Million Dollar Challenge Discussion 3/5 (Amazing Meeting 5.5

[k9a2g6]

Thank's for uploading this video !

[kclalala]

Haha.. maybe he can win his 1 million dollars by proving his paranormal ability to produce negative vibration which causes all other paranormal abilities to not work in his presence... almost like the haitian haha. Good video :)

[niekvdbogert]

So testing and observing it makes that it doenst work (8:40-8:50). If I go and get tested by JREF I will claim dowsing is based on quantum theory; where the observation influences the outcome of the experiment LOL

[yummyseed]

Sounds like a bunch of stfu Atheist that will not stop at debunking God.. and thats it

[DinkyDoeDoe]

@yummyseed Well, yeah. Unfortunately we live in a world where evidence must be delivered to the masses to make the non-existence of toothferries plausible.

[moviemakercool]

the funny thing is, his girlfriend was waiting in the car, without water, but the dowser couldn't get her water at all? Irony perhaps?

[zecnobot]

IF someone could "dowse" for a winnng lottery ticket (scratch-off) they wouldn't need a contest like this. They could just walk into a convenience store, fondle the scratch-off rolls, and go, "Bingo! I want to buy 23 scratch-offs", knowing that the 23rd one was the million-dollar winner. And they could still keep their "ability" a secret and claim they just got lucky. If someone had a super power why would they expose themselves to the world? They only make themselves a big target.

[zecnobot]

So what happens if someone is found that is the "real deal"?

[rascalspuppets]

they get a million dollars as in the million dollar challenge

[zecnobot]

Why would someone that has a real "X-Men" style ability care about money?

[MidgardEagle]

Mhm, funny that. All the psychics and alternative people and once the Million Dollar Challenge comes up, suddenly every single one of them, even the ones that charge outrageous sums for their services, "don't need a million dollars". Wow, just wow.

If I had the opportunity to receive a million dollars for doing something I was capable of doing, I'd go for it. If I "didn't need the million dollars", I'd still do it to shut up the skeptics and make some charity a million dollars richer.

[ViralMessiah]

maybe they wouldn't...but i can name tens of thousands of people who could use the money,if you have an X-Men style ability,you'd be a pretty shitty person if you threw away a million dollars that you could have helped someone with,rather than simply displaying what comes naturally to you? someone gives me a million dollars for doing what i do,drinking beer...i'd be an asshole not to take it,and use it for something good,wouldn't i?

[zecnobot]

You could also breed dogs and buy $1,000,000 worth of "people" food and give it to them.

[ViralMessiah]

lol yeah,well,something at least...there may be people who don't need a million dollars,but nobody has no use for a million dollars. Silvia Brown just doesn't take the challenge because she's a cold reader,and a liar

[sireduardo420]

@ViralMessiah If you bet a million dollars for drinking beer, can I help. Im real good at beer drinking. lol

[beebobox]

i think it's up to 3 millions now.

[jasonrroberts099]

I like the JREFs general coverage of woo-woo stuff, but I find myself sort of wanting a group to deal with UFO nuts in specific, for some reason. Phil Plait can only handle so much at once, and The Amazing Randi usually covers people with paranormal "powers" and things of that sort. It would be really great to find someone, somewhere, exclusively dedicated to debunking the UFO/alien junk. At this moment, that area is seriously out of control IMO.

[LovelyYTRocks]

Sad... chick waited in car for 4 hours.

IN THE SUN!

[HumanStrategy]

Hopefully that 'car' was a transformer which morphed into an entertainment machine for her desires.....what the......yeah...i'll stick to that ignorant speculation of mine^^

[Clausfarre]

Wow, Phil Plait has really let himself go.

Badabing.

[BobTKaye]

He should have pulled the encyclopedia off the shelf and showed him the mineral content of the coin according to the encyclopedia.

[EarlFaulk]

Thats hilarious about the dowser

[storeo]

awesome stuff, thanks for uploading