I’ve never seen anyone blindfolded for this particular test. If any were, it would only be because the claimant and tester agreed it was obviously pertinent to a particular special case. Also, if they were getting clues from the local terrain, this isn’t paranormal powers being tested, which is what the whole test is about. This isn’t anything new and groundbreaking what you reveal here about how certain local dowsers can get clues from the terrain and seems common knowledge to most folk. Randi also says the same thing, which is why a special test area has to be built. You’ve had this on your mind for at least ten years. Have you designed a better field test? If so, let’s see it. Show us what would be fair, and be specific.
Very interesting article about the cocoa puffs, which explains another charge PM made against Randi. That article also brings other things to light, and covers other charges PM has made against Randi when it turns out it was due to mistranslation problems in Japanese, with the most prominent being when Randi said: “I said Franklin had a way of shooting himself in the foot.” It got translated: “Wilbur Franklin found out Uri Geller was a fake and shot himself.”
I hope others will take the time to read your link.
He’s flaky about this though, as mentioned in post # 84, just when you think Geller is going to spill the beans, he backtracks on later interviews saying: “…I no longer say that I do supernatural things. It doesn’t mean that I don’t have powers. It means that I don’t say ‘it’s supernatural’, I say I’m a mystifier!’ That’s what I said. And the sceptics turned it around and said, ‘Uri Geller said he’s a magician!’ I never said that.”
Geller has put himself in a precarious situation. He can’t totally give up the gig, which I think could open him up to a whole new line of litigation. He’ll have to maintain this flakiness the rest of his life or risk more potential serious lawsuits, IMO. Which judging from his history, won’t be difficult to do.