If people display a great deal of interest and excitement for a simple telepathy test (which would be of little interest, and perhaps rather boring if telepathy did not exist), this may suggest I am doing something meaningful, about a real phenomenon.
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Or it may suggest that they are impatient, or that they have nothing better to do at that particular time, or that they are eager to see how you react to an unsuccessful test, or many other things.
I know what the post meant, I speak French. I don't agree that "a thought out test" is particularly flattering; it might be very mild praise, or it might be sarcastic, or it might just be politeness. The thing is, in both cases, you are putting a favourable construction on other people's words which might not be the intended meaning. Like you do with Ashles' oft-quoted phrase which she/he meant in a sarcastic way.
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Holy hand grenades! You really think that was praise?
The person was saying that since you chose the number (you thought about which number to choose), that it wasn't random. "Thought out test" means you though out ways to make the results work in your favor.
If you asked the person straight out if it was a compliment, the answer would be the French word for "No."
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Probably accompanied by the French word for "****!"
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Daylightstar
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You appeared to be providing entertainment.
Daylightstar
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Sorry, I still see no praise. On top of that, this particular poster has not again posted in that thread. Perhaps otherwise of you locking on to him/her or your suggestion of you hearing voices urging you to kill yourself.
There is no evidence for you being telepathic in that thread, nor anywhere else for that matter.
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Well, no. As somebody who has retired from the paid workforce, I will, on occasions, spend some time posting on BBs, and as an ex fisherman, I know how to use bait and reel in ignorant fish who do not know any better. I really don't give a **** what you do. You provide an amusement at times, so I post on this thread at times.
Outside of filling in my time with having a bit of fun with your thread, you are, and mean, absolutely nothing to me. You are not in any way shape or form important, and pretty much everybody here treats you as a joke. Be as ill as you want and ignore all options. I don't care, because you are incapable of understanding what an illness is and to be quite frank, I don't give a damn what you do with the rest of your life.
That is it, so get over it.
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I've seen skeptics take astrology tests and astrology surely does not exist. I've seen skeptics get their palms read and Palm reading is beyond useless. There are myriad reasons why someone might participate in a test that has absolutely no validity - just as telepathy has no validity.
Also, sometimes people do things just for laughs. Surely you understand that, don't you?
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One more question.
Instead of running "tests" on a skeptic board, why don't you spend your free time searching the Internet for other telepaths so you can compare notes, collaborate on test protocols, correlate data, and all those other things that telepaths like to do together?
You've been here 3 years and absolutely no progress has been made. No one has changed your mind. You have not changed anyone's mind. All test results are in a form that no one living on this planet considers useful. Isn't it time for a new approach?
Instead of running "tests" on a skeptic board, why don't you spend your free time searching the Internet for other telepaths so you can compare notes, collaborate on test protocols, correlate data, and all those other things that telepaths like to do together?
You've been here 3 years and absolutely no progress has been made. No one has changed your mind. You have not changed anyone's mind. All test results are in a form that no one living on this planet considers useful. Isn't it time for a new approach?
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I believe that I have already followed this advice to some extent, by doing online telepathy tests on other forums, such as Skeptiko, spiritualforums, Yahoo, doctissimo, answerbag, even quora and so on (also note I am not always busy doing telepathy tests). Although you may understandably have an impression of general hostility towards my claims or beliefs on this forum, there have also been quite a few supporting posts, including some posts by you, which have been among the best. Technically, the two answers by oody and jsfisher (in my latest test here) were still quality answers, because they verified the correlation between credibility and correctness observed in the first two tests I did on this forum.
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Donn
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It's telepathetic.
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I just find it sad that you spend your days hoping someone will make fun of you in a sarcastic way so you can take it out of context and pretend you have some trivial level of support.
Get help.
Telepathy test: which number did I write?
Hi, I invite you to participate in a simple telepathy test.
At about 5:45 p.m. on this Sunday July 19 (Brussels, Belgium time), I wrote carefully one of the three numbers: "1", "2", "3" on my sheet of paper, and I surrounded it with a circle. Then, I wrote it again twice.
I shall repeat this number (which was obtained using a random number generator) from time to time during this test.
I ask you to write it here (if you think you know it, even with a doubt). You may also answer "I don't know".
So, your answer should be one of the three numbers: "1", "2", "3", or "I don't know".
I would also appreciate a little comment; you may say, for example, how confident you are in your answer.
I hope that many of you will participate in this test, not only by writing comments, but also by providing numbers.
If you answer well, there is perhaps a possibility that Randi's prize could be shared among you, good responders on this forum.
Thank you for participating.
Hi, I invite you to participate in a simple telepathy test.
At about 5:45 p.m. on this Sunday July 19 (Brussels, Belgium time), I wrote carefully one of the three numbers: "1", "2", "3" on my sheet of paper, and I surrounded it with a circle. Then, I wrote it again twice.
I shall repeat this number (which was obtained using a random number generator) from time to time during this test.
I ask you to write it here (if you think you know it, even with a doubt). You may also answer "I don't know".
So, your answer should be one of the three numbers: "1", "2", "3", or "I don't know".
I would also appreciate a little comment; you may say, for example, how confident you are in your answer.
I hope that many of you will participate in this test, not only by writing comments, but also by providing numbers.
If you answer well, there is perhaps a possibility that Randi's prize could be shared among you, good responders on this forum.
Thank you for participating.
Donn
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Sprout.
Tremulous.
Michel, please see a doctor.
Tremulous.
Michel, please see a doctor.
"See a doctor" sentences seem both off topic and somewhat uncivil to me. I say it the way I think it.
However, in spite of this, I think I can tell you that I saw two doctors just this week (on Wednesday and on Thursday). I talked briefly about "telepathy" with each (though it was not the main reason why I consulted). None enthusiastically endorsed my views, but they didn't say I was "crazy" either.
Donn
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I have always meant it in a compassionate way, and am happy to hear you are seeing someone; I only hope it lasts. Have you spoken with your mother yet? You should let her help you.
Huh well, actually, as a matter of fact, I also had two long phone conversations with my mother on the same days. She helped me somewhat in somewhat difficult circumstances. However, I want to stress with great energy that talking to my mother or with doctors is unlikely to fix my "telepathy problems". It seems that it is necessary to extend the realm of science (that's more or less what a psychiatrist explained to me many years ago), and I think you should help me to do that. Don't be conservative, don't defend the past (when it is incorrect or incomplete), help build a better future.
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I would be horrified if any doctor used the word 'crazy' to describe someone displaying the symptoms of schizophrenia. I would expect them to be sympathetic, like the majority of people who've posted on Michel's previous threads, none of whom I recall using the word 'crazy'.
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