Noted Skeptic, James Randi Challenges Skeptiko’s Telepathic Dog
Following the release of a new video purporting to show a psychic dog, Skeptic James Randi has called for Skeptiko host Alex Tsakiris to apply for the JREF Million Dollar Challenge.
Del Mar, CA, April 19, 2008 --(PR.com)-- James Randi is famous for challenging psi researchers to prove phenomena like ESP and telepathy, but he may have met his match with Tommy the dog that knows when his owner is coming home. According to Skeptiko host, Alex Tsakiris:
“…since our release of a video showing that Tommy seems to have a telepathic link with his owner, we’ve received a lot of interest in our experiment… and I’m certainly pleased that Mr. Randi has shown interest… of course, we’d love to receive the million dollar prize, but most importantly, we have to do good science.”
Tsakiris added that several Universities have shown an interest in moving this research forward:
“…the attention from Randi’s Million Dollar Challenge is great, but it can’t get in the way of the research… and for that we need folks qualified in the science of animal behavior. Let’s just do the research… then we’ll see if Randi will pay up.”
A video of the first experimental trial is available at: http://www.dogsthatknow.com/blog/?p=9.
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“…since our release of a video showing that Tommy seems to have a telepathic link with his owner, we’ve received a lot of interest in our experiment… and I’m certainly pleased that Mr. Randi has shown interest… of course, we’d love to receive the million dollar prize, but most importantly, we have to do good science.”
Tsakiris added that several Universities have shown an interest in moving this research forward:
“…the attention from Randi’s Million Dollar Challenge is great, but it can’t get in the way of the research… and for that we need folks qualified in the science of animal behavior. Let’s just do the research… then we’ll see if Randi will pay up.”
A video of the first experimental trial is available at: http://www.dogsthatknow.com/blog/?p=9.
About Skeptiko.com
Skeptiko is the first scientifically oriented Podcast exploring new research in controversial areas of science such as telepathy, psi, parapsychology, near-death-experience, reincarnation, and after-life encounters. Each episode features open, honest debate on new scientific discoveries. The show includes interviews with top research scientists and their critics.
About OpenSourceScience.net
OpenSourceScience is the first scientifically oriented website to bring the power of open source methods to the skeptical examination of controversial areas of science such as telepathy, psi, parapsychology, near-death experiences, reincarnation, and after-life encounters.
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