I heard John Edward say that proving his abilities to skeptics is not a high priority for him. Proving his abilities to scientists with an open mind is a priority and he has done that. He has worked with scientists at some university that escapes me now.
James Randi creates his tests not based on the claim of the psychic but based on what he and his community of skeptics claim a psychic SHOULD be able to do. He also says if he can reproduce their results with trickery than that must be how the psychic did it.
He makes his living based on not finding anyone who can claim the million dollars. It's like the soy industry having to prove to the dairy industry that soy is beneficial. Do you think the dairy industry will be particularly open to that?
