mercredi 15 octobre 2014

A test for 'psychic mediums'

Just seen this comment on The Guardian piece about Sally Morgan sacking her husband and son in law. Maybe it's an old idea, but have not seen before and liked it so thought I would share:



Laughing_Gravy Saltycroc



15 October 2014 10:34am

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"Did 'Psychic Sally' not see this coming?"



apparently not. maybe her powers are failing, a bit like a footballer who's 'legs go' once they're well past their best.



i've often thought that there's a very simple exercise that these people could go through, to prove their bona fides once and for all.



all psycho sally, or any of her peers, needs to do is agree to be locked indefinitely into a secure cell. the cell would have an electronic lock, inside and out, and the release code would be a 20 digit alphanumeric sequence, which itself would be written on the outside of the door.



all sally need to do is call up one of her 'people', from the other world, and have them read the release code to her, which she types in, opens the door, and is then handed a licence proving her credentials, and from that pooint on everyone knows she's for real.



what could possibly go wrong ?





So, let's see what could go wrong? Or, more importantly, what are the excuses as to why this would not be valid. My starter for 10:



"It doesn't work like that."





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