Of course you are making deliberate misrepresentations.
Look, here is what Randi said. Not just here, he has been telling the same story for at least 30 years. This is only one example.
*I challenge all the dowsers in a similar way. Since 94 percent of the Earth’s surface has water within drillable distance my challenge is to find a dry spot! They don’t want to do it. Why? Because they only have a six percent chance of success. *
I sent in my application, and agreed to find him a dry spot, using the EXACT protocol Randi has described on numerous occasions.
You know this, and you have deliberately lied about it.
Is there any further point to this? I think it’s clear that Peter Morris isn’t ever going to convinced it’s not hate speech, and nobody else is ever going to be convinced it is.
Ladies, Gentlemen and Marley: to all the newbies. Remember what I posted in post 108? This right here is exactly what I mean. He stalked Randi for thirty years because of one misunderstood/misinterpreted sentence. He’ll never, ever concede a point. Ever. Like I said, poke him with sticks, point and laugh at him, but don’t try to take him seriously.
*30 years?!? I almost wrote “decades” rather than “years” in post 108 but wasn’t sure how long it’d been. Over a quarter of a century with no-one on the entire internet supporting him. Wow…just…wow.
Oh Fenris, I do love you.
ETA: is Peter one of those people who believes in the whole “holding two sticks and seeing if they touch together to detect water” thing?
Well, mods, you can see how this jerk continues to insult me, and continues to lie. Are you going to do anything about it, or will you let Randi supporters break the rules with impunity, like you usually do?
You folks can call me a woowoo if you like, but I believe this thread is going to take a drastic turn, and will end with Fenris, Marley and Peter skipping through a field of daisies, hand in hand.
Actually, while I wouldn’t junior mod, my understanding of the rules is that you were OK when you said I was engaging in “jerkish behavior”, but I think that calling me a jerk in ATMB is in direct violations of the rules.
Just answer these questions. That will show if you are a jerk or not.
Q1) James Randi says there is water under 94% of the earth’s surface. Do you think this figure is accurate?
Q2) James Randi has been saying “find me a dry spot” for at least 30 years. Do you think this is a sensible design for a test?
Q3) James Randi claims that he ALWAYS offered the test to dowsers and found that “they don’t want to.” Do you think he has done so, or is he lying?
What I think is that water is actually pretty rare and hard to find underground, it’s a stupid way of running a test, and his claims that he challenged dowsers and they refused are all lies.
I sent in my application in order to prove a point. I knew he would chicken out of actually conducting the test, and I was right.
What I think is, you already knew that he’s a liar, you support his lies, and hate me for exposing him. Which makes you a jerk.
whoo-whoo! (this in no way is meant to be confused with woo-woo, which has multiple meanings). whoo-whoo IS pronounced the same way as woo-woo, but that’s not whoo-whoo’s fault.
And a woo-hoo! is a Homer Simpson exclamation of happiness.
I still have no idea what is going on in here, but since I read all 3 pages, I felt compelled to respond.
One thing I am honestly confused by. Peter Morris, if you are this upset about something, why on earth do you pay to post here? You can get aggravated for free, you know.
Because I am only occasionally annoyed by misbehaviour by a minority. Most of the time the Dope is a source of useful information, and interesting discussions on TV shows that I watch.
