No, you didn't. You suggested where I could get that information "for tests that are statistical in nature." I pointed out that it's not clear even how many tests are statistical in nature, because the protocol is not hammered out to that extent.
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No, you didn't. You suggested where I could get that information "for tests that are statistical in nature." I pointed out that it's not clear even how many tests are statistical in nature, because the protocol is not hammered out to that extent.
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It all depends on the structure and rigor of the tests. We don't know what the odds are against someone passing "by chance", and we really can't, because they change for every test.
In addition, if every person who has shown up to demonstrate their powers is a quack, the chances against one of them passing a test are very very low. The chances of someone saying something happened when it clearly didn't are also rather low.
As a rather odd example, let's say that you showed ten thousand people a black card and asked them what color it was. Would it be "odd" if none of them said "white"?