Merged New telepathy test: which number did I write ?

[cullennz]

Still sounds like bollocks

 

[Michel H]

These appear to be Great Circle distances around the earth's surface. Have you considered the possibility that your telepathic powers operate in a direct line through the earth? Or it may be that neither option is correct; the earth's core may have an as-yet-unknown affect. I look forward to seeing your peer-reviewed results.

Thank you, 666. I was thinking of an analogy with (electromagnetic) short wave propagation, between the surface of the Earth and the ionosphere. Short waves propagating within the Earth (the crust, the mantle or the core of iron and nickel) would probably get quickly absorbed, I suppose, because of finite conductivity effects.

 

[abaddon]

Still sounds like bollocks

The guy has genuine issues. Stop taking a massive dump on him.

 

[Nonpareil]

Still sounds like bollocks

It's not. This has been a plainly obvious fact since... oh, almost two years ago, now, and Michel H was the one to bring it up. Even now, he still mentions his conversations with doctors about his illness occasionally.

He has schizophrenia.

 

[Michel H]

Results of the test

Hi, I invite you to participate in a simple telepathy test.

At about 5:00 p.m. on this Tuesday January 12 (Brussels, Belgium time), I wrote carefully one of the four numbers: "1", "2", "3", "4" on my sheet of paper, and I surrounded it with a circle. Then, I wrote it again twice.

I shall repeat this number (which was obtained using a random number generator) from time to time during this test and I ask you to write it here (if you think you know it, even with a doubt). You may also answer "I don't know". It might perhaps be useful also that you say how confident you are in your answer.
...
Thank you for participating.

I would like now to briefly present to you the results of this latest test. Two members of this forum gave answers equal to 1, 2, 3 or 4, namely:

I'll play.

4.

3

Do I get a prize?

Thank you again for your answers, Cynical and cullen.

What shall I do now? Say that the target was equal to 3 or 4, to be able to claim a hit rate of 50% ?
Certainly not, I am not interested in that. The target was actually a "1", and nobody answered it, although ctamblyn replied:

I'm getting an i, but it could just be imaginary.

Here, one sees the association of humor and a certain kindness with an answer close to the actual target, a typical phenomenon in my tests.
The credibilities of Cynical and cullen should be slightly negative, in my opinion, thereby confirming the usual relationship between (in)correctness and credibility.

 

[Wolrab]

I keep seeing the square root of -1.

 

[Michel H]

I keep seeing the square root of -1.

Not too bad, Wolrab

 

[Michel H]

...
He has schizophrenia.

A little less than two years ago, moderator kmortis (what a charming name) said:

Refrain from making armchair medical diagnoses.

Replying to this modbox in thread will be off topic  Posted By: kmortis

 

[Daylightstar]

A little less than two years ago, moderator kmortis (what a charming name) said:

You yourself are the one to have brought up mental illness (schizophrenia) in relation to your telepathy claim on 19^th of june 2012:

I began hearing "voices in my head" in 1994 and, since then, I have talked about this phenomenon with physicians several times (either psychiatrists or general practitioners, also a neurologist). I have also been hospitalized in a mental health unit, in 1995. But I am afraid psychiatrists cannot help me a great deal, because I think I am a victim of mainly telepathic phenomena.
I would like to suggest that some of you direct a little more skepticism to the mysterious "schizophrenic voices in head", and perhaps a little less to telepathy.
A discussion about the true nature of voices is here: h ttp://hipforums.com/newforums/showthread.php?t=418488&f=49 (please remove blank space between "h" and "t" in URL). Skeptical views on schizophrenia are presented here: h ttp://antipsychiatry.org/schizoph.htm and here: h ttp://metzelf.info/Book%20Reviews/schizophrenia.html (please remove blank spaces from URLs, the last web address is a book review).

 

[abaddon]

A little less than two years ago, moderator kmortis (what a charming name) said:

Nobody is engaging in "armchair diagnosis". We are simply responding to the diagnosis you claimed to have yourself.

 

[Michel H]

You yourself are the one to have brought up mental illness (schizophrenia) in relation to your telepathy claim on 19^th of june 2012:

I was writing about the "voices in my head", but by no means telling I was schizophrenic (in fact, rather the opposite, I was already thinking then the voices were of a telepathic nature). I don't mind speaking of my "symptoms" from time to time, they explain my motivation for doing these tests. I can always hope that people will say to themselves: "Come on, this guy is sometimes in a state of suffering, we should try to help him, instead of urging to not participate in the test, to viciously let him down when he has so much trouble".
Now, if some of you want to mention that I hear hostile voices in my head, I don't object to that. But, if you want to constantly repeat nastily that I am a schizophrenic that refuses to take his medications, and it is better to not participate in these tests because they encourage false ideas, delusions, I object to that, I feel this is complicity in the crime of which I feel I am a victim.

 

[Daylightstar]

... but by no means telling I was schizophrenic ...

I didn't say you were telling that you were schizophrenic.
I said you brought it up in relation to your telepathy claim.

And you did.

Your above quoted post from 2012 displays an apparent resistance against a diagnosis for schizophrenia. Perhaps this was aimed against the diagnosis itself or the required medication or to mitigate a fear of forced hospitalization.

It is however quite clear that you are not well.

 

[abaddon]

I was writing about the "voices in my head", but by no means telling I was schizophrenic (in fact, rather the opposite, I was already thinking then the voices were of a telepathic nature). I don't mind speaking of my "symptoms" from time to time, they explain my motivation for doing these tests. I can always hope that people will say to themselves: "Come on, this guy is sometimes in a state of suffering, we should try to help him, instead of urging to not participate in the test, to viciously let him down when he has so much trouble".

Incorrect. Perhaps you have forgotten, but you stated so on this forum.You chose to describe in detail your interactions with your mother and your various doctors. Nobody asked you. You volunteered. You chose to describe you abandonment of your meds and the effects of same. You volunteered. Nobody asked you.

You chose to tell us all of these things. Do not pretend that you accidentally typed all of that.

 

[Daylightstar]

...
Now, if some of you want to mention that I hear hostile voices in my head, I don't object to that. But, if you want to constantly repeat nastily that I am a schizophrenic that refuses to take his medications, and it is better to not participate in these tests because they encourage false ideas, delusions, I object to that, I feel this is complicity in the crime of which I feel I am a victim.

Why were you hospitalized in a mental health unit, in 1995?

These threads you start about your claimed telepathy appear to be only a means to run away from psychiatric treatment which you appear to need but appear to reject.
Any playing along with your guessing games only serves to widen the gap between you and necessary treatment.

 

[Michel H]

Why were you hospitalized in a mental health unit, in 1995?
...

I was briefly (for a few days) hospitalized in a psychiatric hospital because of a physical problem. But, when I explained all the voices in my head, they decided to put me in a mental health unit. There, they tried to convince me to take their psychiatric medications, but I refused (such medications had already damaged my brain before (epilepsy)). I believe psychiatrists are simply incompetent to take care of my telepathy problems. Society does not want to admit my (hypothetical) telepathy because describing me as a mentally ill who must be medicated is more fun and enjoyable, because it helps people feeling important (they like that), and because it is more humiliating for me (they like that to). Admitting that I am telepathic might perhaps make me seem "a little important" in the eyes of some, they hate that terribly much.
Psychiatric drugs are ineffective for telepathy problems, they have not been designed for telepathy, which is a phenomenon which is very poorly understood. Now, if you want to have me poisoned , and act accordingly, you may have to face the consequences of such actions.

 

[Daylightstar]

I was briefly (for a few days) hospitalized in a psychiatric hospital because of a physical problem. But, when I explained all the voices in my head, they decided to put me in a mental health unit. There, they tried to convince me to take their psychiatric medications, but I refused (such medications had already damaged my brain before (epilepsy)). I believe psychiatrists are simply incompetent to take care of my telepathy problems. Society does not want to admit my (hypothetical) telepathy because describing me as a mentally ill who must be medicated is more fun and enjoyable, because it helps people feeling important (they like that), and because it is more humiliating for me (they like that to). Admitting that I am telepathic might perhaps make me seem "a little important" in the eyes of some, they hate that terribly much.

^{Hilite by Daylightstar}
On the basis of what diagnosis?

 

[Michel H]

^{Hilite by Daylightstar}
On the basis of what diagnosis?

I said I heard these voices in my head, and they tried to convince me to take a neuroleptic, called bromperidol. I don't, however, remember them saying at any point I was a schizophrenic (but I might have forgotten).

 

[Daylightstar]

I said I heard these voices in my head, and they tried to convince me to take a neuroleptic, called bromperidol. I don't, however, remember them saying at any point I was a schizophrenic (but I might have forgotten).

Did they use another word for what you call 'telepathy problems'?

 

[John Jones]

<shakes head>

 

[Daylightstar]

Another question for you, Michel H, what was the physical problem you went to a psychiatric hospital for?