New telepathy test, the sequel.

Startz said:
Michel H., As I know you understand, one of the objections to your test is that you get to pick which answers count after seeing whether they give you the desired result. Now it’s fine if you decide which answers are credible. But it’s not fine if you also know whether the answers give you the desired result. After all, you might entirely subconsciously be finding credibility in the answers that agree...without any intention to do so.

Are you willing to do a test where you can decide which answers count, but where you don’t get to see whether an answer is correct before you decide?
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We have already gone through this discussion - blinded versus unblinded test. I initially found some validity to this objection when it was first raised, this is why we conducted some blinded tests together, at a time when I was receiving more help and interest from forum members. However, I found that these tests gave results of a somewhat inferior quality (because of the great complexity for participants), and so I don't see the point of trying to do this again. In the simple version of the test, that I now favor, people can "see the work" after the test, in the analysis, so I believe there is excellent security in the simple test already. Were I to declare that an obviously absurd answer is credible, you could very quickly and legitimately point this out. You may already have seen an example of this in my latest test.
 
Loss Leader said:
Both polls appear to be open. Your feelings of persecution are unwarranted.
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My test question is neither listed in the Parapsychology category:
https://answers.yahoo.com/dir/index/answer?sid=396547172
(the first visible question has a somewhat militaristic tone:
"What are the military doing about all those pesky extraterrestrials that keep invading our air space?", but mine is gone)
nor in the Alternative category:
https://answers.yahoo.com/dir/index?sid=396547171
(for me, at least).

So, most people on Yahoo Answers don't see my Parapsychology question.

This leads me to strongly suspect Yahoo is sabotaging my work, I am sorry to say.
 
Michel H said:
We have already gone through this discussion - blinded versus unblinded test. I initially found some validity to this objection when it was first raised, this is why we conducted some blinded tests together, at a time when I was receiving more help and interest from forum members. However, I found that these tests gave results of a somewhat inferior quality (because of the great complexity for participants), and so I don't see the point of trying to do this again. In the simple version of the test, that I now favor, people can "see the work" after the test, in the analysis, so I believe there is excellent security in the simple test already. Were I to declare that an obviously absurd answer is credible, you could very quickly and legitimately point this out. You may already have seen an example of this in my latest test.
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I hear you. You should differentiate between how you feel about the test and how your audience feels. You know that no one here will believe tests that are not blinded. You are free not to care whether anyone here believes you, of course, although I do not see why you spend your time here if you don’t care.
 
JayUtah said:
What evidence do you have that Yahoo believes you're that important?
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I don't know if this is really related to "importance". However, it is not impossible that some American authorities are fearing my influence in the world, that they don't like my pacifist ideas.
 
Michel H said:
I don't know if this is really related to "importance". However, it is not impossible that some American authorities are fearing my influence in the world, that they don't like my pacifist ideas.
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Do you think you have influence in the world?
 
Jack by the hedge said:
Do you think you have influence in the world?
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I believe it is not impossible that somebody who does have the ability to project his thoughts into the minds of other people, in the whole world (even if it is involuntary), can have a political influence which is feared by some political leaders, particularly by those who make crime the center of their policies.

One might also believe that some bizarre and irrational policies or political behaviors could also be related to telepathy from you-know-whom, in a kind of spirit of unhealthy persecution.
 
Michel H said:
I don't know if this is really related to "importance". However, it is not impossible that some American authorities are fearing my influence in the world, that they don't like my pacifist ideas.
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I didn't ask about possibilities. I asked for your evidence. What evidence do you have that you, personally, are being targeted for your views by "some American authorities" and that the behavior of the Yahoo website is a consequence of that? What evidence do you have that you matter at all?
 
Michel H said:
I believe it is not impossible that somebody who does have the ability to project his thoughts...
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Who would that be?

One might also believe that some bizarre and irrational policies or political behaviors could also be related to telepathy from you-know-whom, in a kind of spirit of unhealthy persecution.
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You've provided no evidence that you are being persecuted. On the contrary, in your other thread you suggested that a certain professed psychic had been murdered, and strongly insinuated it was the work of people who disagreed with his views. When asked for evidence of this, you cheerfully admitted you had none. Isn't it, it fact, your behavior that is bizarre and irrational? Is it normal to accuse people of serious crimes without a shred of evidence?
 
JayUtah said:
I didn't ask about possibilities. I asked for your evidence. What evidence do you have that you, personally, are being targeted for your views by "some American authorities" and that the behavior of the Yahoo website is a consequence of that? What evidence do you have that you matter at all?
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The only evidence I have is that my question is not listed. This is very serious evidence, which seems to indicate sabotage. This should concern you if you are interested in the truth (which I doubt). Whether this is political persecution, non-political persecution, or anything else, is pure speculation. I have already had trouble with Yahoo in the past (questions deleted). Then, I did not suspect political persecution.
 
Michel H said:
The only evidence I have is that my question is not listed.
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No, that's the observation you are trying to explain. You have chosen to explain it by the hypothesis that someone at Yahoo is censoring you for political or ideological reasons. What I'm asking for is evidence that this hypothesis is the correct one, among all others that also could explain your inability to find your question. What did you do to test and eliminate other possible hypotheses before defaulting to claims of political persecution?
 
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When I can't find something I think I posted on the internet, I usually assume I made a mistake or something isn't working properly right now. I don't assume sinister forces are censoring me.
 
JayUtah said:
No, that's the observation you are trying to explain. You have chosen to explain it by the hypothesis that someone at Yahoo is censoring you for political or ideological reasons. What I'm asking for is evidence that this hypothesis is the correct one, among all others that explain your inability to find your question. What did you do to test and eliminate other possible hypotheses before defaulting to claims of political persecution?
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It's not the first time that Yahoo is attacking my work (many of my questions have been deleted in the past) , and it is rather strange that a question is not listed in the proper category, with no explanation given. A purely technical issue seems very unlikely to me. Decision by the high management of Yahoo, CIA, ..., I don't know. Pure speculation.
 
JayUtah said:
Correct -- pure speculation. Why do your speculative efforts always default to the notion that people are persecuting you? Do you think that's normal?
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Well, you have evidence in front of you, and you say "no problem". This makes it double.
 
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Michel H said:
Well, you have evidence in front of you...
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No, I don't. You don't seem to know the differences among an observation, a claim, and evidence. What I have from you is a series of claims, none of which has been supported by evidence. What I have from you is what you admit is speculation.

...and you say "no problem". This makes it double.
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I said no such thing. Why does your speculation always default to the notion that powerful, evil forces are persecuting you and others who share your beliefs?
 
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