Interesting. Only the
FAQ on the actual site tells a very different story.
PsiPog claims this is from the FAQ:
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The first $10,000 of the prize money will be paid by check, as stated in the Challenge rules, immediately upon the successful demonstration of their claim. The prize money is held in the form of bonds as a way to publicly show that the money really does exist. These immediately convertible bonds will be awarded to the Challenge winner within 10 days of passing the formal test. The manner of transfer of these bonds will be at the discretion of the JREF and the Challenge winner, in accordance with acceptable legal standards.
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However, the MDC FAQ states:
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The first $10,000 of the prize money will be paid by check, as stated in the Challenge rules, immediately upon successful demonstration of the claim. Arrangements will be made with Goldman Sachs to liquidate the remaining $990,000 and present it to the winner within ten days of passing the formal test.
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There is also a whole section devoted to the frequently asked question "
I heard the prize money doesn’t really exist and that it’s all just a scam." and answers all the issues raised on PsiPog and presenting themselves and/or the investment firm Goldman Sachs as legally culpable if payment goes awry.
Either it has changed since that page on PsiPog was uploaded and they have not bothered to change it, thus directing supposedly psi-users away from critical testing, or else was deliberately composed that way, thus directing supposedly psi-users away from critical testing.
Either way, that does not reflect well on PsiPog and Peebrain. Perhaps they are hiding something?
I've seen the topics people discuss on those forums, and their hopes for the future in which people trained in psi work in the public service for the good of all, where it is a subject in school etc. Generally a world where it is accepted across the board..
I say now that this is NEVER happen. Not while they shy away from any sort of controlled testing environment. If it were real you'd think it would be everywhere, but these people have deliberately shut themselves off from the world and scientific credibility by refusing to perform under acceptable conditions. Intellectual dishonesty or psychic elitism? It's like they have a personal vendetta against skeptics. I remind you that a skeptic is not one who dismisses new concepts out of hand (that is cynicism) but has an open mind. But only credible, repeatable and compelling evidence will open that door. We give them every opportunity, but its just not their thing.
There is this concept known as the perinormal. It refers to that which appears to be paranormal but is in fact both real and a natural phenomena. It is a retroactive designation, before scientific discovery it is thought paranormal, afterwards it is normal. An example that we all know is electromagnetism, and we can easily see why it was so.
Psypoggers claim, though not in so many words, that their abilities are perinormal. If this is justified, a well devised preliminary will yield positive results, good indication that there is actually something to test, and it can be examined in more detail, and with more accuracy. If abilities such as psychokinesis are true perinormal phenomena then it is quite possible to demonstrate in a controlled environment.
I'm optimistic enough to assume that most do not desire to exclude anyone from their world. I want to be convinced. So convince me.
