"Psychics" completely blow it. Again.

[Archae]

Then again, they always blow it.

Not a Single Psychic in the World Came Close To Guessing a Dead Man’s Secret Message

October 14, 2016 by Terry Firma 128 Comments

Rolf Erik Eikemo, a Norwegian man who should have been in the prime of his life, instead succumbed to cancer last year. But he will live on — at least on Google — because he agreed to a very cool experiment proposed by the TV show Folkeopplysningen (Public Education).

Editors of that program, which frequently takes aim at superstition and woo, heard that Eikemo’s days were numbered, and got in touch to ask him if he would write a secret message on a piece of paper, seal it in an envelope, and put it in a safe.

The idea was that after Eikemo died, psychics from around the world would be given the chance to either remote-view the note via paranormal means, or would somehow get inside the deceased’s head to learn what he had scribbled.

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2016/10/14/not-a-single-psychic-in-the-world-came-close-to-guessing-a-dead-mans-secret-message/?utm_source=SilverpopMailing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=friendlyatheist_101516UTC051015_daily&utm_content=&spMailingID=52539778&spUserID=MTE4MTY1MzAzMTE5S0&spJobID=1022903938&spReportId=MTAyMjkwMzkzOAS2

[frogmarch]

1. But...but...

it could be argued that so intent was he to disprove life after death, that he closed his spirit mind so that no one could get inside it.

His experiment did show that remote viewing doesn't work, though - at least not for anyone trying to remote-view his note.

Thanks for posting this, Archae. I love goofy paranormal stuff!

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

2. This little experiment neither proves nor disproves life after death.

At it proves is that not a single one of the psychics, remote viewers, etc, were able to glean the contents of the note.

And at that, this is only one such test and does not definitively disprove remote viewing. It wouldn't be that hard to do a whole bunch more of these tests.

[Archae]

3. No, it doesn't prove or disprove anything.

But the old saying is still very true.

"Extraordinary claims (like having psychic powers) require extraordinary evidence."

And every time, *EVERY* time, "psychics" are tested in conditions where they can't cheat, they fail. Totally.