From: jtem01@gmail.com   
      
   Now I have long complained about the lack of ay true   
   skepticism online.   
      
   True skepticism online is a lot like caffeine in 7-Up:   
      
   Never had it, never will.   
      
   And one "Manifestation" of the lack of REAL skepticism   
   online was how anyone who made any claim sounding the   
   least bit paranormal would immediately be met with   
   idiots barking:  "Win da prize!  Go win Randi's million!"   
      
   And that really sickened me for a couple of reason which   
   I would LOVE to get into but, that's not what this story   
   is about. It's about a false claim that JTEM was trolling.   
      
   So, to show up the false "Skeptics," though not a one of   
   them was ever going to see their error, I devised a   
   cunning plan.   
      
   Yes I did.   
      
   I concocted a "Paranormal ability" that literally could   
   not be tested. AND I CROSSPOSTED IT HERE!   
      
   My claim was that I could channel Nostradamus and get the   
   answer to any question people wanted. But the trick was   
   that you had to want the specific information and nothing   
   else. If you asked me for tonight's lottery numbers, for   
   example, that wouldn't work because you don't want the   
   numbers per so, you want the lottery jackpot -- the money.   
      
   YOU WANT TO WIN!   
      
   And, of course, if you asked me a question TO TEST ME   
   then it wasn't the answer you were after, not the answer   
   to the question asked, but the answer to a differen   
   question:  "Is this guy for real?"   
      
   And, yes, I explained that if anyone broke the rules here,   
   asked a question meant to test me, for example, Nostradamus   
   would know and instead of giving you a direct answer would   
   give you some random, false answer...   
      
   So this wasn't trolling at all. This was a sincere attempt   
   at exposing the very disturbing fraud that had become   
   online skepticism and maybe provoking thought on HOW to   
   approach questions of the paranormal.   
      
   I had some really excellent points.   
      
   Nobody grasped a single one. Some "Gary Lesley" guy attacked   
   me immediately.... nothing changed... the fraud passing itself   
   off as online "Skepticism" remained fraud right up until usenet   
   died...   
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
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