Amos...I will take a look for some of the research you mention. I have read a number of studies in the past that purported to have some significant and interesting statistics.....however, I have also read about this offer from James Randi! He has not had to spend much money recently, as the claimants don't seem to appreciate truly rigid standards for 'proof'....
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Do you mean the Unamazing Randi? Evelyn Paglini, Sylvia Brown, Ed Dames Sifu Richard Mooney (Lin Kong Jing Qigong master), and others have challenged Randi to put up or shut up.

Evelyn Paglini, and Sylvia Browne asked Randi to put the alleged million dollars in Escrow before the test. He refused.

Ed Dames asked for Randi to seal a photo inside an envelope (for Mr. Dames to remote view), and for police to hold the photo inside the safe until he either passed or failed.

Sifu Mooney told of his experience with Randi, and posted it on the net.

The Unamazing Randi likes to state "There is no energy field around the human body". I guess he never heard of kirlian photography. On page 20 of "Empowerment Through Reiki" Paula Horan shows kirlian photos of a Reiki master's hands before the treatment, and DURING the treatment.

Randi is a fraud.