Re: Stereophile still under Randi's radar


<Stereophile_Editor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Chevdo wrote:
>> In article <1130073155.370842.212860@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
>> Stereophile_Editor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx says...
>> >What, though Randi hasn't actually invited me to take part in the
>> >challenge, you feel I should rush forward anyway, saying that I
>> >will accept a challenge to take part in a test auditioning products
>> >I haven't heard? A test, BTW, organized by someone who has already
>> >demonstrated his bad faith and antipathy toward me personally on his
>> >website by misrepresenting what I have said and written, fabricating
>> >quotes that were presented as being by me, confusing me with other
>> >reviewers and editors, etc etc? Sure, why not?
>>
>> Mr. Randi requested that I post this reply to your lies about his
>> challenge to you...
>
> What lies? I was correct about his misrepresentations, and he admitted
> making the mistakes to which I referred above on his website. And I
> was correct that while he had issued the Million-dollar challenge to
> a number of audio writers, he ahd not done so to me or to Stereophile.
>
>> "If John Atkinson - or anyone at Stereophile Magazine - can show that
>> the questioned goods they endorsed in the pages of Stereophile
>> actually work as advertised, Mr. Atkinson, or any other person at
>> Stereophile, or Stereophile Magazine itself, or ANY OTHER PERSON
>> IN THE KNOWN UNIVERSE - including those who offer the device(s) for
>> sale - can and will win the million-dollar challenge as offered by
>> the James Randi Educational Foundation at
>> www.randi.org/research/index.html."
>
> And he _has_ apparently done so, using you, "Chevdo," as his agent.
> Well done. But please note that that fact that Randi _has_ now issued
> the challenge to me can't be used retroactively to prove that I
> was lying earlier about his not having done so. The arrow of time is
> _so_ inconvenient when it flows only in one direction, eh.
>
>> I predict that John Atkinson - and all of the inventors/vendors of the
>> device(s) - will choose to ignore, as always, this attractive offer.
>> This, because they know full well that the device(s) cannot and would
>> not, pass simple, direct, definitive, tests...
>
> I cannot speak for the vendors of the devices in question, but I most
> certainly will turn down Mr. Randi's offer, "Chevdo." Randi has already
> lied to me and publicly misrepresented what I am supposed to have said
> or written, yet _now_ he wants me to _trust_ his integrity? Yeah,
> right!
> The guy is just an old carnie, looking for free publicity. In my
> opinion.
>
> John Atkinson
> Editor, Stereophile


I could use a million dollars about now. If I thought I could tell when a
Tice clock or a Shakti stone was in use, I would be contacting Randi and
doing my level best to set up the test. I would accept the challenge
publicly so that Randi couldn't back out without suffering significant loss
of face. I would certainly not be worrying about past lies by Randi; I
would not be trying to find excuses not to meet the challenge. Heavens no.
I'd be concentrating all my efforts on winning a million dollars.

If somebody's going to back out or have his bluff called, it's not going to
be me. I need the million!

Norm Strong


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