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Comment author: advancedatheist 29 November 2013 05:08:54AM 0 points [-]

Sorry, you've made a bad comparison. Randi hasn't raised that money for a Paranormal X-Prize. The Brain Preservationists, by contrast, have strictly empiricist criteria for deciding who wins the incentive prizes.

Reference: http://www.brainpreservation.org/content/competitors

Comment author: ChristianKl 29 November 2013 05:35:26AM 0 points [-]

Randi runs a paranormal X-Prize. Are you saying that Randi hasn't strictly empirical criteria for deciding who wins his price?

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