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Originally Posted by Chris Noble  Have you checked out some of the email exchanges? They go and on and the claimants never seem to be able to say exactly what they can do and how it is going to be demonstrated. Kind of like Alex!
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Do you think if JREF were truly concerned about people being mentally disturbed they would have tested a claim by a woman claiming she can make people urinate?
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WTF did you expect? A team of scientists hooking up conduction meters to Jeff Wagg's underpants?
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Possibly high voltage conduction meters
I am only saying they seem to have twisted 3 of their own rules to accomodate this bizarre claim.
(1) I don't believe this women had a 'media presence' of any significance
(2) Where is the academic who was supporting her claim, doesn't JREF normally publish this to embarrass them?
(3) The result was not 'self evident' (requiring 'no judging') it wasn't independent and used the judgment of JREF challenge manager
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You guys are whining that the results from the MDC are not published in peer-reviewed journals. Just explain which journal would accept a paper on Rosemary Hunter? What would having it published in a peer-reviewed journal achieve?
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Is there anything scientific about any of Randi's challenges?