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Originally Posted by Carl Carlson IV  Why not do both? |
Well, because I bet my right hand that if you win a state lottery of 100+ millions (either in USA or the Euromillions), and then go out and prove you have telekinetic powers, the casinos and the states would ask for the money back, they would sue you, and if you had previously proved you had won by cheating (and sure proven telekinesis would count as "cheating" in games that are supposed to be governed by odds), you'd probably be forced to give the money back. In the best case, you'd be sued, and in the worst, you'd be sued and would lose... I think most judges would consider that playing lottery and choosing the balls would be cheating. In any case, you'd get lots of unwanted attention, which I think is something totally useless.
And that's only about money, but there's other stuff. There are some dictators in the world who don't respect humans rights whose hearts I'd gladly stop from beating had I the power to do so. Mind you, I am not saying those powers exist, I don't know, and I assure you I don't have them. All I am saying is that if
I had those powers, I'd never let anyone know. If there's anything better than being rich and famous, it's being rich and anonymous, and then killing some dictators after having sent them telepathical messages warning them to call for elections if they don't want to be killed... Man, the possibilities! No, certainly I would NOT enter the Randi challenge if I had such powers. I have far better ideas that require anonymity.