and not the aol msg boards (do they even have em?)
would you hate me in the morning?

/rotfl

Human beings deep seated need for paranormal (is this all there is?)manifests itself in religion and associated paranormal fakery. Even if we learn to invent Stargate and see otherworlds with blue people, we still would be searching....

hmmm
we dont talk that much, do we?
strange that
are there, affinities?

Sorry Gustav.

I would begin to be convinced that a medium had psychic powers
if they could give accurate answers to questions such as

"Where did I first live?"
"What was my first Job?"
"What is the first name of the man who fixed my computer last week?"

in a laboratory and under controlled scientific conditions

Scientific enough for yer?

nope
you missed a speck of dust
null and void baby