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Originally Posted by Paul C. Anagnostopoulos  But not for Ian Rowland.
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Was Rowland already on the scene by then? I don't know. Anyway, magician Ray Hyman as a former palmist might have had a go? Why not? What did he have to lose?
It seems the same shyness came over both magicians Hyman and Wiseman during the Demkina trials too, what a good opportunity to show just how easy it was for two magicians to do what she was doing
(No Paul, I am not saying Demkina is necessarily genuine or can really do what she claims - I have no idea) but don't you sometimes think this is all a bit political at times? Do you not get the tiniest hint of feeling that maybe CSI (CSICOP) would be extremely embarassed if they inadvertedly supported a paranormal claim?
So they keep the bar high as possible and hide behind 'Extraordinary Claims Require Extraordindary Evidence?'
Ian Rowlands is an ideal chap for a cold reader VS psychic trial for a test of 'cold reading' hypothesis (not so good for testing ESP/survival hypothesis).
I think the ESP/survival hypothesis is better tested by protocol with what no sensory clues at all.