On 30/11/07 18:06, in article ,
"R.A.Omond" wrote:

Charlie Pridham wrote:

So you can explain gravity?
Not everthing in science can be explained, I do not need to do it again,
I am satisfied it works, I was suggestion YOU have a go, if nothing
happens you can carry on being sceptical until then I win.

Here's the rub, Charlie and Sacha. I *have* experienced the ideomotor
effect with dowsing rods. But it wasn't water (or gold, or uranium)
that caused them to twitch. Getting the idea ?

So I'll repeat just in case you might have missed the offer earlier:

Excellent! There's no need to explain why it happens. You just
need to successfully pass a very simple test; no need for any
simple or complicated explanations.

So, Charlie, tell me when you're ready for the test. Since my
fees are going up with each new applicant, I'll split the winnings
with you - $999,998 to you and $2 to me. Unless Sacha beats you
to the cool million ... quick, time's running out.

Charlie, are you ready to take the test? I'm sure that you must
feel 100% confident that you'll pass the test. $999,998 to you
and $2 to me :-)

By the way, to help your planning for the test, you might like
to watch James Randi's tests of 100%-confident Australian dowsers
he

http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...996034&q=randi

Hilarious :-))

And of course, there is another side to the story. Randi is not *quite* the
last word on the matter. The following is a very short quote from a long
article about Randi's activities on the following site:
http://www.skepticalinvestigations.o...cott_Randi.htm

"Before I began this modest online research project for a rainy afternoon, I
had mixed feelings about Randi. I saw him as closed-minded and supercilious,
but I also assumed he was sincere and, by his own lights, honest. Now,
having explored his contribution to the Targ-Puthoff controversy in some
detail, I am thoroughly unimpressed. Randi comes across as a bullying
figure, eager to attack and ridicule, willing to distort and even invent
evidence - in short, the sort of person who will do anything to prevail in a
debate, whether by fair means or foul.

The title of his book thus takes on a new and unintended meaning. From what
I can tell, James Randi really is the Flim-Flam man.

NOTE: James Randi responded to this article, and Micheal Prescott then
responded to James Randi. To read this ongoing controversy, see
http://michaelprescott.freeservers.com/FlimFlam.htm
Michael Prescott is a New York Times bestselling author. His published works
include: Comes the Dark, Stealing Faces, The Shadow Hunter, Last Breath,
Next Victim and In Dark Places. His latest book is Dangerous Games
More on James Randi
James Randi Biography
The Randi Prize The Challenge
The $1M Challenge So What?
Randi's Dishonest Claims The Research That Never Was
Ted Dace reports on the Amazing 3 Conference Skeptical of the Skeptics

Website www.randi.org "

By all means read the follow ups. I do not believe Randi to be objective.
--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
(remove weeds from address)
'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
children.'