A Lawyer Explains: James Randi Challenge Exposed

If you're interested in seeing someone attempt the challenge, here's the
Connie Sonne Dowsing Test...

Part 1.

Part 2.

Part 3.

Part 4.


To cut a long story short, a deck of cards had been sorted out into suits, the face cards removed, and the each of the remaining ten cards from each suit placed in envelopes and shuffled. (This was done in advance.)

Ten envelopes containing one suit are placed in front of her and a ten-sided die is rolled. She uses her dowsing "powers" to locate the envelope holding the card with the same number as was rolled. The envelope is marked with the number it was supposed to contain, and placed to one side.

The table is then cleared and the process is repeated again. Then again a third time. (The fourth suit is not used.)

Then they open all three marked envelopes to discover that she had failed every time.

Does anyone else have links to videos of other preliminary tests? This was the only one I could find.
 
I would also like to point out that anyone who thinks Randi's best intrest is to cheat psychics, let them think for a moment what it would mean if Randi actually find a psychic that passes the challenge.

He will be able to throw this in the face of every single psychic he ever trashed in his life time. Geller, Edwards, Dubois, heck how many times did Browne claimed that there was no money? Imagine what it would do when someone actually wins it?

Heck, Randi will officially claim himself the "real psychic tester" and make a fortune as a complete authority on the matter.
I'm not even getting into the insane amounts of money he could make from the movie rights and public speaking.

He has a lot more to gain by proving a psychic is real than cheating.
Of course that is under the assumption there is such a thing as a real psychic to begin with.
 
GrandMasterFox said:
I would also like to point out that anyone who thinks Randi's best intrest is to cheat psychics, let them think for a moment what it would mean if Randi actually find a psychic that passes the challenge.
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That they know a trick that Randi doesn't?
 
Mojo said:
That they know a trick that Randi doesn't?
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Well, yes and no. As I said, Randi has a lot to gain if a psychic passess the test. However, if said Psychic is later exposed as a fraud, he'll lose everything he gained his entire life.

Therefore, his best bet would be to keep the test honestly. So frauds don't pass and legitamate people won't fail.

So far, no has passed so it's less of a risk a fraud will pass.
Especially considering how much attention a person passing the perlimnary challenge would generate.
 
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