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Originally Posted by Open Mind  A third of what? By 2005 JREF are talking about 360 applications (for 1 million challenge) and over 600 prior to 1 million challenge, what does 'reach the preliminary stage mean'? Isn't that just another term for discussing a protocol?
Chris, if JREF counted 360 notarized applications (+600 supposedly before increased to 1 million) .... how come they forgot to count or can't count the number of people who actually were tested? What is the problem?
Could the problem be Randi in past exaggerated the number he had tested to appear an authority on the matter so by mixing it with failed applications, the number looks higher? |
Can you actually provide an example where Randi misrepresents the number of trials that have taken place?
According to wikipedia which cites Randi's book Flim Flam
No offers to conduct a formal test have been extended because the rules require that a claimant must first pass a preliminary test, which no applicants have yet passed. According to JREF, over 1,000 applications have been submitted for the Challenge. of the first 650 applications (through 1982), fifty-four preliminary tests were carried out (Randi 1982:252). Most applications do not result in preliminary testing because they fail during the negotiation of experimental protocols.
So at least for this period about 8% of applicants completed preliminary tests. There does not seem to be any secrecy or misrepresentation involved.