There's a very easy test that could be done with Edward. - Have a dying person write a specific answer to a question that only he would know, and have it written down before the person dies. Seal the answer in an envelope such that it could not be tampered with without being very obvious. Put that in a save deposit box that a neutral third party controls.
Then have John Edward via his communicating with the dead say what the person's answer is. chances are he'll refuse the test. Or if not get it quite wrong. If such so-called psychics had a shred of honesty they would agree to such a test. >> On Dec 23, 2007 7:35 PM, Jim Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >The one I remember specifically was the segment John Hockenberry did for >NBC. Edwards "surprisingly" channeled the dead father of the NBC cameraman >- big spot in the show, he "guessed" the guy's name, that his father had >died and a few other tidbits. > >Later it was discovered that the same cameraman had done "b-roll" work with >Edward that morning and had specifically has a conversation with him where >his father's death was mentioned. > >Joe Nickell (one of the most respected skeptics active today) details the >whole thing in a larger piece about Mediums in general and Edward in >specific: > >http://www.csicop.org/si/2001-11/i-files.html > >Of course like most "mediums" the most telling debunking is that they do >nothing truly special - nothing that can't be done by anybody with a little >training and a little deception. > >The very first episode of "Penn and Teller: Bullshit" ("Talking to the >Dead") has some great examples of this stuff: > >http://www.spikedhumor.com/articles/74438/Penn_Teller_Bullsh_t_Talking_to_th >e_Dead.html > >Salon did a decent article on the technique (relating to Edward) here: > >http://dir.salon.com/story/people/feature/2002/06/13/probability/index.html > >It's hard to judge somebody like Edward from TV: the shows are so edited >that it definitely does seem miraculous. The HUGE number of misses are just >sent to the cutting room floor - but watch an unedited performance and >really listen: nothing is all that special. > >If somebody admittedly fooling you can perform just as well as a >self-proclaimed medium then why believe the medium? All it would take it >ONE of these charlatans to perform under testable, repeatable circumstances >to vindicate the entire profession. > >But none have and if history is any guide none ever will. > >Jim Davis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:249124 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
