I really, really did detect Dr Carlson's missing kidney!  I even told him I did, yes I know it was after he told me I failed to detect that he had a missing kidney.  I am definitely ignoring the fact that Dr Carlson thinks I have no abilities! 

And you impatient skeptics are not going to convince me it was a false memory or postdiction!  I am going to show that meanie Dr Carlson that he should not mess with me!

Anyway, now I have a gig in Hollywood because I am so clever and adorable.   I am also a mega brilliant science student as well as being the first woo to falsify my own woo claims due to my scientific brilliance.

I am having a missing kidney test because I really, really did detect his kidney was missing, ven though I did not write it down or mention it.  I think I have mentioned I am a brilliant science student though.  Oh, and I am good at posting boring, repetitive walls of text too!

Me and I are going to win that Nobel Prize someday and then all you Meanies can kiss my Swedish butt.

I did detect the left kidney being missing during the reading, and it is not a false memory fabricated after the fact, but I have never requested that anyone believe in this account, because of course I have no evidence to back it up. You have to question it. But all I am asking is that you allow that I was there, and that I believe that it happened as I have said, and that this is the reason I am having the IIG Preliminary. That is all it says. And if I fail to demonstrate this claim on the IIG Preliminary, the claim of being able to detect organs being missing is thereby falsified. It is all quite simple.

Please don't disrespect Dr. Carlson. Of course he is unable to believe in my claims, since I have not been able to demonstrate them to him. He is a wonderful scientist and skeptic and I hold him in high regard.

The only reason my Preliminary takes place in Hollywood, is because that is where the IIG are located and they agreed to test my claims. And I have never expected to win a Nobel prize, it was Jim Carr who brought that up when he said that if I had an ability, someone else would be entitled to the Nobel prize associated to it, and I simply objected.

Posted By VisionFromFeeling on 17 Nov 2009 09:14 AM

I did detect the left kidney being missing during the reading, and it is not a false memory fabricated after the fact, but I have never requested that anyone believe in this account, because of course I have no evidence to back it up. You have to question it. But all I am asking is that you allow that I was there, and that I believe that it happened as I have said, and that this is the reason I am having the IIG Preliminary. That is all it says. And if I fail to demonstrate this claim on the IIG Preliminary, the claim of being able to detect organs being missing is thereby falsified. It is all quite simple.

Please don't disrespect Dr. Carlson. Of course he is unable to believe in my claims, since I have not been able to demonstrate them to him. He is a wonderful scientist and skeptic and I hold him in high regard.

The only reason my Preliminary takes place in Hollywood, is because that is where the IIG are located and they agreed to test my claims. And I have never expected to win a Nobel prize, it was Jim Carr who brought that up when he said that if I had an ability, someone else would be entitled to the Nobel prize associated to it, and I simply objected.

In other words:

I am having a missing kidney test because I really, really did detect his kidney was missing, ven though I did not write it down or mention it.  I think I have mentioned I am a brilliant science student though.  Oh, and I am good at posting boring, repetitive walls of text too!

Posted By VisionFromFeeling on 17 Nov 2009 09:14 AM

..  Dr. Carlson.
...
He is a wonderful scientist and skeptic and I hold him in high regard..

Except of course when he feels you have no abillity to test. Then you'll disregard him.

Clear, got it.
 

Try this:

http://forums.randi.org/showthread....post741929

I believe Wardenclyffe was actually there when the results were discussed. If he didn't post the results, I think GodOfPie might have. The Advanced Search tool lets you search posts by user name. If you find the exact post, please send it here. I would do it, but, alas, I am not welcome on the JREF any longer.

Also, check out my latest blog entry for some more background. And on the front page, catch the link to the Interview thread. Very enlightening.

Still looking for another reference. This one (posted on May 14, 2009 14:27) by UncaYimmy I found until now:
''I think Dr. Carslon said it best when he reported, "It is clear from this study that VFF has not yet found any ability which is worthy of devising a full-scale test."

On this site at:
 

www.stopvisionfromfeeling.com/Blog/...fault.aspx

Ofcourse I could have googled his statement right away:
On the july 2009 IIG West update for instance: 
www.iigwest.com/whatsnew/updates/200907_update.html
5^th item.

I started to read the interview, UncaJimmy but gave it up as a bad job.
Those paras of woo triggerred my mind's instinct for survival  half-way down the page; it's difficult to believe this comes from a college student, a chemistry major at that.
I've been in contact with woo on too many occasions not to recognise an accomplished wooster when I read this sort of thing- I know it takes a great deal of time and effort to write this sort of thing; I consider that ghastly website and the wall o' text posts to represent hours and hours of writing. Additionally, because both products are so completely anti-science os perhaps better yet, so pseudo-science, that it is difficult to image what a double science major must do even to accomodate such senseless drivel.
The posters here are far more familiar than I with VFF's crazy like a fox approach to criticism.
Simply the fact VFF posts here tells its own tale, doesn't it.
Anyway.
Saturday nears even as I type and I will have some Tio Pepe and decent olives on hand to accompany the viewing.
Thanks, UncaJimmy, for setting up this site!

Anita's latest wall of text on missing kidneys over at the JREFF is worth ploughing through, not for what is written but for what is omitted. http://forums.randi.org/showthread.php?postid=5325021#post5325021

First the hits:
Detecting Dr Carlsson's missing kidney when has already been told he has a kidney missing!

Detecting one-sided hearing loss after observing the meeting and speaking with the subject!

Detecting that a person has two kidneys after he jokes around and claims to have organs missing (some of which we can't live without). What are the odds? 1749 in 1750!

Now the misses:
Subject two claims to have some unspecified organs missing. Anita detects nothing of this.

Subject three informs Anita he plans to visit his doctor the next day, and challenges Anita to detect what his complaint is. Anita (in her own words) fails to detect any illness.

Ah, Farencue, those posts are gold.
I'm looking forward to reading godofpie's acount of their last FACT meeting with VFF in attendance.
From that post 1654
 

Quote:
They also mentioned at that first meeting they attended that they were considering putting together some kind of paranormal TV show.
True. We are going to visit allegedly haunted sites and video record our visits. My role will of course be the psychic and I will see what comes up when I communicate with my perceptions of these people of the past. Our investigations will be made available over the internet. It is just for fun and entertainment and does not represent any kind of scientific investigation. I do have a life besides my studies and work or even this paranormal investigation into my medical perceptions, and this happens to be one of the things I do. I also go to the gym and like the old episodes of Star Trek. I like frogs and insects and I collect CareBearsTM. What does that do to my credibility, I wonder?

So much for not having plans to pursue a career in woo.

As I said, I did the reading with the woman at the very end of the meeting. A full head-to-toe reading might take up to 30 minutes, for me to carefully go through every area of the body. I worked my way from the head and downward, writing down what I was perceiving as I go along. I never made it to the pelvic area which is where she was missing organs.

As for the health problem I was supposed to detect in the man, it was kidney stones. As far as I know, he was not experiencing any current symptoms, and a miniscule kidney stone that is not causing current problems is, well, hard to detect, even if someone were able to see inside the body. They're rather small. And my claim is not to detect miniscule kidney stones when they are not causing any pain. I only claim to do, what I have been able to do in the past.

As you said, you had plenty of time to observe the woman, and had spoken with her when she informed you she was missing some organs.
Detecting one-sided hearing loss requires no special skills, not even that of cold reading. What else did you detect about her which was later confirmed or refuted? Anything?

The third "subject" informed you he intended to visit his doctor the next day, which implies he was experiencing some symptoms. Is a kidney stone bigger than a bacterium? Only, y'know, you've claimed to be able to see bacteria....

It amazes me that you don't seem to see that your account of the "readings" with Dr Carlson and the other two attendees at the FACT meeting has provided yet more evidence that your 'ability' is nothing more than imagination and a desperate need to be seen to be special and important. None of these anecdotes which you have provided has counted in any way towards your credibility, quite the reverse.