The great Randi and the £1,000,000 challenge

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Bob Dalek replied

8 August 2008, 15:00
Originally posted by NotAllThere View Post

A few reasons.

1) As proposed by Jack Haldeman in his novel "Forever Peace"
2) Trade-off between getting a Nobel prize and the end of the world.

Go on then, tell me about the book...
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NotAllThere replied

8 August 2008, 14:22
Originally posted by Bob Dalek View Post

Mini black holes? FFS! Why even risk it?

A few reasons.

1) As proposed by Jack Haldeman in his novel "Forever Peace"
2) Trade-off between getting a Nobel prize and the end of the world.
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EternalOptimist replied

8 August 2008, 11:53
Originally posted by Bob Dalek View Post

Mini black holes? FFS! Why even risk it?

To paraphrase Zeity,
I'm sure I went out with her in the 70's
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Bob Dalek replied

8 August 2008, 11:42
Originally posted by sasguru View Post

Well some people put their money where their mouth is:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environmen...ngeenvironment

Once the Hadron Collider project is up-and-running, all bets will be (literally) off, allegedly.

Mini black holes? FFS! Why even risk it?
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TimberWolf replied

8 August 2008, 10:54
Originally posted by EternalOptimist View Post

The money has been placed in a sealed envelope in a sealed jar which will float around as the sea levels rise, straight to your door.

Thanks to global warming the jar could take a short-cut through the Northwest Passage and straight to your doorstep in central London
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EternalOptimist replied

8 August 2008, 10:49
Originally posted by sasguru View Post

Well some people put their money where their mouth is:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environmen...ngeenvironment

blooming heck sasman, many a true word spoken in jest and all that
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sasguru replied

8 August 2008, 10:48
I like the idea of a climate futures market. I would be able to fleece money off the sceptic dimwits. Mind you they probably wouldn't bet as they're all full of hot air.
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sasguru replied

8 August 2008, 10:47
Well some people put their money where their mouth is:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environmen...ngeenvironment
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EternalOptimist started a topic The great Randi and the £1,000,000 challenge

8 August 2008, 10:45
The great Randi and the £1,000,000 challenge

The great Randi has announced a £1,000,000 prize to the go to the first AGW zealot who can explain why global warming is not causing any global warming. The money has been placed in a sealed envelope in a sealed jar which will float around as the sea levels rise, straight to your door.
Randi is trying to debunk the claim that some AGM zealots can 'bend the truth' with just their minds. Supporters of 'truth bending' claim that they are only tiny truths, so they only require tiny minds.
So far, AGM zealots have refused to take part in any controlled CUK experiment, they have confined their 'truth bending' to untestable assertions. Most of what they say is, in fact, unrepeatable.
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