I want to discuss Dr. Gary Schwartz's current triple-blind protocols for a moment. Skeptics, I want to know exactly what is wrong with this current set up ...
In these controlled experiments, a random sitter (out of a very large undisclosed pool) is randomly selected, and a random proxy sitter (of no relation to the sitter, and has never met them before) is randomly selected from the same pool to take the physical place of the person actually being read. The medium is placed in one room, and is not allowed to talk to or see the proxy sitter, who sits in another room. So, the actual sitter being read is not present, but a proxy sitter of no relation is sitting in for them, and even they cannot speak to the Medium. All of this is done blind to the medium, the sitters, the proxy sitters, and the researchers. Then a second reading is done, this time for the proxy sitter themselves. After both readings are over, both readings are then given to the true sitter who was not physically present during the reading, who examines, judges, and determines which of the two readings was meant for them, and the overall accuracy of the psychic information and of the alleged deceased relatives who came through during the reading. Matching their own reading from the two readings is highly significant.
I don't exactly see where the problem is. Most critiques I've read online about Dr. Gary Schwartz are attacking his EARLY Experiments (circa 2000 - 2003) which were only single-blind, and had various design errors, which he later corrected, and stepped up the controls.
Here's audio from a debate that Dr. Gary Schwartz had with Skeptic Michael Shermer on the topic of his experiments, where Michael Shermer critiques Dr. Gary Schwartz's experiments, and then Dr. Gary Schwartz responds and tears them apart ...