Do you think I could win a million dollars?

[ImOne]

I have personal experience with both telepathy and precognition.

In the case of telepathy I have proven it to two other people. Of course that required telling them about their thoughts and experiences that they assumed were private. When the persons realized that their thoughts are not necessarily private it created some measure of trauma, and for that reason I wouldn't recommend doing this to people.

For whatever reason the telepathy has never happened in real time. That is to say the persons thoughts that become known to me are not happening at the time I become aware of those thoughts. It occurs spontaneously without will or warning. I have zero control over when it occurs, but it does occur, that's a fact.

 

[Psi Baba]

It occurs spontaneously without will or warning. I have zero control over when it occurs, but it does occur, that's a fact.

And thus we set the stage for weaseling out of being tested under controlled conditions . . .

In case you really do want to know how to go about winning the Million:
http://www.randi.org/research/faq.html

 

[Seismosaurus]

I have personal experience with both telepathy and precognition.

In the case of telepathy I have proven it to two other people. Of course that required telling them about their thoughts and experiences that they assumed were private. When the persons realized that their thoughts are not necessarily private it created some measure of trauma, and for that reason I wouldn't recommend doing this to people.

For whatever reason the telepathy has never happened in real time. That is to say the persons thoughts that become known to me are not happening at the time I become aware of those thoughts. It occurs spontaneously without will or warning. I have zero control over when it occurs, but it does occur, that's a fact.

If you can indeed do this then you would certainly qualify for the prize, it's just a matter of coming up with some way to test it.

You say this ability happens at random times... how random is it? Once a day, once a month, once a year? How long does it usually last when it does happen? Is it like a snapshot, or does it last hours, days? When you manifest this ability, how detailed are your preceptions, how much detail do you get? Could you pick out specific numbers, words, etc?

Is there a range limit? Could you ring somebody up when your ability manifests and tell them what they were thinking? That could be one way to go, a person could have a word or number or something memorised and think it at you when you called.

Try emailing JREF and asking them, I'm sure they'd be glad to help you design a test.

 

[Roboramma]

How often does it happen?

 

[Psiload]

I have personal experience with both telepathy and precognition.

In the case of telepathy I have proven it to two other people. Of course that required telling them about their thoughts and experiences that they assumed were private. When the persons realized that their thoughts are not necessarily private it created some measure of trauma, and for that reason I wouldn't recommend doing this to people.

For whatever reason the telepathy has never happened in real time. That is to say the persons thoughts that become known to me are not happening at the time I become aware of those thoughts. It occurs spontaneously without will or warning. I have zero control over when it occurs, but it does occur, that's a fact.

I'm going to go out a limb here, and say no. You haven't got a prayer.

It occurs spontaneously without will or warning.

Pretty much says it all.

 

[evilvlad]

Guys, I have a confession as well.

I was walking the other day, and I suddenly just flew up. I then had this random inclination to scream 'flame on', and my body turned into a human torch.

Can I also get the million?

Thanks.

 

[Timothy]

Of course you can, if you can demonstrate the phenomenon in a controlled test.

Since *you* are the one who has an idea of what the limitations of your powers are, *you* need to come up with a method of testing these sporadic telepathic visions.

Keep in mind, you're creating a protocol that prevents fraud or bias (intentional or unintentional).

If your "powers" are so fleeting and capricious that you can't come up with an actual verifiable test, then sorry, you'll just have to go through life knowing that you're telepathic but that you've missed out on a million.

- Timothy

 

[Tirdun]

The inability to control the power you describe would make it challenging to create a worthwhile protocol.

You would need to consider a method for an absolute test. If I were transmitting a thought, would you ever pick it up? Is there simply a delay or do you have no control whatsoever? If there were ten "transmitters", would you be assured to get at least one? Could you do that 10 times?

 

[Nucular]

Hi ImOne, welcome.

How do you know it's a fact? What makes you think this happens? E.g., do you confirm with the people whose thoughts you receive?

ETA: jaysus, got distracted for a second and seven other replies!

 

[Tirdun]

Same here. That'll teach me to try and organize my thoughts on the reply screen

 

[Timothy]

I have personal experience with both telepathy and precognition.

So do I.

In the case of telepathy I have proven it to two other people. Of course that required telling them about their thoughts and experiences that they assumed were private.

I have proven my "telepathy" to another person. She's absolutely convinced I can read her mind. Funny, thing, though ... what one believes is not always the truth.

When the persons realized that their thoughts are not necessarily private it created some measure of trauma, and for that reason I wouldn't recommend doing this to people.

Oh, there are plenty of people here who'd be delighted and wouldn't experience the least bit of trauma. You must have squeamish friends.

For whatever reason the telepathy has never happened in real time. That is to say the persons thoughts that become known to me are not happening at the time I become aware of those thoughts. It occurs spontaneously without will or warning. I have zero control over when it occurs, but it does occur, that's a fact.

But do you know when it has occurred? Do you sense a "hit" such that you know "Ah, yes, now my fleeting power has kicked in?" Have you just done it twice with your two people?

Tell us the circumstances and the types of details you're able to read ... are they vague or specific? Recount to us what you told them, and the circumstances.

- Timothy

 

[ImOne]

Wow, that was quick. Thanks for all the advise, I will have think about this.

I'll try to answer at least a good chunk of the questions. Looks like all good questions, but there are quite a few and I haven't even considered many of them myself. I don't have time to address them all right now, but will try to post back today. Thanks for all the helpful suggestions.

 

[Ryan O'Dine]

Wow, that was quick. Thanks for all the advise, I will have think about this.

I'll try to answer at least a good chunk of the questions. Looks like all good questions, but there are quite a few and I haven't even considered many of them myself. I don't have time to address them all right now, but will try to post back today. Thanks for all the helpful suggestions.

Mainly, you need to elaborate. Your description was too vague to make heads or tails of.

 

[Tirdun]

Let me help.

To win, you'll need an agreed upon protocol which will involve people who are not responding to you (a la cold reading) which must produce a set of absolute, objective results.

You need to develop a test procedure in which you demonstrate a power in such a way that you cannot be accused of cheating, the testing agents/subjects/judges cannot be accused of helping or interfering and there is no (NO) judging on anyone's part as to what a "hit" consists of.

So, start looknig for things you can measure absolutely. Timing, information transfer, restrictions, limitations, range, etc. Develop a test procedure and then try to cheat. Then plug that. Then try to cheat again. Then find someone to help you and run a simple, honest test. Add blinds (don't look at them, have them remain silent) increase randomness (list 1000 words to try and transfer. Make them unusual but understood).

 

[gfunkusarelius]

Wow, that was quick. Thanks for all the advise, I will have think about this.

I'll try to answer at least a good chunk of the questions. Looks like all good questions, but there are quite a few and I haven't even considered many of them myself. I don't have time to address them all right now, but will try to post back today. Thanks for all the helpful suggestions.

not to be pushy, but a lot of us have seen these sort of claims and when we ask for details, the person writes back something like the above and then they never follow up, or it takes long enough that people generally consider it suspicious. can you at least describe the basic thought(s) that you read from the subjects? what details did you give them? it would go a long way toward indicating if this was truly paranormal or if it was vague or common enough that it could be coincidence.

frankly, i can think of dozens of times where i had an extremely similar thought to someone else in the room (the old, "hey, do you remember that fishing trip in '86 billy?" billy "whoa, i was just thinking about that old junky boat we rented"), and that has given me reason to at least have an open mind about the notion that "thoughts" might travel somehow, but in most cases where i anylize the data, i realize there was something external that triggered the thought in both of us, so that is the basic idea of why i am curious of the circumstances.

 

[LordoftheLeftHand]

Some things to think about…

Who:
Can you only read the thoughts of a close friend?
Can you read the thoughts of a casual associate?
Can you read the thoughts of a stranger on the street?
Can you read the thoughts of someone you have never met?

Distance:
Do you have to be touching the person?
Do you have to be in the same room?
Do you have to be able to see them?
Can they be in a different room?
Can they be in a different city?
Can they be in a different country?

Information:
Can you only read general feelings/emotions?
Can you only read “surface thoughts”?
Can you read “deep secrets”?
Can you read “stored information” like their social security number, if they are not currently thinking about it?
Can you read the name of a card your subject is currently looking at?

How often:
If you try hard, how many ACCURATE readings vs. total readings can you get in an hour/day/week?
What is the longest it could possibly take for you to get a reading from someone?
While you are waiting for a reading, does your subject need to concentrate on the information to be read?

LLH

 

[gnome]

For whatever reason the telepathy has never happened in real time. That is to say the persons thoughts that become known to me are not happening at the time I become aware of those thoughts.

As long as the person's thoughts aren't happening AFTER you become aware of it and could express it in some way.

Like, if you suddenly said "frog"... a few seconds later I'd probably think of a frog.

 

[RSLancastr]

I have zero control over when it occurs, but it does occur, that's a fact.

Sounds very much like "It's true! " to me.

I'm just sayin'.

 

[Pope130]

ImOne,
You mention in the original post both telepathy and precognition, but don't go into any detail on the precognition. Since the telepathy seems to be difficult to demonstrate on command a test protocal will be very difficult to acieve.
On the other hand, precognition, even if erratic is much easier. A sufficiently specific and unlikely prediction can be sent by post-marked letter to a reliable third party. When the predicted occurance comes to pass the sealed letter can be opened, demonstrating the profesy. Simple, and not dependent on your ability working to any particular schedule.


Good Luck,

Robert

 

[case sensitive]

I have personal experience with both telepathy and precognition.

In the case of telepathy I have proven it to two other people. Of course that required telling them about their thoughts and experiences that they assumed were private. When the persons realized that their thoughts are not necessarily private it created some measure of trauma, and for that reason I wouldn't recommend doing this to people.

For whatever reason the telepathy has never happened in real time. That is to say the persons thoughts that become known to me are not happening at the time I become aware of those thoughts. It occurs spontaneously without will or warning. I have zero control over when it occurs, but it does occur, that's a fact.

We all know where this is going...

Bleeping nowhere I am sure.

"It's a fact!"

"Prove it"

"I can't yet..."

"When?"

"Soon... It's true! "

"Blah, blah, quantum, pseudoskeptics, Uri Geller... and what is a troll anyway"

"I have a recipe and cats...!"

"Randi is evil and I will show you" *sneaks away*

"Oh big surprise! Didn't see that coming!