I used to read the detailed reports that JREF would put out on all of the million dollar challengers. They don't seem to be archived anywhere. One challenger that stood out was a young guy who thought he could get words transmitted psychically from his girlfriend.
If I recall, he had to reschedule a couple times because he didn't have the money for the transportation to where JREF would run the experiment. When he finally arrived, the guy was completely sincere and polite, and when he failed, was puzzled but respectful. And I recall the writeup as showing James as being really kind to him - it was a stark contrast to some of the other charlatans that participated. It showed me that he reserved his outrage to those who were trying to trick or mislead, but understood there were some who genuinely felt they were psychically gifted, and treated them with humanity.
To me that showed character beyond "let me expose these people as the cheats that they are".
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