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i'm sending in my application

I just made a pin wheel like the ones in your videos. I can get it spinning just from the heat of my hand. It will also spin with the absolutely tinnest amount of air movement - breathing even slightl away from it will set it off. I had to hold my breathe to stop it spinning. Then, with my breathe held, the heat of my hand starts it off. I dont have a webcam so I cant show anyone, but if anyone esle wants to make one just get a small square of papaer, fold it from each corner to corner, and place it on the center of a free standing pin. You will then have your very own spinning wheel.
 
kayimbo said:
ah i didn't realise that he would accept or deny experiments.

basically speaking all i can do is tell the pinwheel to spin, and then it does it. as of right now i can't really control its stopping or starting, except by leaving the room possibly.

when i send in my application i have to talk about vaccume devices and all that?

and i mean, its pretty obvious that if poeple think its body heat then every time i put my hand near it the pinwheel should spin. which it wouldn't
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I don't speak for Randi, but based on his commentaries, he really does seem to go out of his way communicating with the applicant trying to design an appropriate experiment. I suspect that most people who apply don't know how to appropriately test their claim.

My example was just that - an example. If you can't make it change directions, or start/stop on command, then obviously it is not fair to require you to do that in a test. To be tested, both you and Randi would have to agree to the test procedure. I don't know exactly what you can and can't do, so there is no way that my example could exactly apply to your case. I probably got carried away in trying to design the experiment - that's more Randi's job, not yours.

I would suggest that you learn about the physics of what is happening, however. So far, everything that you have described is easy to duplicate with ordinary physics.

Have you asked yourself why you can't make it start/stop at will, if you are in fact exerting the force paranormally, rather than by normal means. (that's not something you have to answer, either on this board or for the challenge). If it is physics, then you learn that you don't have the power, but if it is paranormal, perhaps you will learn to extend and control your power better.

The point remains, though - what you are doing in the video is very easy to duplicate (see Dub's post). The test will require a lot more from you to demonstrate that the force is paranormal, and not the forces already described in this thread. I can't see Randi getting too interested in testing you at this stage (but I don't speak for him).

good luck!
 
perhaps my pinwheel is less sensitive then yours, it niether moves from my breathing nor from holding my hand near it, not even from moving my hand around it.

anyways, thanks for all the help guys, i've begun practicing spinning it rom inside of barriers so that when the test comes i'll be able to do it in a vacum chamber.

as i make progress i'll find a way to post videos so you don't think i'm backing out.
 
kayimbo said:
perhaps my pinwheel is less sensitive then yours, it niether moves from my breathing nor from holding my hand near it, not even from moving my hand around it.

anyways, thanks for all the help guys, i've begun practicing spinning it rom inside of barriers so that when the test comes i'll be able to do it in a vacum chamber.

as i make progress i'll find a way to post videos so you don't think i'm backing out.
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No problem! Looking forward to hearing how you do when you take the challenge. Good luck.

compjan
 
If you truely believe you are telekentic, why not try moving an object that weighs the same amount, but has a much smaller surface area? This way you can eliminate some of the questions of air currents. As people have pointed out, even in a sealed container convection can move a light object with a lot of surface area.

Good luck with your claim.

SSR
 
kayimbo said:
perhaps my pinwheel is less sensitive then yours, it niether moves from my breathing nor from holding my hand near it, not even from moving my hand around it.

anyways, thanks for all the help guys, i've begun practicing spinning it rom inside of barriers so that when the test comes i'll be able to do it in a vacum chamber.

as i make progress i'll find a way to post videos so you don't think i'm backing out.
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Kayimbo, any progress on the challenge? Is your main concern now figuring out a challenge protocol or doing the videos?

CompJan
 
I don't understand why we have people bothering reporting this sort of stuff
in the first place without removing all the known physical influences first.

Why do we have this "progression" idea? - it makes no sense at all - jump to the end and skip all the irrelevent "experiments".

I dont really get the - well i can move it then im going to try the next on the list:-

1. Out in the open.
2. In a bell jar (not under Vacuum)
3. In a bell jar (under Vacuum)
4. As 3 but on a vibration absorbing surface.

For me prior to trying any proper test i would at least do 4 on my own, any of the others
are to be blunt pointless effort.

For me to even attempt the test i would have at least produced a stable system at home for several days which showed the "pinwheel" to not move at all while not under the "influence" of your mind.

A suggestion would be to mak the pinwheel NSEW, when it comes to rest mark the container it is in lining up with NSEW and leave it alone. Periodically check that the pinwheel is still lined up over the course of a few days, then when you are certain it's a stable system try your powers on it.

If you get it to move - allow it to come to rest again - and mark up the container and check repeat the procedure at the start.
So you show the following phases.

1. No movement for a few days prior.
2. Influence Phase.
3 No Movement for a few days post.

So any movement seen in the "non influence" phases would invalidate the test for me and really should do for you also.

If you can't get a stable system (it always moves anyway) post here and i'm sure you will get pointers as to how you can modify the experiment to make it less prone to external influences - other than your mind of course ;-).

AlienX
 
AlienX said:
I don't understand why we have people bothering reporting this sort of stuff
in the first place without removing all the known physical influences first.

Why do we have this "progression" idea? - it makes no sense at all - jump to the end and skip all the irrelevent "experiments".

*snip*
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The reason for this is that these people do not want their ability to be disproved. The approach you mention will disprove it conclusively (unless they really have it :rolleyes: ) once and for all.

By using this stepwise approach, then, when they reach a step that does not function, they can revert to the previous steps and base their denial on that. It is a VERY common pattern.


Hans
 
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