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This is a clipping from the Sydney Morning Herald. Please note that I cannot comment on the show myself.

BTW.. it's Australian TV, not Australain!
 

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Richard, how will you eliminate them.
The worst cold reader.
The worst guesser.
The one who is the most logical.
The most sceptical.
Or do you have a "Psychic criteria."
 
I get the picture. They test one psychic each week. He fails so he is eliminated. The show runs for 6 weeks. That would leave 1 person left untested who is then declared the winner.

Any serious attempt to test any psychic will result in the psychic been shown to have no ability. That has what the MDC has shown. Have the produces allowed for that?

Seriously
What happens if one psychic says he has no experience finding lost children? But he can do other tests? Are they allowed to have a bye?

What experience have you had in exposing psychics? I mean some of their tricks can be hard to spot.
 
rjh01 said:
I get the picture. They test one psychic each week. He fails so he is eliminated. The show runs for 6 weeks. That would leave 1 person left untested who is then declared the winner.
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Sort of like that. I cannot go into details. The show will be screened in about 3 weeks or so.
 
It would make more logical sense (if you can refer to logical sense in regards to psychics) to test them all every week, and eliminate based on the one who performs the "worst" of them all in that given week. If it's as setup as rhj01 describes, that would be a complete farce and travesty.
 
Yeah I was going to say how terrible it is for such a show to be on but it's great that a skeptic will be on.
Let's hope that he will be given equal time and a fair hearing. Although if history is any indicator he won't.
Many Oz members of this forum may remember a 1980 " debate" between Don lane and James Randi which they still somehows show highlights of.
Lane talked over Randi the whole time (interview? it was no such thing!)and then told Randi that he could "piss off!" and went to an ad break.
Does any on this forum remember that?
As it turned out Randi was proved right in regards to Geller et al (as usual)and it came to light that one of the paranormal "practictioners" that Lane was defending was actually a close friend of his...:mad:
 
I forgot to mention it before but this is sort of related...
Last week in the Daily Telegraph in the Careers Section there was a profile (they profile people who have made it in various careers) of a woman who was an Astrologer and Tarot Reader!
A major daily newspaper actually had this in their careers section.
How do things get this low?:eye-poppi
 
skeptic of oz said:
Yeah I was going to say how terrible it is for such a show to be on but it's great that a skeptic will be on.
Let's hope that he will be given equal time and a fair hearing. Although if history is any indicator he won't.
Many Oz members of this forum may remember a 1980 " debate" between Don lane and James Randi which they still somehows show highlights of.
Lane talked over Randi the whole time (interview? it was no such thing!)and then told Randi that he could "piss off!" and went to an ad break.
Does any on this forum remember that?
As it turned out Randi was proved right in regards to Geller et al (as usual)and it came to light that one of the paranormal "practictioners" that Lane was defending was actually a close friend of his...:mad:
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Well, I don't remember it, since I wasn't alive then, but I've seen the clip, yes.

Certainly not Don Lanes finest hour.
 
Don't expect too much from this.

A good friend of mine who is a magician (definitely not a psychic, nor claiming to be) was sent application materials from the producers and asked to join.

Dave Everett
 
I should also point out that this show ran in the UK a few years back.

Another friend of mine was the sceptic, he is a professional magician. He was frustrated every week. He felt he was a token sceptic to give the show some credibility.

Dave Everett
 
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