It's Monday morning, the 11th of January and we've just deposited the target within the box and positioned it alone on a large table.
Silvio Solaris will attempt to view and identify the contents of the box. He will attempt to do this via "Remote Viewing."
To proceed, all parties must agree that the result of any SINGLE test like this cannot produce definitive results. As an example: a failure on Silvio's part does NOT mean he is not psychic, it just means that he "missed" on this occasion. Also, a "Hit" does NOT mean Silvio is psychic. It MAY JUST MEAN he got lucky, or it was a great trick. We will NOT KNOW. The only way you answer the questions properly is to repeat the tests to build the data.
Often with these sorts of tests, with such firm opinions on all sides, results can be interpreted and painted in as "partial hits." (Uri Geller does this on the video you'll find elsewhere on this page with his drawing duplication). So, to keep this sort of thing under control, I came up with a simple test many years ago. It calls for a very specific determination of the target, yet also allows layers of information to be supplied. (Please note, I'm not concerned about Silvio manipulating "degrees of success", it's the many observers with their hidden agendas!)
The Target:
The target consists of a single, blank, business card. On it's face up surface is written a number (from 1 - 10 inclusive) and a letter of the alphabet (A - Z inclusive). BOTH of these will have been written in either RED, BLUE or YELLOW marking pen.
The Test:
The subject (Silvio) needs to reveal the number and the letter, the orientation (is the letter to the left of the number or the right of the number (ie: 6a or a6) AND THE COLOR of the marking pen used to write both (RED, BLUE or YELLOW).
Details:
The REMOTE VIEWING is to be specified as three bits of information:
1. Marker Colour
2. Number or Letter
3. Letter or Number
These three bits must be supplied in correct order (always starting with the PEN COLOR)
as follows:
(a) The Color of the pen is written as either R, B or Y.
(b) The Number from 1-10 is represented by a single digit as one of these: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,0.
(c) The Letter (a-z inclusive) can be represented as either lower case or upper case. If upper case is used, IT IS ALAYS UNDERSCORED to represent this.
Examples.
"Red Marker", the number "2", and the lower case letter "c": it can be written--"R2c".
"Blue Maker", the letter "d" and the number "8": it can be written--"Bd8".
Note: in all cases, the LETTER can be EITHER upper or lower case. The distinction, which is REQUIRED is expressed by UNDERSCORING the LETTER in the instance of UPPER CASE ONLY.
THE 3 BIT TARGET CODE will be provided to the Independent 3rd Party (Bob Cassidy) later today.
The Target resides in a box, as pictured, on a table by itself. The business card is writing side up and orientated to read from left to right (when viewing the photos).
I DO NOT KNOW what the three bit target code is.
Silvio (if he undertakes the test) is asked to SUPPLY HIS VIEWING expressed as 3 bits ONLY (as per the examples above) -- NOTHING ELSE.
A Hit Looks like this:
Target R2f / Viewing R2f
The target and viewing match COMPLETELY.
ANYTHING ELSE other than a COMPLETE bit for bit matching (in order) is considered a MISS. This is not to say that there may be a "partial hit", but for the sake of THIS EXPERIMENT we are seeking a complete 3 bit match to designate a hit. Partial hits can be weighed later.
I would ask Silvio to post his 3 bit "viewing" as a comment to this blog, OR at The Magic Cafe. This would need to be done PRIOR to January 15, 2010.
Bob Cassidy will reveal the Target Code on January 15th (time to be advised).
Silvio, if there is anything else you need from me, or any clarification, then don't hesitate to ask.
Good Luck
Ben Harris
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