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Dan Listermann wrote:
I have heard of a million dollar prize for someone who can prove they
can do this sort of thing. It is still unclaimed.


"At JREF [James Randi Educational Foundation], we offer a one-million-dollar
prize to anyone who can show, under proper observing conditions, evidence of
any paranormal, supernatural, or occult power or event."

http://www.randi.org/site/index.php/1m-challenge.html

And the list of those who have recently applied is a hoot and includes:

* Breast abnormality detection (Heck, I can do that!)
* Subluxation detection
* Dowser
* Swedish friend of the dead
* Paranormal urination
* Dowsing for the dead
* Shimmering leaf inventor

Just for example, a recent applicant says she can locate a Russian man in a
brightly-painted box. The box is to be placed in a room (like a warehouse)
with 20 similar boxes.