Kismit Posted December 13, 2016 #26 Share Posted December 13, 2016 Ummm 3 ? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kismit Posted December 13, 2016 #27 Share Posted December 13, 2016 Don't tell me, don't tell me. I think I'm getting close. 4? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kismit Posted December 13, 2016 #28 Share Posted December 13, 2016 Question......do decimals count? Is it Pi? That would be tricky. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kartikg Posted December 13, 2016 Author #29 Share Posted December 13, 2016 2 minutes ago, Kismit said: Question......do decimals count? Is it Pi? That would be tricky. Nope its a natural number. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kismit Posted December 13, 2016 #30 Share Posted December 13, 2016 1 minute ago, kartikg said: Nope its a natural number. That's good to know. But Pi would have been good. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daughter of the Nine Moons Posted December 13, 2016 #31 Share Posted December 13, 2016 Kizzy pie is always good. Kartikg messaged me and I am the official holder of the number 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farmer77 Posted December 13, 2016 #32 Share Posted December 13, 2016 7,243 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kismit Posted December 13, 2016 #33 Share Posted December 13, 2016 Dotty keeper of the sacred number, you hold great mysteries many could never even guess at. For you are small but mighty 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kismit Posted December 13, 2016 #34 Share Posted December 13, 2016 (edited) Kartikg , how many guesses can I have? Edited December 13, 2016 by Kismit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kartikg Posted December 13, 2016 Author #35 Share Posted December 13, 2016 19 minutes ago, Kismit said: Kartikg , , how many guesses can I have? a true psychic doesn't guess. everyone should get only one chance. so your turns are over 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrLzs Posted December 13, 2016 #36 Share Posted December 13, 2016 Dam, I think Kismit was onto it... I reckon she was almost there..! But I think I see a flaw in this... Where exactly is the subjective judgement that is absolutely required for psychic readings??? You cannot possibly expect any psychic claimant to get interested in something scientific and simple and genuinely random and for which there is no chance to skew the results... We need Dean Radin or Rupert Sheldrake to set up a test! Then the psychics (including dogs who know their owners are coming home (that's an in-joke..)) will flock to the test. They will be very interested in helping with the judgement process and teaching others how to get matches even when the match isn't at all obvious........ (Gee, I hope I didn't let on that I was being a little sarcastic/cynical..) BTW, kartikg, I have to be a nitpicker. If you get to choose the number, then that does in fact skew the randomness. Think about it - if you were deliberately trying to help the claimant, you could have put subtle clues in your posts, and similarly if you want to think up a difficult to guess number, then I can think of a few criteria for that too (I'd rather not divulge how, for reasons that might become clear later in this thread...). It would be better to start a suitable random number generator, and then look away for a while and then stop it without looking, so that it is genuinely random. (It's actually quite difficult to create a truly random number, but there are ways..) Anyway, my guess? 83,405. Of course................ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kartikg Posted December 13, 2016 Author #37 Share Posted December 13, 2016 2 minutes ago, ChrLzs said: Dam, I think Kismit was onto it... I reckon she was almost there..! . ut I think I see a flaw in this... . Where exactly is the subjective judgement that is absolutely required for psychic readings??? You cannot possibly expect any psychic claimant to get interested in something scientific and simple and genuinely random and for which there is no chance to skew the results... We need Dean Radin or Rupert Sheldrake to set up a test! Then the psychics (including dogs who know their owners are coming home (that's an in-joke..)) will flock to the test. They will be very interested in helping with the judgement process and teaching others how to get matches even when the match isn't at all obvious........ (Gee, I hope I didn't let on that I was being a little sarcastic/cynical..) BTW, kartikg, I have to be a nitpicker. If you get to choose the number, then that does in fact skew the randomness. Think about it - if you were deliberately trying to help the claimant, you could have put subtle clues in your posts, and similarly if you want to think up a difficult to guess number, then I can think of a few criteria for that too (I'd rather not divulge how, for reasons that might become clear later in this thread...). It would be better to start a suitable random number generator, and then look away for a while and then stop it without looking, so that it is genuinely random. (It's actually quite difficult to create a truly random number, but there are ways..) Anyway, my guess? 83,405. Of course................ A psychic will say random number generator is an inanimate object with no consciousness and hence has no energy or something like that, so I choose a number and I am thinking about it to maximize or skew the test in favor of psychics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrLzs Posted December 13, 2016 #38 Share Posted December 13, 2016 Just now, kartikg said: A psychic will say random number generator is an inanimate object with no consciousness and hence has no energy or something like that, so I choose a number and I am thinking about it to maximize or skew the test in favor of psychics. Fairy nuff. BTW, you can stop it now and tell everyone I was right, if you want... no point letting it drag on once the truth is out there..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Willis Posted December 13, 2016 #39 Share Posted December 13, 2016 666 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kismit Posted December 13, 2016 #40 Share Posted December 13, 2016 (edited) Theoretically, If 50,000 people all posted a different number, there would be a 50% chance that one person could get the number correct. How will they prove if they were actually psychic or just plain lucky? 12356 That's my legit attempt. Edited December 13, 2016 by Kismit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kartikg Posted December 13, 2016 Author #41 Share Posted December 13, 2016 50 minutes ago, Kismit said: Theoretically, If 50,000. people all posted a different number, there would be a 50% chance that one person could get the number correct. How will they prove if they were actually psychic or just plain lucky? 12356 That's my legit attempt. well that's pretty easy the person or persons who got it right can be made to test again . Anyway I don't see 50k psychics attemptIno, hardly 2 or 3 have tried, let's see by tomorrow how many psychic will attempt 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forsberg Posted December 13, 2016 #42 Share Posted December 13, 2016 Well, I think that the problem with numbers, zener cards, etc., is the fact, that these tests have been designed by the "isolated" intellect, without taking into account how mind works and how it develops. In brief, guessing a specific message, such as an address, a number, and things like this, is too ambitious, beause it takes a great deal of different mental skills (people usually have no idea about, nor terms for them yet) to acomplish an assignment like this. I suggest therefore, in order to test your psychic skills, to take first something natural, a thing that might be described in many ways on many levels, no matter how clearly or vaguely. For instance, think of something like train: the perfect answer would be of course that it's a train, but some people might have not such clear "visions", but their mind could hint them a transportation mean, a motion, railways, railstations, crowds within a transportation, and all the other not-specific, but more vague answers. Because this is how mind really works; intellect is a part (not the whole mind) that has difficulties in understanding what and how other mind parts do / work. As long as you are training yourselves, do not expect answers to be perfectly clear at the beginning. It takes time to master yourself, as with everything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrLzs Posted December 13, 2016 #43 Share Posted December 13, 2016 (edited) 55 minutes ago, forsberg said: Well, I think that the problem with numbers, zener cards, etc., is the fact, that these tests have been designed by the "isolated" intellect, without taking into account how mind works and how it develops. No, the problem is that paranormal power claimants need to eliminate OBJECTIVE testing and use subjective testing, to increase their chances way, way above normal probability. That's simply cheating. It's only by cheating that they can get positive results. Quote I suggest therefore, in order to test your psychic skills, to take first something natural, a thing that might be described in many ways on many levels, no matter how clearly or vaguely. Yes, that's the way, use a method that guarantees success. Hang on.. was this thread about testing psychic powers, or self-delusion? I'm confused. Quote For instance, think of something like train: the perfect answer would be of course that it's a train, but some people might have not such clear "visions", but their mind could hint them a transportation mean, a motion, railways, railstations, crowds within a transportation, and all the other not-specific, but more vague answers. Yes, and if the person envisaged a sunset over a beach, well, obviously, the train was passing by and that was the scene outside. If they visualised a grasshopper, that's because the train is about to run it over. If they visualised a loving relationship, well, many trains have a reputation for being romantic.... And so on. You may laugh, but I've seen some 'studies' that abused subjectivity in just that fashion. Quote As long as you are training yourselves, do not expect answers to be perfectly clear at the beginning. It takes time to master yourself, as with everything. Yes, just like learning how to cold- or warm-read - once you get the hang of it, and/or learn how to use subjectivity to get more hits than you deserve... then you have genuine psychic powers. Or perhaps not. Edited December 13, 2016 by ChrLzs 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Thorvir Posted December 13, 2016 #46 Share Posted December 13, 2016 (edited) Why in the hell does anyone think this is going to work? What psychic would come in here, knowing that they'll just be ridiculed when they get the number wrong. And if any do guess...and that's what they'll do, guess...and end up getting it right, then they'll just claim that as evidence that they have powers. I'll use my own psychic ability and predict that no good will come from this thread...except for some comedy as people try to guess the number in funny ways. BTW, I guess 1. Ever watch The Price is Right? Edited December 13, 2016 by Thorvir Hrothgaard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XenoFish Posted December 13, 2016 #47 Share Posted December 13, 2016 2 minutes ago, Thorvir Hrothgaard said: Why in the hell does anyone think this is going to work? What psychic would come in here, knowing that they'll just be ridiculed when they get the number wrong. And if any do guess...and that's what they'll do, guess...and end up getting it right, then they'll just claim that as evidence that they have powers. I'll use my own psychic ability and predict that no good will come from this thread...except for some comedy as people try to guess the number in funny ways. BTW, I guess 1. Ever watch The Price is Right? I'd like to buy a vowel. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olate1 Posted December 14, 2016 #48 Share Posted December 14, 2016 1 hour ago, XenoFish said: I'd like to buy a vowel. As Vanna White moves her vowels..... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kismit Posted December 14, 2016 #49 Share Posted December 14, 2016 (edited) 3 hours ago, Thorvir Hrothgaard said: BTW, I guess 1. Ever watch The Price is Right? I already guessed 1.... omg. i bet it is 1..... anybody else feel like it could be 1? I know it's not Pi. Edited December 14, 2016 by Kismit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forsberg Posted December 14, 2016 #50 Share Posted December 14, 2016 20 hours ago, ChrLzs said: No, the problem is that paranormal power claimants need to eliminate OBJECTIVE testing and use subjective testing, to increase their chances way, way above normal probability. That's simply cheating. It's only by cheating that they can get positive results CrhLzs, first of all, please quit your sarcasm, which helps no one I guess. Cheating is when you have an intention to cheat or delude yourself. Otherwise it's training. What I wrote above is not a way to prove anything (in particular, prove scientifcally), as you seem to suggest in your post. I shared my experiences what it takes to gain a better skills, not to be a perfect telepath with just your first "crawling" step. It's a mental skill like any other - without right approach, you will attain and prove nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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