preliminary

First I would like to say I'm very glad to have discovered this board and the JREF site. In the few days I have been lurking I've not only had my faith that rational humans exist restored, but have laughed more than I have in a long time. I have been reading the challenge applications one...

In most cases? Wouldn't that be more like in every case so far? Under what circumstances would someone get to go to the formal test straight away without any preliminary tests? I can't post link to the exact page where the quoted text is because I don't have 15 posts yet, but its the...

I am currently in the process of providing information to a person who claims she has water diviner skills about the Aus Skeptics challenge (A$100,000). I mentioned to her that I thought that if she won this - she would not have to go through the preliminary phase of the JREF challenge. Is...

I've seen a couple of preliminary tests posted, and I think it would be very useful to see many more, particularly if they are very easy to administer. There may be an archive of them I've missed somewhere. I have many friends who believe in homeopathy, chi and other unproven phenomena, and I'd...