Comments on: Putt’s mulligan

By: tmac57

tmac57 — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 00:42:50 +0000

Devil’s Advocate- Now you act like you don’t believe in the power of ‘expectation cancellation’(Trade Mark!). Well, how about when you loan someone money, and expect them to pay you back? Everyone knows, that the higher your expectations are that a loan be paid back, the less likely that the loanee will be able to come up with the money!

By: Devil's Advocate

Devil's Advocate — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 20:47:49 +0000

Actually, the paranormalists have codeified the very thing Itchy decribes, where a psychic’s power may be registered negatively. I can’t quite be certain of the term, but some of them are very serious about it… skeptical negation? Skeptical Negativity? Something like that. Whatever its title, the premise was that psychics ought not be expected to pass testing because the skeptical…. what, spirit? essence? air? … the skeptical presence negates the psychi powers. Since all testing is skeptical in nature, a psychic is hard-pressed to pass them. No, really!

I am certain it is merely a coincidence that this theoretical force neatly transfers responsibility for one’s abject failure at testing from the psychic to the skeptic. I am equally certain it’s a coincidence this force also makes psychic powers untestable and entirely a matter of faith.

By: Max

Max — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 01:29:16 +0000

A normal person doing random guessing would score zero (9/10)^10 = 35% of the time, get exactly one right (9/10)^9 = 39% of the time, get exactly two right (9/10)^9/2 = 19% of the time.
So the most probable score is 1, but zero is a close second.

By: Mark

Mark — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 19:09:14 +0000

I think itchy has hit the nail on the head here, how could we all have missed it? Even a normal person doing random guessing must get one or two “correct” hits, thus the need to get at least 5 to make this claim worth pursuing further. To get all 10 wrong? Not only does that show she does have psychic talents, but she is also clearly from the Bizarro planet, where everything is the opposite of the Earth. And thus, obviously, we now have proof that everything in the Superman comics must be looked at again as history, rather than fiction. Wow, I can just feel the flood of new websites starting up…

By: itchy

itchy — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 04:05:13 +0000

Surely Putt must have supernatural powers to have scored SO poorly!

By: catgirl

catgirl — Thu, 28 May 2009 18:17:56 +0000

A 90% chance of surviving (not thriving) for only FIVE years is not a cure. If I were sick like Daniel, I too would consider alternative therapies.

Umm, I don’t think you understand the basic concept of a five-year survival rate. People don’t drop dead at five years and one day. And Daniel will thrive once his cancer is destroyed. Most people are as healthy after treatment as they were before they had cancer. Even in the few cases where treatment leaves a permanent effect, it’s still better than what would have happened if the cancer were left untreated, which would probably result in death.

The problem with alternative therapies is that they do not get rid of cancer. They’ll make you feel happy because someone will lie and tell you it’s 100% effective so they can get your money. But in the end, you’ll still have cancer. Daniel’s cancer got worse while he was using only herbs and magic water. You have to get past your emotional need to have a guarantee and realize that people are lying to you because they know how much you want that guarantee. The actual evidence means more than what some charlatan says. If herbs and magic water give me a 5% cure rate and chemo gives me a 90% cure rate, I’ll take the 90% and be thankful for it.

By: bill babishoff

bill babishoff — Thu, 28 May 2009 15:09:50 +0000

A 90% chance of surviving (not thriving) for only FIVE years is not a cure. If I were sick like Daniel, I too would consider alternative therapies.

By: tmac57

tmac57 — Thu, 28 May 2009 14:00:32 +0000

Hey, I was told there would be no math!!!

By: Jose the Paranormal Skeptic

Jose the Paranormal Skeptic — Thu, 28 May 2009 11:51:46 +0000

Failures in what exactly? My attempt at the million dollar challenge? I am always happy to acknowledge failure. It’s the only way to learn.

In order to give up my beliefs, I’d have to have beliefs to give up. My stint in the paranormal scene went a little like this…”Walks into a dark room not expecting much. Walks out of dark room with a hilarious comical script.”

I guess it would be unfair of me to say I got nothing out of the paranormal scene. I got a good laugh, met some interesting people, undertook a three year character reference and gained script content I could never possibly make up on my own.

Now back to the blundering of another failed attempt for some easy money.

By: kabol

kabol — Thu, 28 May 2009 04:13:48 +0000

i am so sad.

i want psychic psychicity to be real.

****”…there is no limit to the excuses…”****

headache??