Exploring Psychic Powers Live! - Video

Richard · 17th February 2007, 12:14 AM

OK friends. Time to out do myself! Here it is, Exploring Psychic Powers Live!

http://www.fupload.com/download.php?...7vy0nmq9jk8hdw

Bill Bixby
James Randi
Penn & Teller
Sylvia Browne
Uri Geller

and much more.....

Exploring Psychic Powers Live! was a television show aired live on June 7, 1989. In it, Randi examined several people claiming psychic powers. The show offered $100,000 (Randi's then $10,000 prize plus $90,000 put up by the show's syndicator, Lexington Broadcasting) to anyone who could demonstrate genuine psychic powers. The show is a good illustration of how claimants and Randi agree to test protocols and how no "judging" is required.

* An astrologer claimed that he was able to guess correctly a person's astrological sign after talking with them for a few minutes. He was presented with twelve people, one at the time, each with a different astrological sign. The people could not tell the astrologer their astrological sign or birth date, nor could they wear anything that would indicate it. After the astrologer talked to the people, he had them sit in front of a sign that the astrologer thought was theirs. By agreement, the astrologer needed to get ten of them correct to win. He got none correct.

* The next psychic claimed to be able to read auras around people. The psychic claimed that auras were visible at least five inches from the people. The psychic chose ten people who had a clearly visible aura. The people were to stand behind screens and the psychic agreed that the aura would be visible above the screens. The screens were numbered 1 through 10, and people were selected whether or not to stand behind their screen at random. The psychic was to tell whether or not a person was standing behind each screen, by seeing the aura above. Since random guessing would be expected to get about five correct, the psychic needed to get eight of the ten right. The psychic stated that she saw an aura over all ten screens, however people were behind only four of the screens.

* A dowser claimed that he could locate water even if it was in a bottle inside a sealed cardboard box. He was shown twenty boxes and the dowser was to indicate which boxes contained a water bottle. He indicated that eight of the boxes contained water, but only five did.

* A psychometric psychic claimed to be able to receive personal information about the owner of an object from the object. In order to avoid ambiguous statements, the psychic agreed to be presented with a watch and a key from twelve different people. The psychic was to match keys and watches belonging to the same person. According to the prior agreement, the psychic had to match nine out of the twelve sets, but she succeeded in only two of the cases.

* During the program, another psychic was doing a run of 250 Zener cards, guessing which of the five symbols was on each one. Random guessing should result in about fifty correct guesses, so it was agreed in advance that the psychic had to be right on eighty-two cards. Her actual score was fifty correct guesses.

Richard · 17th February 2007, 02:10 PM

BTW, the video is RealVideo and 281 MB. But it's worth it. Wait until you see how badly Sylvia Browne does her cold reading!

Macoy · 17th February 2007, 08:51 PM

Extraordinary!

$2 a call?

DangerousBeliefs · 18th February 2007, 11:03 AM

Awesome.... need to bookmark it for the future.

Wish we had more folks -willing- to put their abilities to the test on TV using such protocols.

Sylvia Brown(e) was incredibly sad. She was so vague, her readings couldn't be proven wrong (on the show).

Moochie · 18th February 2007, 11:08 AM

Originally Posted by Richard

OK friends. Time to out do myself! Here it is, Exploring Psychic Powers Live!

Is it available in anything other than Real? I don't trust those fockers...

M.

Steve Knight · 19th February 2007, 06:04 AM

Richard, a million thanks. I'm always looking for Geller material so really appreciate uploads like this.

SimonJ1966 · 19th February 2007, 06:55 PM

Thanks Richard, that was a great find.

The most incredible thing was the astrolger getting 100% wrong. The chance of that occuring is mindboggling alone. Any maths types here able to compute the probablility of that feat?

Also seeing Sylvia squirming around, in the hole she dug herself into, was very satisfying.

Hatchet · 19th February 2007, 11:21 PM

Originally Posted by Moochie

Is it available in anything other than Real? I don't trust those fockers...

M.

I don't either. But you can try RealAlternative from www(dot)free-codecs(dot)com/download/Real_Alternative.htm

(Sorry I haven't posted enough, so I need to munge to URL)

Richard · 20th February 2007, 04:19 AM

Well.. now it's 'out there', someone should put it on Google Videos......

Puggy · 20th February 2007, 09:16 AM

Simply, AMAZING!

Definitely should be put on Video Google and Youtube.

Thanks, Richard.

Moochie · 20th February 2007, 11:31 AM

Thanks for the link, Richard, and thank you, Hatchet, for the link to the player. It was very much appreciated.

M.

17th February 2007, 12:14 AM	#1
Richard Muse Join Date: Jul 2001 Posts: 960	Exploring Psychic Powers Live! - Video OK friends. Time to out do myself! Here it is, Exploring Psychic Powers Live! http://www.fupload.com/download.php?...7vy0nmq9jk8hdw Bill Bixby James Randi Penn & Teller Sylvia Browne Uri Geller and much more..... Exploring Psychic Powers Live! was a television show aired live on June 7, 1989. In it, Randi examined several people claiming psychic powers. The show offered $100,000 (Randi's then $10,000 prize plus $90,000 put up by the show's syndicator, Lexington Broadcasting) to anyone who could demonstrate genuine psychic powers. The show is a good illustration of how claimants and Randi agree to test protocols and how no "judging" is required. * An astrologer claimed that he was able to guess correctly a person's astrological sign after talking with them for a few minutes. He was presented with twelve people, one at the time, each with a different astrological sign. The people could not tell the astrologer their astrological sign or birth date, nor could they wear anything that would indicate it. After the astrologer talked to the people, he had them sit in front of a sign that the astrologer thought was theirs. By agreement, the astrologer needed to get ten of them correct to win. He got none correct. * The next psychic claimed to be able to read auras around people. The psychic claimed that auras were visible at least five inches from the people. The psychic chose ten people who had a clearly visible aura. The people were to stand behind screens and the psychic agreed that the aura would be visible above the screens. The screens were numbered 1 through 10, and people were selected whether or not to stand behind their screen at random. The psychic was to tell whether or not a person was standing behind each screen, by seeing the aura above. Since random guessing would be expected to get about five correct, the psychic needed to get eight of the ten right. The psychic stated that she saw an aura over all ten screens, however people were behind only four of the screens. * A dowser claimed that he could locate water even if it was in a bottle inside a sealed cardboard box. He was shown twenty boxes and the dowser was to indicate which boxes contained a water bottle. He indicated that eight of the boxes contained water, but only five did. * A psychometric psychic claimed to be able to receive personal information about the owner of an object from the object. In order to avoid ambiguous statements, the psychic agreed to be presented with a watch and a key from twelve different people. The psychic was to match keys and watches belonging to the same person. According to the prior agreement, the psychic had to match nine out of the twelve sets, but she succeeded in only two of the cases. * During the program, another psychic was doing a run of 250 Zener cards, guessing which of the five symbols was on each one. Random guessing should result in about fifty correct guesses, so it was agreed in advance that the psychic had to be right on eighty-two cards. Her actual score was fifty correct guesses.
Richard Muse Join Date: Jul 2001 Posts: 960	__________________ Richard Saunders Producer of 'The Skeptic Zone Podcast' http://www.skepticzone.tv and Mystery Investigators http://www.mysteryinvestigators.com

17th February 2007, 02:10 PM	#2
Richard Muse Join Date: Jul 2001 Posts: 960	BTW, the video is RealVideo and 281 MB. But it's worth it. Wait until you see how badly Sylvia Browne does her cold reading!
Richard Muse Join Date: Jul 2001 Posts: 960	__________________ Richard Saunders Producer of 'The Skeptic Zone Podcast' http://www.skepticzone.tv and Mystery Investigators http://www.mysteryinvestigators.com

17th February 2007, 08:51 PM	#3
Macoy Graduate Poster Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 1,354	Extraordinary! $2 a call?
Macoy Graduate Poster Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 1,354

18th February 2007, 11:03 AM	#4
DangerousBeliefs Graduate Poster Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 1,299	Awesome.... need to bookmark it for the future. Wish we had more folks -willing- to put their abilities to the test on TV using such protocols. Sylvia Brown(e) was incredibly sad. She was so vague, her readings couldn't be proven wrong (on the show).
	__________________ Posting and you...

19th February 2007, 06:04 AM	#6
Steve Knight Scholar Join Date: Oct 2001 Posts: 51	Richard, a million thanks. I'm always looking for Geller material so really appreciate uploads like this.
Steve Knight Scholar Join Date: Oct 2001 Posts: 51	__________________ Steve Knight www.zem.demon.co.uk - Uri Geller - a bibliography

18th February 2007, 11:08 AM	#5
Moochie Philosopher Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Australia Posts: 5,491	Originally Posted by Richard OK friends. Time to out do myself! Here it is, Exploring Psychic Powers Live! Is it available in anything other than Real? I don't trust those fockers... M.

19th February 2007, 06:55 PM	#7
SimonJ1966 Student Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 31	Thanks Richard, that was a great find. The most incredible thing was the astrolger getting 100% wrong. The chance of that occuring is mindboggling alone. Any maths types here able to compute the probablility of that feat? Also seeing Sylvia squirming around, in the hole she dug herself into, was very satisfying.
SimonJ1966 Student Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 31

19th February 2007, 11:21 PM	#8
Hatchet Scholar Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 57	Originally Posted by Moochie Is it available in anything other than Real? I don't trust those fockers... M. I don't either. But you can try RealAlternative from www(dot)free-codecs(dot)com/download/Real_Alternative.htm (Sorry I haven't posted enough, so I need to munge to URL)
Hatchet Scholar Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 57

20th February 2007, 04:19 AM	#9
Richard Muse Join Date: Jul 2001 Posts: 960	Well.. now it's 'out there', someone should put it on Google Videos......
Richard Muse Join Date: Jul 2001 Posts: 960	__________________ Richard Saunders Producer of 'The Skeptic Zone Podcast' http://www.skepticzone.tv and Mystery Investigators http://www.mysteryinvestigators.com

20th February 2007, 09:16 AM	#10
Puggy Thinker Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 172	Simply, AMAZING! Definitely should be put on Video Google and Youtube. Thanks, Richard.
Puggy Thinker Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 172

20th February 2007, 11:31 AM	#11
Moochie Philosopher Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Australia Posts: 5,491	Thanks for the link, Richard, and thank you, Hatchet, for the link to the player. It was very much appreciated. M.