"Winston" wrote in message ...

Terry wrote:
On Wed, 16 Nov 2011 14:06:57 -0500, "Ed Huntress"
wrote:

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Jeez. Gunner, you're awfully cavalier about $1 million. Did you come into
a
big inheritance or something?

If it's worked for you myriad times, surely you can come up with a
demonstration that will win the prize. Go for it!

The great thing about Randi's prize is:

http://www.randi.org/site/index.php/1m-challenge.html
"The JREF does not involve itself in the testing procedure, other than
helping to design the protocol and approving the conditions under
which a test will take place. All tests are designed with the
participation and approval of the applicant. In most cases, the
applicant will be asked to perform a relatively simple preliminary
test of the claim, which if successful, will be followed by the formal
test."

So the *applicant* approves the tests. What could be better? I'd
think that anyone who truly believes in their own ability to dowse (or
speak to the dead, or generate spells, orinsert favorite paranormal
activity) would jump at the chance for a million bucks.

The next 'newsgroup gambit' might be to assert
that dowsing (for _anything_) is proven technique
and does not involve the "paranormal, supernatural,
or occult". Therefore it is ineligible for
consideration in the Challenge.

However, that wouldn't wash because
JREF reveals previous 'dowsing' claimants
as legitimate applicants:

http://forums.randi.org/showthread.php?t=85571
http://forums.randi.org/showthread.php?t=87076
http://forums.randi.org/showthread.php?t=112989
http://forums.randi.org/showthread.php?t=132844


http://forums.randi.org/forumdisplay.php?f=43

--Winston -- Can make espresso... DISAPPEAR!

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You're a regular magician, Winnie. d8-)

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Ed Huntress