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Subject: ESP: Put up or shut up - (nf)
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Date: Sun, 18-Nov-84 01:42:59 EST
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inmet!nrh    Nov 17 02:39:00 1984

As for all this ESP stuff, anyone who thinks that they've got a
repeatable version of it should show it to James Randi, who has
offered, for the last 20 years, the sum of $10,000 for producing
this sort of effect under proper test conditions.

I can't say for sure what those conditions will be, but I know that in
the past Randi has insisted on a written document outlining the
phenomena that will occur and the experimental protocol that will be
used, in order to win the 10 grand.

Of the hundreds of people he's tested, Randi estimates that 95% of them
honestly believed that they had psionic abilities.  He doesn't know
of anyone who was disabused of the idea by their failure to make
things happen under good testing procedure and the scrutiny of
professional magicians.

Randi has written a good book on the subject, "Flim Flam", which I 
reviewed in net.books some time ago.  If there's enough interest, I'll
repost the review here.