An ability to read minds that is just .001% better than chance is still a paranormal ability that would turn science on it's head and qualify to win the MDC if properly demonstrated. You are claiming above to know about these things so what is the best testing strategy to use to demonstrate such an ability? Show your math so that we may verify your answer.
If the last sentence is the be-all...the protocol for this ability...is this the protocol for the JREF MDC? If not, then the poster does not have to demonstrate that i would not think. If it IS the protocol, where can i find it written for the MDC? Not to be snippy about it or anything. Just curious. It just seems to me that it is inherent in all of us that if someone was truly telepathic, we`d pretty much know without math, or even odds. A poster at JREF had a sig quote i remember saying something to the effect that one in a million odds occur all the time. And it does, for almost every lottery. And we`d agree they are not telepathic to have known the numbers. But if i asked someone what i am staring at in my bedroom right now, and they said what it was, and then i asked again and they said what THAT was, and then i asked again and they said what that was....i dont even know if you could put odds on something like that when choices are not even given. Even in a lottery, your choices are limited to certain maximum numbers. With a lottery though there is one guess. It`s POSSIBLE to guess it right. Improbable, but possible. But in my bedroom right now i have some objects that nobody in existence has. If a person was given only one crack at guessing, like the lottery, and nailed it, on one of those objects and could be specific about certain details...just that one test would suffice as complete evidence of a telepathic line between me and the receiver. However....skeptical as we all are, we`d redo the test just to be sure. And maybe a 3rd time. Then die of a heart attack from being wooed, for real. How many objects are there on Earth? Trillions i`d imagine, that are not exactly alike. If 2 people on Earth had the same thing, exactly, odds would be in the trillions. But if you were the ONLY person that had something that looked an EXACT way, you could not even math, nor calculate the odds, because in theory there could be other worlds out there with no such object within THEIR trillions of objects,etc. So this would be MY test for telepathy...that which i stated in the beginning. No need for math or odds...because its beyond that...and beyond all comprehension also, i`d think. But then i suppose one could argue that there must be a way of testing for the lowest possible odds where it still would be undoubtedly telepathy as the cause, as opposed to lucky guessing. But CAN you prove that to everyone`s satisfaction in a limited test? If a person won the lottery, you`d have to insist he`d then also win the next one, right? So what would you think if he won the 2nd time? Extreeeeeeme luck? Or that he could like see the winning numbers thru a telepathy of sorts. I think people would want to see if he could do it a 3rd time. If he won again, then what? You finally throw in the towel and say he häs a power? Or do you? Ot are you skeptical of some cheating you cant figure out. Or still think its luck? And i also think a true skeptic will remain skeptical, when trying to prove such stuff as this. As opposed to say a Bigfoot actually being found, and captured, because it can be analyzed. Woo stuff like im talking about cant be analyzed, quantified, or anything. Its like arguing god. (Did you read all this? Sorry).
