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Originally Posted by Chris Noble  Can you actually provide an example where Randi misrepresents the number of trials that have taken place? |
Let me check this out further. I seem to recall hundreds are mentioned on an old video clip but let check whether it is Randi or someone else's voice over.
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.. 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.
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This is prior to 1 million challenge, are the 54 preliminary
details published anywhere? If anyone knows I'd like that information. Are these in the book 'Flim Flam'?
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So at least for this period about 8% of applicants completed preliminary tests. There does not seem to be any secrecy or misrepresentation involved.
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8% doesn't sound as good as 'a third' (of whatever he meant). 92% of applications failing seems rather high to me. I think I could walk down the street and get people to spend an hour of their time filling in forms then chancing their luck for a million. Why is it so low?