I Think Randi Made An Error In His Math

[Luke T.]

From this week's commentary:

Browne can write – and sell! – more books about nothing, than anyone I know. Remarkable. But it sure interferes with her taking the test she promised to take 267 weeks ago! Damn! That’s more than five years! Surely she can slow down long enough to snap up our million bucks?

I saw the show Sylvia accepted the Challenge. It aired on Larry King Live on 9/3/01 (http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0109/03/lkl.00.html).

KING: Are you willing to take his test?

BROWNE: Yeah, whatever test it is. But how can you test it?


Less than five years ago.

But eight days before 9/11, which she didn't say a word about.

[ShowMe]

From this week's commentary:



I saw the show Sylvia accepted the Challenge. It aired on Larry King Live on 9/3/01 (http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0109/03/lkl.00.html).




Less than five years ago.

But eight days before 9/11, which she didn't say a word about.


On the Sylvia clock on the main web page it shows the actual time is 244 weeks.

He says that 267 weeks is more than 5 years.

So his math was fine. It's his reading skills that may need work.
:-)

[Ririon]

She has been on more than one Larry King show.

[Mojo]

9/3/01 is more than five years ago.







At least it is over here

[Zep]

What does it matter now anyway? More than about 3 months and she was already as deep in the poo as she was ever going to get. All the counter serves now is to show she is still in the same cesspit, deep as ever.

[Darat]

From this week's commentary:



I saw the show Sylvia accepted the Challenge. It aired on Larry King Live on 9/3/01 (http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0109/03/lkl.00.html).




Less than five years ago.

But eight days before 9/11, which she didn't say a word about.

See (emphasis by me):

http://www.randi.org/sylvia/index.html
The new Sylvia Browne Clock is placed here so that interested readers can follow an ongoing situation. The original clock started March 6th 2001, and ran 181 days. Then Sylvia agreed, on September 3rd 2001, to the suggested protocol for a definitive test of her claimed powers, for the JREF million-dollar prize.
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[Just thinking]

The real problem is that Larry is on the side of the Woos; in this particular case, Sylvia's. If he (and any other woo pusher) would only put her feet to the fire as did Johnny Carson did to Geller, then at least we could see some real squirming on her part on TV. Larry also screens calls for Sylvia when she's on his show so as to reduce the amount of squirm -- but occasionally a zinger squeeks by.