Will Twitter prove remote viewing true?

[kandinskys]

An experiment using Twitter is looking for evidence of RV. Members of the public will be asked to "tweet" their impressions of a randomly chosen spot in the UK visited by one of the researchers. Then they will vote for which of five photographs on a website shows where the visitor was standing. The trial will be repeated with visually different locations four times.

What do you think? Remote viewing or remote chance?
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/scienceandtec...iment.html More details

[wushuboy001]

I am intested in the results. The experiment is too many flaws to be called "proof", but it could be good cause for further investigation.

some problems
The odds of one person hitting 3 locations might be 1 in 125, but what he isn't saying is that if multiple people are guessing the odds of one person hitting 3 locations is dramatically less. If 25 people participate, then the odds of one hitting 3 locations is 1 in 5, which is like guessing one Renner card and declaring yourself psychic. If 125 people participate one is bound to hit 3 locations. So really we wont know if the people who hit are real remote viewers or just lucky.

There is no control group and experiment group to compare random guesses to remote viewing guesses. They are all lumped into one group.

I am making the assumption that Richard Wiseman is on the up and up, but he might not be. The experiment actually sounds bias to succeed, which makes sense since its in Wisemans best interest to provide proof that psychic abilities exist.

[Gary Y]

I think its really just some fun, it won't prove anything either way, but we'll just have to wait and see.

[Nice Guy]

I'm putting money on remote chance. If anyone will take the bet.
Prof Wiseman is a frequent contributor to my favorite magazine "Skeptical Inquirer". He's a skeptic but unlike Randi maintains a reputation for fairness with paranormal enthusiasts. He doesn't seem to work up the anger Randi does. I think he takes a more diplomatic approach when exposing the latest claim. As I remember he was voted one of the worlds top 10 skeptics.
I'm looking forward to the experiment, however it comes out. Professor Wiseman has a reputation. It doesn't seem likely he'd risk it by being dishonest. It won't prove anything but the results should be interesting.

[Erraticsail968]

maybe maybe not, great promo for twitter though i bet they love you