That's absolutely true. "Remote sensing" works a lot like the psychic technique of cold reading (I linked a source explaining the methods further up), they just make vague statements, unless they do the equivalent of a hot reading and cheat. Not surprisingly, it proved completely useless for military reconnaissance or intelligence.
That also struck me. What test that Randi might have instigated to test such claims does he think would now be passed?
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When she has the blindfold on, she is perceptibly holding her head at a different angle, chin more upward, as if she is looking under the blindfold. Yes, that blindfold and the way it fits needs a lot more scrutiny.
Controlled conditions means they can't use their own blindfold, and don't get an opportunity to tamper with the blindfold the lab provides, and it is collected and examined afterwards.
She's wearing a "Mindfold". They used the same kind of mask in the "demonstrations" of kids reading, playing football and drawing in this video over on the other Telepathy Tapes thread. see #322
There's a similar product called "mindfolded" that comes with bluetooth and a smartphone app.
Article: Mindfolded is the very first blindfold gimmick ever released on the market. The blindfold is designed with exact precision so that the gimmick disappears exactly and cannot be seen.
You can use Mindfolded for many different things, for example you could have spectators perform assignments through the blindfold. You can make the spectators think things you want.
You can also put it on yourself and know exactly what color shirt the entire last row of the audience in the theater is wearing.
Or you can know exactly what someone writes down.
So many things are possible with Mindfolded.
Article: A fool-proof blindfold that allows you to secretly peek. Completely examinable by your spectator.
Article: The X-Ray Eyes Blindfold Psychic Mentalism Telepathy Act
You'll even discover how to read borrowed books which have been opened at any page by an audience member whilst you are blindfolded and also sat in a totally dark room, yes that's right the secrets of reading in the dark or if you so desire to present it as such, by your fingertips are also revealed.
And of course you learn how to have cotton wool padded into your eye sockets and then stuck into place with surgical tape, followed by a standard style blindfold being applied around the head before a black cloth bag is placed over your head and yet you will still be able to see well enough to perform miracles.
Article: Mindfold Mask has a flexible, matte finish, black plastic face mask with soft foam padding & cutouts that allow you to experience Total Darkness, even with your eyes open! Adjustable hook and loop head strap allows for a comfortable fit.
she presumably had it with her for the special event later that day
I would think teaching a child to scam is child abuse, akin to teaching a child how to shoplift.
Dahlia did say in that restaurant clip that everyone can do it!
When playing games as kids, where someone had to be blindfolded, we gave them a pretend jab to the face to see if they would flinch. Super simple to do.
Ramsay was never a mentalist. He is a card magician and puzzler. Mentalism is not his forte. Randi, decades ago, made it clear that not all magicians are qualified to critic acts of pretend Telepathy.
Perhaps third eye logic just doesn't work in logical ways. Its hard to tell, since mine clearly doesn't work at all.
Yep. The down the sides of the nose "peek" is an established technique. Good performers have coins taped over their eyes first as a convincer.@17:34 she puts the blindfold on, pulls it down over her nose into what would logically be the most comfortable and sensible spot (where the bridge of the nose meets the gap created for it in the blindfold design), but she then immediately adjusts it, pushing it back up into a spot which makes no sense. Its obvious to me that the only reason to do this is to enable the ability to peek. (I love the "convincer" she does of initially putting the blindfold on upside down, because she can't see it, right?) She's absolutely letting the mask ride too high up her face, and she keeps tilting her head back at exactly the moments I'd be doing so to peek. I love illusions, but only when the audience knows what they're paying for!! When its presented as real, its painful to watch.
@18:46, at the precise moment she'd need to peek at the colour of the pen being chosen by the spectator, she tilts her head back (to better enable the peek). After the card has been written on, her helper moves it past & behind her, at which time she turns her head hard right (to better enable the peek). Its almost like she knows exactly where he's moving the card! He then shows her the card directly, holding it relatively low, in the perfect spot for her to peek without tilting her head back. He then goes to take her hand and she immediately holds her hand out and looks downward directly at his hand. I could go on...
A problem with the "third eye" logic: Notably, if we grant that she has to look towards things for her third eye to see them, its obviously a given that her third eye can see THROUGH the blindfold. So why can't her third eye also see, for example, through the back of a card that's been written on? Or through an envelope its been placed in? No. Apparently her third eye can see through the blindfold & only the blindfold, but unfortunately, not anything else. She still has to have the card with the writing on shown directly to her for her third eye to be able to read it.
