The Precognitive Text Test

This test is designed to find out if you can tell in advance who's about to text you.

To do this test you need the help of three people you know well. Please make sure that they are ready and willing to take part and that they know when the test is about to start.

First you need to register, giving your name and mobile phone number and the names and mobile numbers of the three people who have agreed to take part in the test as your contacts.

The system then sends you a text asking who is about to send you a message. You reply with your guess. The system then selects one of these three contacts at random and sends him/her a text message asking him/her to write you a text message, which is sent back to the system, which forwards it to you. This process is repeated after a random time delay of between 3 and 10 minutes. There are 6 trials altogether. At the end of the test, the system will send you a text telling you your score. The hit rate by chance would be 33%, or 2 out of 6.

Registration
Please register using the same names for your contacts that you will use in your guesses. For example, if one of your contact's names is Nicholas and you guess "Nick" the system will not recognize this as the same name.

Online registration
To register, click here .
When you have registered, the system will automatically generate a text message to confirm that your registration has been received. Also, the system will send out text messages to your contacts confirming that you have registered for a test. They should not reply to this first message.

Do not send any more messages until you receive a message from the system prompting you to do so.

To stop the test at any time, text stop to the system’s number, 07950 080806.

Restarting a test
Once the test is complete, you can do another test at any time without re-registering by sending a text with the key word start to the system’s number, 07950 080806.

This will start a new test using the same contacts as in your previous test.

Troubleshooting
With some mobile phones, the "reply" function does not work with this system. This problem can be avoided by entering the system's number in the mobile phone's address book. With some mobile phones, the reply function will work once this number is in the address book. With others it will not, and it will be necessary to send the message using this number from the address book.

If you have any other technical problems, please let us know by email: sheldrake@sheldrake.org

 

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