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A little known New Zealand organisation is offering $2 million for proof of an actual paranormal ability, under controlled conditions.

The folks at Immortality under the psuedonym "atheist" have written to four of the psychics from television show Sensing Murder inviting them to participate in their challenge and prove their psychic ability under controlled conditions. The prize is NZ$1 million to the psychic, with a further NZ$1 million on offer to charity.

"Atheist" goes on to claim that s/he doesn't expect any of the psychics to respond. Well, hardly any wonder when the second sentence accuses the psychics of being liars:

It has been brought to my attention that you claim to have some kind of "psychic power" which enables you to talk to dead people.

I claim that you are a liar and can do no such thing.

It's hardly a reasonable or open-minded approach and certainly not likely to engender an enthusiastic or positive response from the psychics. Thus the fact that no psychics have responded (to date) to the challenge would appear to say more about the aggressive approach taken by "athiest" than it does about the psychics.

So who are Immortality and do they even have $2 million? It's a darn good question, and it doesn't do their credibility much good that their online forum for discussing the $2m paranormal challenge links to an online community discussing horse racing.

The immortality website is registered to Charman Consulting Ltd of Botany/Golflands (don't ask Miss Prozac where the heck Golflands is but obviously it's a very special place), and the named owners/employees are Alan Charman, his wife Rhonda Charman and Dave McClure. This seems to be an eclectic business which boasts a recruitment business, personal loan referrals, accommodation for the rugby world cup, psychological profiling and charity. Eclectic is Miss Prozac's word du jour which could also be interpreted as people who dabble in anything they think they can make a buck from.

Speaking of charity, this is the extensive list of charities that the Charman Group actively supports:

The Charman Group is committed to helping people in circumstances less fortunate than ours.

As an alternative to sending Christmas gifts to customers, companies in the Charman Group sponsor young Kenyan children, to ensure that they have access to water, education, medicine and food.

Here are the details of children currently being sponsored.

Yep, it's blank. Apparently they were too busy with the gee gees. Another black mark for their credibility.

We do agree that it would be interesting to watch the Sensing Murder psychics operate under controlled conditions. Although the producers state that the process was laid bare to self-professed sceptic Nigel Latta, it can only be an objective test of the psychic's abilities if the independent observer sets the environment and conditions. Perhaps next time a police officer could conduct the test without telling the producer or camera crew the name of the individual or the crime being investigated?

However, a sceptic might wonder whether the folks at Immortality have a spare $2 million to splash around. We say show us the money!

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