$4,000.00 Reward (Nielsen, Till, Henschell & Billings
Farrell Till jftill@midwest.net
Tue, 03 Mar 1998 23:00:32 -0800 (00889016432, 2.2.32.19980304070032.006f4d2c@midwest.net)
At 04:48 PM 3/3/98 -0600, D. T. Billings wrote:
>
>TOD
>The problem is this: If you prohibit them only from ommitting details,
>then they could write the account with their own "how-it-could-have-been
>scenarios" and fulfill the request, all without ommitting anything, but
>simply by explaining the contradictions with their own speculations of
>what could have happened. They will come up with some
>unbelievable stuff, but technically, they will have won the reward.
>Nothing in the challenge stipulates that it must make sense. I wouldn't
>add such a clause however, as different people disagree on what makes
>sense and what doesn't. The best solution is to forbid them from adding
>to the text with their own speculations. Is Ralph still participating on
>the list? I don't know how to get a hold of him. I can't imagine that
>he would mind such a change, as speaking for me personally, I am not
>prepared to pay somebody $1,000.00 for writing a fanciful little story, I
>want only a harmonization of the text as they stand. Even I could
>harmonize the text if I was allowed to make up some little explanation to
>explain the contradicting aspects. It may be wild, but I would have
>harmonized the accounts, without leaving out any details.
>
TILL
My published part of this reward stipulated that reconciliation narratives
could not resort to speculation. I included this for the very reason
mentioned above.
Farrell Till
Skepticism, Inc.
jftill@midwest.net