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JREF is a sharpening stone for Spooks, some of who are in training for the purpose of executing their missions. The Spooks are not likely associated with JREF. Their mission normally is the discrediting of actual phenomenon that the mission has deemed as not palatable to the general public, who is normally undereducated, uninformed, and incapable of grasping new concepts. Particularly paranormal concepts. Their modus operandi normally consists of pounding the claimant with unending demands to submit proof that can be torn apart over the internet. Except since virtually nothing can be proven over the internet, the claimant has just walked into a trap for which there is no escape, except to walk away. The Spooks are well trained in the art of psy-ops. Psy-ops in this case is the manipulation of public minds so as to achieve a favorable result. A successful psy-ops operation is generally signified by the personal destruction of the claimant, through pack hunting predatorial techniques learned elsewhere but tuned to perfection on JREF. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.251.72.229 (talk) 07:04, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

    • Seriously, who gives a rat's ass (85.145.139.80 (talk) 13:39, 23 March 2008 (UTC))

[edit] YB

I've tried to improve the YB section which is completely unreferenced as a criticism anyway. [1] The JREF source explains fairly well that this 'test' was never going to be accepted as it was never supposed to be an initial test since the JREF had already severed ties with the YB group before the test was carried out. Someone else independently volunteered to go and do a test, but no evidence is presented that the YB group was informed either by the JREF or by the volunteer this would be an initial test accepted by the JREF. In any case, there were multiple flaws in the exectuion of the 'test' which the JREF also pointed out which meant even if it was an initial test, it was never going to be accepted as it would have violated any agreement (of which there was none). Of note, contrary to what the article claimed, there is no video of the incident simply a set of stills Nil Einne (talk) 17:58, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

Yes, yes. We are all part of a secret CIA conspiracy led by the Jooooooooooooos! for the expressed purpose of withholding information about the supernatural. We can't believe that wikipedia caught on to our conspiracy so fact. Incidentally Wikipedia will now be bought out be Fox News in an attempt to protect the super ultra conspiracy from the basement dwellers at wikipedia. (Omega Alpha Agent #01006674; Code name: Super Soaker 16.) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.117.212.96 (talk) 09:22, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] A Winner?

I subscribe to this mailing list for magicians, and there was a post in today's list from Seth Raphael, saying that he has won the challenge by proving his computer was psychic in front of a large crowd in Boston MA. He also provides a link [2] but I can't see the video, so I cannot see how valid this is. StephenBuxton (talk) 15:52, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

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It's an April Fool - http://affect.media.mit.edu/milliondollarchallenge/ —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.102.17.103 (talk) 18:30, 25 May 2008 (UTC)