Snow Turtle
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To our knowledge, Emoto's claims have never been independently tested by a reputable group nor been subjected to double blind testing: the standard procedure for eliminating experimenter bias. Double blind tests aside, there's not even an indication that any of the data points have been repeated. There's also no evidence that the results are uniform within the same water drop. It's unclear whether the photographed crystals were the only structure present or were part of some larger pattern. The James Randi Educational Foundation has offered a $1,000,000 prize to Dr. Emoto if his data can pass a double blind test.5 Alas, the mere thought of an evil the size of a million bucks would probably taint even the purest of water. If only we could be so tainted."
are you ever going to pick up that prize money?
Double blind testing has be done, however whether it's reputable is another matter considering that people involved in this field would be listed as paranormal scientist.
Oh, sorry. I did get your PM earlier, but you didn't give your email address, and I only have the paper in PDF format (the private messaging system on Steve's forum doesn't allow me to upload PDF files).
Anyway, I've now printed out the paper and here are the scanned images:
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Well, Mrs Cogan, I don't think I will be discussing with you or responding to your comments any further in this thread. I don't mean to be rude - it's just that our respective belief systems on reality etc are just too far apart for engagement, so we would just be wasting each other's time. Whatever meaningful discussion we could have, we've probably already had.
(And I do believe that for many readers, this has actually turned out to be a very interesting thread - certainly you contributed to that).
A triple blind test has actually been performed as well.
Entangled Minds: Water crystal replication study
As for James Randi... There are plenty of criticism on him and his experiments however it would make sense if he was honest about the entire thing, it would make sense that someone would claim the money.