Robert de Boer

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Robert de Boer responded:

Subject: Re: Psychic Challenge
Date: Sat, 8 Sep 2001 18:38:07 +1200
From: "Robert de Boer" <[email protected]>
To: "John Blanton" <[email protected]>

John,

I have tried to make myself as clear as possible. I do not dream up flipping coins so those sort of tests are out.

I'll make a prediction based on a dream, we will then determine its probability of happening just by chance. We wait and see if there is an outcome and the Challenge is underway if I can get one right prediction in the first ten extraordinary predictions. Each of these must have a probability of failing greater than 9:10 A maximum of a 10% chance of randomly occurring. Once we get going we will see if it is a workable test. No minimum chance, in fact the smaller the more remarkable it will be of course.

If we agree at that stage we go into the real test. I think it will be of value to both of us.

If you will agree to this and we sign the contract, and the next communication from me hopefully will be my first prophetic prediction of the NTS Psychic Challenge.

Here's for hoping.
Robert de Boer

We responded:

Subject: Re: Psychic Challenge
Date: Sat, 08 Sep 2001 08:11:34 -0500
From: John Blanton <[email protected]>
Organization: The North Texas Skeptics
To: Robert de Boer <[email protected]>

Robert de Boer wrote:

John,

I have tried to make myself as clear as possible. I do not dream up flipping coins so those sort of tests are out.

I know you don['t] dream of flipping coins. I was just giving that as a testing example.

I'll make a prediction based on a dream, we will then determine its probability of happening just by chance. We wait and see if there is an outcome and the Challenge is underway if I can get one right prediction in the first ten extraordinary predictions. Each of these must have a probability of failing greater than 9:10

A maximum of a 10% chance of randomly occurring. Once we get going we will see if it is a workable test. No minimum chance, in fact the smaller the more remarkable it will be of course.

No. Go back and read the instructions again. We set up the test first. And first you have to demonstrate some ability before we even go to the trouble of working with you. How do we know you have any ability at all unless you show us something.

You can see the difficult of testing your predictions if they are so vague.

Predictions please.

If we agree at that stage we go into the real test. I think it will be of value to both of us.

Yes. Show us something first, then we will work with you.

If you will agree to this and we sign the contract, and the next communication from me hopefully will be my first prophetic prediction of the NTS Psychic Challenge.

We want to see something before we will even go to the trouble. We are skeptical you can do anything worth testing.

John Blanton
The North Texas Skeptics
http://www.ntskeptics.org

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