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- From: bd@fluent@dartmouth.EDU (Brice Dowaliby)
- Newsgroups: sci.skeptic,alt.paranormal,alt.alien.visitors
- Subject: Re: Jeane Dixon Predicts Bush Victory
- Message-ID: <BD.92Nov9090751@fluent.UUCP>
- Date: 9 Nov 92 14:07:51 GMT
- References: <1992Oct22.021634.1950@netcom.com> <MMEYER.92Nov4110240@m2.dseg.ti.com> <BxAqys.2os@NCoast.ORG>
- Sender: bd@fluent@dartmouth.EDU (Brice Dowaliby)
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- In-Reply-To: brown@NCoast.ORG's message of 6 Nov 92 13:32:52 GMT
-
- brown@NCoast.ORG (Stan Brown) writes:
-
- >Now you have 16 people who know you were right in 6 of the last 6
- >elections. In 1992 you send them letters reminding them of your
- >infallible record, which they believe because they don't know about all
- >your failures. You offer to sell them the 1992 election winner's name
- >for substantial money. I'd be surprised if you didn't get several
- >takers, because people don't understand the laws of chance.
-
- Yeah, but how many people would pay a substantial amount of money to
- find out who the next president would be?
-
- The scam is not a bad idea, but instead of long term presidential
- predictions, do it using stock market prices instead. Predict the
- direction of the Dow Jones movement correctly four years
- in a row, and there are some people who might pay a lot for that
- fifth yearly prediction.
-
- By the way - I have heard of this technique for a scam before. Was it the
- plot of a movie, or something?
- --
- Brice Dowaliby, Fluent Inc., 10 Cavendish Court, Lebanon, NH 03766
- bd%fluent@dartmouth.edu
- I don't speak for them, they don't speak for me
- DoD # 0698
-