Patrick Dixon;288620 Wrote: > (I haven't followed the Randi thing very closely, but FWIU, someone > wanted to take up his challenge, but it was specifically aimed at one > particular manufacturer and one particular set of cables, and the rules > were very tightly drawn to that purpose. Mr Randi is not about to give > up his $1M in the interests of science, he is really just interested in > the publicity.)
Here's more reading: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Randi_Educational_Foundation#The_One_Million_Dollar_Paranormal_Challenge The original challenge was for paranormals. Over 1000 people have tried to get the money but all have failed. Whilst he certainly is in the public eye, he's doing a valuable service (IMHO) embarrassing and debunking fraudsters. The whole thing with Pear cables was a sideline, and it was Pear who withdrew (and it wasn't "aimed at one manufacturer"). http://www.randi.org/joom/latest-jref-news/blake-withdrawls-from-pear-cable-challenge.html -- radish ------------------------------------------------------------------------ radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=45736 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
