Ladybrook - Experiment in Repitition.

Lothian · 18th August 2003, 07:58 AM

In this thread (Towards the end) it has been questioned whether Luci managed to backpost Ladybrook some time after the timestamp. Whether it is possible or not is not the question of this thread.

You will note the specific

prediction made by Luci namely, “Ladybrook” and the comparison with the actual event which was, Some time after Luci posted Ladybrook a bomb didn’t go off near Ladybrook in Ireland.

I am wondering if this fantastic piece of supernatural foresight

can be replicated by myself and others. I therefore suggest that anyone who wishes can post a word (or for the more adventurous two or more words). Those really brave may even wish to post a specific event and time frame.

Luci said that words come into her head but not when they will be significant. I suggest however that we try to put a weeks limit and only count hits within a week of posting. You can then report back and see if your prediction can better Luci's as a resounding proof of the supernatural

My Prediction “Clapton”

BNiles · 18th August 2003, 08:09 AM

Autobahn, crash

Lothian · 18th August 2003, 08:13 AM

Please note: any predictions that I still won’t be able to spell ‘repetition’ correctly will not be seen as showing psychic ability.

KelvinG · 18th August 2003, 08:24 AM

I'm afraid this is a no win proposition.

If any of the words prove significant to some yet to occur event, Luci will claim that psirony is at work within the person posting the word, even if they aren't aware it is working. Thus proving here theory correct. (at least in her mind)

If no words bear any significance, she will say that this proves just how amazing her "Ladybrook" prediction was, since no skeptic could replicate the process.

Believers like Luci always find an "out" so that they can ignore reality and say "See, I told you so."

But, I'll play anyway: Bridgeport

Lothian · 18th August 2003, 12:49 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by KelvinG
I'm afraid this is a no win proposition.

If any of the words prove significant to some yet to occur event, Luci will claim that psirony is at work within the person posting the word, even if they aren't aware it is working. Thus proving here theory correct. (at least in her mind)

Luci is an idiot, who lacks basic reasoning skills, failing totally to understand probability.

In Ian Rowland’s fantastic book “The full facts book of Cold reading” he discusses the “Lucky guess”. This tactic, one of 38 he describes in the book, is a sure fire winner if it comes off because there is no way that it can be de bunked. In the book Ian is talking about using it in a real time reading (and naturally gives numerous ways out if the guess is wrong).

It struck me however that in Luci’s guessing game, sorry I mean psychic ability to receive words without specific meaning, the chances of a hit would be a lot higher. Obviously with no time limit they would be a certain hit but with a shortish one I considered that there was still a good chance there would be a hit.

I just decided to test this theory publicly I realise that as a true paranormal scientist I am supposed to carry out my testing in secret, tell the world of the fantastic results then refuse to divulge the full details and controls in the experiment. I guess I need more practice.

Jeff Corey · 18th August 2003, 01:04 PM

BLACKOUT!
I meant to post this 5 days ago but I forgot.

Dragonrock · 18th August 2003, 01:13 PM

Let me throw out my word, (no, it's not Taco)

CYST

MRC_Hans · 18th August 2003, 01:18 PM

Farnborough

and, of course: Bagdad

Hans

dingler44 · 18th August 2003, 01:19 PM

cabin fever

13 days from today - plumes of smoke saturated with the prematurely departed souls of the innocent will deliver their passengers to Him.

Soapy Sam · 18th August 2003, 04:16 PM

A steroid.

jj · 18th August 2003, 04:35 PM

Crash, I80, next week, Truck.

do I win?

Pyrrho · 18th August 2003, 04:59 PM

New Madrid.

Yahweh · 18th August 2003, 05:13 PM

Official Prediction By Yahweh:
Next year's summer movies will contain sequels to this year's summer movies, those sequels will suck.

That is a prediction from the mouth of Yahweh himself, see the prophecy fulfilled, then bow down to me.

Quinn · 18th August 2003, 05:56 PM

By trusting my spirit guide to subconsciously direct me to open to the right page in the dictionary, and using my own psi ability to intuit the correct word on that page, I arrived at the following prediction:

Kingpin.

Quinn

Ratman_tf · 18th August 2003, 08:06 PM

Schwarzenegger.

jj · 18th August 2003, 08:07 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Pyrrho
New Madrid.

Nah, Richter says that's a failed rift attempt!

PinkRabbit · 18th August 2003, 10:18 PM

All right. I'll play.

Tulsa.

Because nothing interesting ever happens there, so I should be safe (boy, is my girlfriend gonna be pissed off if something does and I didn't warn her since that's where she is right now).

Barb

zer0vector · 19th August 2003, 04:39 AM

Scranton, PA

Bananas

With all due respect to Harry Chapin.

voidx · 19th August 2003, 10:37 AM

I was going to use 401k and Bush, but damnit if a post thought goggle search didn't rain on my parade:
http://www.nysscpa.org/home/2002/100...ntversion7.htm
I'm Canadian by the way and just pulled a random American centric word out of my head, and typed it in with Bush and voila. I rock!

Chupacabras · 19th August 2003, 12:01 PM

Someone in this group will pass gas and, interestingly enough, no one will admit it.

This is useless. It only takes a couple of minutes to break the tactics of Luci (and several others), mainly answering or half-answering selected questions, pretending not to see others and then centering in specific twists of a topic to draw attention away.

In any case, note that my prediction will inevitably be right.

asthmatic camel · 19th August 2003, 04:35 PM

Haemorrhoids.

The spirits tell me that at least one poster on this board either has, has had or will have this painful and humiliating condition at least once in their life.

Regards,

AC.

thaiboxerken · 19th August 2003, 06:38 PM

I can imagine Lucky telling his grandkids about how he "proved the skeptics wrong" one day on the JREF.

Then, his grandkids will have him committed.

Ahh.. the sweet psirony.

Needleham

PinkRabbit · 19th August 2003, 07:19 PM

Okay, this word just popped into my head this afternoon for no apparent reason. Could be a person, a place, totally irrelevant (most likely), but what the heck.

Benning.

Barb

UnrepentantSinner · 19th August 2003, 10:25 PM

I just go "bridgeport" which could be a city, or bridge or port. Start the clock...

Quinn · 19th August 2003, 11:57 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by PinkRabbit
Okay, this word just popped into my head this afternoon for no apparent reason. Could be a person, a place, totally irrelevant (most likely), but what the heck.

Benning.

Oh my gawd, that was my wife's college roommate's last name! And my wife just got a call from her out of the blue after not hearing from her for years! Seriously!

Okay, it happened about six months ago, but still...

Quinn

The Don · 20th August 2003, 01:35 AM

I'm really going out on a limb here...

My spirit guides tell me that at some point in the next 48 hours something of importance will happen in.......

The United States of America

UnrepentantSinner · 20th August 2003, 01:57 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by PinkRabbit
All right. I'll play.

Tulsa.

Because nothing interesting ever happens there, so I should be safe (boy, is my girlfriend gonna be pissed off if something does and I didn't warn her since that's where she is right now).

Barb

Did you warn her about the gas distributor explosion? Or did that occur after your prediction?

Prester John · 20th August 2003, 02:24 AM

I'm getting a JE!

asthmatic camel · 20th August 2003, 02:43 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Prester John
I'm getting a JE!

A Jaunty Extortionist ?

MRC_Hans · 20th August 2003, 05:18 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by MRC_Hans
Farnborough

and, of course: Bagdad

Hans

BAGDAD

OK; wherez me prize??

Hans

PinkRabbit · 20th August 2003, 12:40 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by UnrepentantSinner

Did you warn her about the gas distributor explosion? Or did that occur after your prediction?

Ummm, well, I didn't warn. I know that much, since she told me about it when we talked the next day (apparently she couldn't hear it, but could see the smoke) and I hadn't actually heard about it before then. I have zero idea whether I posted before or after it actually happened though.

Hmmm, so does that mean I'm psychic?

Yes, I am joking.

Barb

ceptimus · 20th August 2003, 03:40 PM

Hmmm. Need something fairly obscure.... Wait! the mists are clearing, and I see:

Kilmarnock

Jeff Corey · 20th August 2003, 04:54 PM

Not to mention : smegma.

jj · 20th August 2003, 05:11 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by UnrepentantSinner
I just go "bridgeport" which could be a city, or bridge or port. Start the clock...

Or a machine tool.

athon · 21st August 2003, 01:23 AM

Test.

(both a test AND a prediction. Hey look ma, I'm multi-tasking...)

Athon

(9:23...397 views...calculating...)

athon · 21st August 2003, 01:26 AM

OK. New test successful.

You can post, edit within two minutes, have people view your post in the meantime, and not have any 'edited' notes added.

More points for me!

Athon

MRC_Hans · 21st August 2003, 02:24 AM

"Edited by .." message does not appear if you edit within 3 minutes of initial post.

Hans

UnrepentantSinner · 21st August 2003, 02:28 AM

Test trying to replicate athon's

36 messages 414 views

-- edited to add test test after 15 minutes

---edited to add If you immedately open the edit screen and just leave it open for 15 minutes... the notice of edit does show up.

Strike my theory...

athon · 21st August 2003, 04:19 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by UnrepentantSinner
Test trying to replicate athon's

36 messages 414 views

-- edited to add test test after 15 minutes

---edited to add If you immedately open the edit screen and just leave it open for 15 minutes... the notice of edit does show up.

Strike my theory...

OK, so does this indicate that you can post, edit before 4 minutes, remain in the edit screen for a maximum of 15 minutes before the 'edited by' stamp shows?

Claus indicated in the other thread that he tested the theory, but feels his post failed on account of his looking at his own thread. But I did that earlier - perhaps it is just a time thing afterall.

On that I'd be willing to renounce the theory.

I admit, this is kind of fun. No wonder I like science.

Athon

(edited to test - time check 12:19 + 16 minutes, 425 - 430 views

athon · 21st August 2003, 04:36 AM

OK. Theory tested and rejected.

Athon

18th August 2003, 07:58 AM	#1
Lothian Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: https://twitter.com/CV4UK Posts: 10,373	Ladybrook - Experiment in Repitition. In this thread (Towards the end) it has been questioned whether Luci managed to backpost Ladybrook some time after the timestamp. Whether it is possible or not is not the question of this thread. You will note the specific prediction made by Luci namely, “Ladybrook” and the comparison with the actual event which was, Some time after Luci posted Ladybrook a bomb didn’t go off near Ladybrook in Ireland. I am wondering if this fantastic piece of supernatural foresight can be replicated by myself and others. I therefore suggest that anyone who wishes can post a word (or for the more adventurous two or more words). Those really brave may even wish to post a specific event and time frame. Luci said that words come into her head but not when they will be significant. I suggest however that we try to put a weeks limit and only count hits within a week of posting. You can then report back and see if your prediction can better Luci's as a resounding proof of the supernatural My Prediction “Clapton”

18th August 2003, 08:09 AM	#2
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18th August 2003, 08:24 AM	#4
KelvinG Master Poster Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Vancouver, BC Posts: 2,379	I'm afraid this is a no win proposition. If any of the words prove significant to some yet to occur event, Luci will claim that psirony is at work within the person posting the word, even if they aren't aware it is working. Thus proving here theory correct. (at least in her mind) If no words bear any significance, she will say that this proves just how amazing her "Ladybrook" prediction was, since no skeptic could replicate the process. Believers like Luci always find an "out" so that they can ignore reality and say "See, I told you so." But, I'll play anyway: Bridgeport
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18th August 2003, 01:13 PM	#7
Dragonrock Militant Elvisian Tacoist Join Date: May 2002 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 9,856	Let me throw out my word, (no, it's not Taco) CYST
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18th August 2003, 01:18 PM	#8
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18th August 2003, 08:13 AM	#3
Lothian Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: https://twitter.com/CV4UK Posts: 10,373	Please note: any predictions that I still won’t be able to spell ‘repetition’ correctly will not be seen as showing psychic ability.

18th August 2003, 12:49 PM	#5
Lothian Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: https://twitter.com/CV4UK Posts: 10,373	Quote: Originally posted by KelvinG I'm afraid this is a no win proposition. If any of the words prove significant to some yet to occur event, Luci will claim that psirony is at work within the person posting the word, even if they aren't aware it is working. Thus proving here theory correct. (at least in her mind) Luci is an idiot, who lacks basic reasoning skills, failing totally to understand probability. In Ian Rowland’s fantastic book “The full facts book of Cold reading” he discusses the “Lucky guess”. This tactic, one of 38 he describes in the book, is a sure fire winner if it comes off because there is no way that it can be de bunked. In the book Ian is talking about using it in a real time reading (and naturally gives numerous ways out if the guess is wrong). It struck me however that in Luci’s guessing game, sorry I mean psychic ability to receive words without specific meaning, the chances of a hit would be a lot higher. Obviously with no time limit they would be a certain hit but with a shortish one I considered that there was still a good chance there would be a hit. I just decided to test this theory publicly I realise that as a true paranormal scientist I am supposed to carry out my testing in secret, tell the world of the fantastic results then refuse to divulge the full details and controls in the experiment. I guess I need more practice.

18th August 2003, 01:04 PM	#6
Jeff Corey New York Skeptic Join Date: Aug 2001 Posts: 13,794	BLACKOUT! I meant to post this 5 days ago but I forgot.

18th August 2003, 01:19 PM	#9
dingler44 Critical Thinker Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 264	cabin fever 13 days from today - plumes of smoke saturated with the prematurely departed souls of the innocent will deliver their passengers to Him.

18th August 2003, 04:16 PM	#10
Soapy Sam NLH Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 25,885	A steroid.
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18th August 2003, 04:35 PM	#11
jj grumpy old skeptic Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Deep in the rain Posts: 18,518	Crash, I80, next week, Truck. do I win?
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18th August 2003, 04:59 PM	#12
Pyrrho Man in Black Join Date: Jul 2001 Posts: 3,678	New Madrid.
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18th August 2003, 05:13 PM	#13
Yahweh Ayay ashay ayay Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 9,029	Official Prediction By Yahweh: Next year's summer movies will contain sequels to this year's summer movies, those sequels will suck. That is a prediction from the mouth of Yahweh himself, see the prophecy fulfilled, then bow down to me.
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18th August 2003, 05:56 PM	#14
Quinn Breathtakingly blasphemous. Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 1,887	By trusting my spirit guide to subconsciously direct me to open to the right page in the dictionary, and using my own psi ability to intuit the correct word on that page, I arrived at the following prediction: Kingpin. Quinn
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18th August 2003, 08:06 PM	#15
Ratman_tf Graduate Poster Join Date: Aug 2001 Posts: 1,002	Schwarzenegger.
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18th August 2003, 08:07 PM	#16
jj grumpy old skeptic Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Deep in the rain Posts: 18,518	Quote: Originally posted by Pyrrho New Madrid. Nah, Richter says that's a failed rift attempt!
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18th August 2003, 10:18 PM	#17
PinkRabbit Critical Thinker Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 329	All right. I'll play. Tulsa. Because nothing interesting ever happens there, so I should be safe (boy, is my girlfriend gonna be pissed off if something does and I didn't warn her since that's where she is right now). Barb

19th August 2003, 04:39 AM	#18
zer0vector Scholar Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 89	Scranton, PA Bananas With all due respect to Harry Chapin.
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19th August 2003, 10:37 AM	#19
voidx Graduate Poster Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canuckistan Posts: 1,480	I was going to use 401k and Bush, but damnit if a post thought goggle search didn't rain on my parade: http://www.nysscpa.org/home/2002/100...ntversion7.htm I'm Canadian by the way and just pulled a random American centric word out of my head, and typed it in with Bush and voila. I rock!
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19th August 2003, 12:01 PM	#20
Chupacabras Illuminator Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Fascistoland. Posts: 3,487	Someone in this group will pass gas and, interestingly enough, no one will admit it. This is useless. It only takes a couple of minutes to break the tactics of Luci (and several others), mainly answering or half-answering selected questions, pretending not to see others and then centering in specific twists of a topic to draw attention away. In any case, note that my prediction will inevitably be right.
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19th August 2003, 04:35 PM	#21
asthmatic camel ignoramus Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 4,540	Haemorrhoids. The spirits tell me that at least one poster on this board either has, has had or will have this painful and humiliating condition at least once in their life. Regards, AC.
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19th August 2003, 06:38 PM	#22
thaiboxerken Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Portland, Oregon Posts: 20,977	I can imagine Lucky telling his grandkids about how he "proved the skeptics wrong" one day on the JREF. Then, his grandkids will have him committed. Ahh.. the sweet psirony. Needleham
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19th August 2003, 07:19 PM	#23
PinkRabbit Critical Thinker Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 329	Okay, this word just popped into my head this afternoon for no apparent reason. Could be a person, a place, totally irrelevant (most likely), but what the heck. Benning. Barb

19th August 2003, 10:25 PM	#24
UnrepentantSinner A post by Alan Smithee Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: USAian is not a word Posts: 26,360	I just go "bridgeport" which could be a city, or bridge or port. Start the clock...
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19th August 2003, 11:57 PM	#25
Quinn Breathtakingly blasphemous. Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 1,887	Quote: Originally posted by PinkRabbit Okay, this word just popped into my head this afternoon for no apparent reason. Could be a person, a place, totally irrelevant (most likely), but what the heck. Benning. Oh my gawd, that was my wife's college roommate's last name! And my wife just got a call from her out of the blue after not hearing from her for years! Seriously! Okay, it happened about six months ago, but still... Quinn
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20th August 2003, 01:35 AM	#26
The Don Philosopher Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Cymru Posts: 8,259	I'm really going out on a limb here... My spirit guides tell me that at some point in the next 48 hours something of importance will happen in....... The United States of America

20th August 2003, 01:57 AM	#27
UnrepentantSinner A post by Alan Smithee Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: USAian is not a word Posts: 26,360	Quote: Originally posted by PinkRabbit All right. I'll play. Tulsa. Because nothing interesting ever happens there, so I should be safe (boy, is my girlfriend gonna be pissed off if something does and I didn't warn her since that's where she is right now). Barb Did you warn her about the gas distributor explosion? Or did that occur after your prediction?
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20th August 2003, 02:24 AM	#28
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asthmatic camel ignoramus Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 4,540	Quote: Originally posted by Prester John I'm getting a JE! A Jaunty Extortionist ?
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20th August 2003, 05:18 AM	#30
MRC_Hans Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Whithin earshot of the North Sea Posts: 16,602	Quote: Originally posted by MRC_Hans Farnborough and, of course: Bagdad Hans BAGDAD OK; wherez me prize?? Hans
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20th August 2003, 12:40 PM	#31
PinkRabbit Critical Thinker Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 329	Quote: Originally posted by UnrepentantSinner Did you warn her about the gas distributor explosion? Or did that occur after your prediction? Ummm, well, I didn't warn. I know that much, since she told me about it when we talked the next day (apparently she couldn't hear it, but could see the smoke) and I hadn't actually heard about it before then. I have zero idea whether I posted before or after it actually happened though. Hmmm, so does that mean I'm psychic? Yes, I am joking. Barb

20th August 2003, 03:40 PM	#32
ceptimus puzzler Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 3,316	Hmmm. Need something fairly obscure.... Wait! the mists are clearing, and I see: Kilmarnock
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20th August 2003, 04:54 PM	#33
Jeff Corey New York Skeptic Join Date: Aug 2001 Posts: 13,794	Not to mention : smegma.

20th August 2003, 05:11 PM	#34
jj grumpy old skeptic Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Deep in the rain Posts: 18,518	Quote: Originally posted by UnrepentantSinner I just go "bridgeport" which could be a city, or bridge or port. Start the clock... Or a machine tool.
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21st August 2003, 01:23 AM	#35
athon Kowalski Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: gone Posts: 9,286	Test. (both a test AND a prediction. Hey look ma, I'm multi-tasking...) Athon (9:23...397 views...calculating...)