Comments on: The Spirit and the Law - consumer protection and mediums http://skepticlawyer.com.au/2008/04/the-spirit-and-the-law-consumer-protection-and-mediums/ Two lawyers on law, legislation and liberty. And other stuff. Thu, 28 Aug 2008 11:46:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Dave Bath http://skepticlawyer.com.au/2008/04/the-spirit-and-the-law-consumer-protection-and-mediums/#comment-11867 Dave Bath Fri, 25 Apr 2008 00:59:48 +0000 http://legalsoapbox.wordpress.com/?p=562#comment-11867 Just saw a post on EU Law Blog "<a href="http://eulaw.typepad.com/eulawblog/2008/04/consumer-guaran.html" rel="nofollow">onsumer Guarantees, Defective Goods and Compensation for Use: Case C-404/06</a>" that may be apposite. Just saw a post on EU Law Blog "onsumer Guarantees, Defective Goods and Compensation for Use: Case C-404/06" that may be apposite.

]]> By: Dave Bath http://skepticlawyer.com.au/2008/04/the-spirit-and-the-law-consumer-protection-and-mediums/#comment-11866 Dave Bath Fri, 25 Apr 2008 00:15:54 +0000 http://legalsoapbox.wordpress.com/?p=562#comment-11866 Oh, on typing louder: <font size="+8">blah</font&gt like THIS Oh, on typing louder:
<font size="+8">blah</font&gt
like THIS

]]> By: Dave Bath http://skepticlawyer.com.au/2008/04/the-spirit-and-the-law-consumer-protection-and-mediums/#comment-11865 Dave Bath Fri, 25 Apr 2008 00:02:50 +0000 http://legalsoapbox.wordpress.com/?p=562#comment-11865 At least prognosticators (whether psychic or rational) make <em><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falsifiability" rel="nofollow">falsifiable</a></em> claims: something that deists don't. Mind you, as a class, they have a bad track record: I wonder if "shocking day/week ahead" appeared in New York media just before the World Trade Center attacks, or Bhopal media before the more deadly capitalist negligence, etc, etc, etc. (Evil giggle) Perhaps track-record "percent spot-on" and "percent totally wrong" should be included in promotional material for psychic services, just like food labelling, etc. However, for long-lived prognostication services (psychic or financial), you'd need some weighting rule. Actually, fortune tellers who advertise are showing their lack of capability. If any good, they'd simply ring up a prospect and say "you were just about to contact a psychic service, and here I am!" And perhaps financial services offering predictions should be subject to gaming industry regulations, perhaps even with similar tax takes by governments! At least prognosticators (whether psychic or rational) make falsifiable claims: something that deists don’t.

Mind you, as a class, they have a bad track record: I wonder if "shocking day/week ahead" appeared in New York media just before the World Trade Center attacks, or Bhopal media before the more deadly capitalist negligence, etc, etc, etc.

(Evil giggle) Perhaps track-record "percent spot-on" and "percent totally wrong" should be included in promotional material for psychic services, just like food labelling, etc. However, for long-lived prognostication services (psychic or financial), you’d need some weighting rule.

Actually, fortune tellers who advertise are showing their lack of capability. If any good, they’d simply ring up a prospect and say "you were just about to contact a psychic service, and here I am!"

And perhaps financial services offering predictions should be subject to gaming industry regulations, perhaps even with similar tax takes by governments!

]]>