James Randi (born Randall James Hamilton Zwinge; August 7, 1928 – October 20, 2020) was a Canadian-American stage magician, author, and scientific skeptic...
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James Randi Educational Foundation (JREF) is an American grant-making institution founded in 1996 by magician and skeptic James Randi. As a nonprofit...
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Peter Popoff (section Investigation by James Randi)
charlatan, debunked clairvoyant, and faith healer. He was exposed in 1986 by James Randi for using a concealed earpiece to receive radio messages from his wife...
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One Million Dollar Paranormal Challenge (redirect from Randi Prize)
The One Million Dollar Paranormal Challenge was an offer by the James Randi Educational Foundation (JREF) to pay out one million U.S. dollars to anyone...
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Sylvia Browne (section James Randi)
2, 2017. Retrieved August 31, 2017. Randi, James (January 28, 2005). "Sylvia Browne's Clock-Update". James Randi Educational Foundation. Archived from...
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skeptic James Randi awarded the program a 1980 Uri Award, later renamed the Pigasus Award, "for declaring a simple magic trick to be genuine." James Randi replicated...
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effect" and made him a celebrity. The work of magician and investigator James Randi was the main factor in revealing that Geller's actual methods were stage...
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Pigasus Award (redirect from Pigasus (Randi))
skeptic James Randi. The award seeks to expose parapsychological, paranormal or psychic frauds that Randi had noted over the previous year. Randi usually...
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needed] After moving to the Fort Lauderdale area, Kramer worked for the James Randi Educational Foundation from 2004 until February 2006. His main job was...
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of James Randi, and CSICOP investigating parapsychology from a critical, skeptical point of view. Polidoro studied Randi and his publications. Randi, like...
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received media coverage on CNN, ABC News, and The Oprah Winfrey Show. James Randi and Joe Nickell exposed his healing procedures as nothing more than carnival...
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Isaac at James Randi Educational Foundation TAM13 2015 Nigerian Spam Scam Scam 2015 Las Vegas Isaac (L), Cameron, Emery Emery, & James Randi at TAM13...
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the James Randi Educational Foundation (JREF). Perennial speakers included Penn & Teller, Phil Plait, Michael Shermer and James "The Amazing" Randi. Speakers...
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as a caretaker after the ranch was sold to Bigelow. In 1996, skeptic James Randi awarded Bigelow a tongue-in-cheek Pigasus Award for funding the purchase...
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were revealed to be tricks due to the work of magician and investigator James Randi and others. Despite hundreds of experiments by parapsychologists to determine...
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James Grothe (born June 25, 1973) is an American skeptic who has served in leadership roles for both the Center for Inquiry (CFI) and the James Randi...
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and bizarrists. Some well-known magicians, such as Penn & Teller, and James Randi, argue that a key differentiation between a mentalist and someone who...
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The Truth About Uri Geller (category Books by James Randi)
skeptic James Randi about alleged psychic Uri Geller. In the book, Randi challenges Geller's assertions that he performs paranormal feats. Randi explores...
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on Caputo to prove her abilities, and James Randi said her claims were not true. In April 2012, the James Randi Educational Foundation awarded Caputo...
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diligent efforts of conjurer James ('The Amazing') Randi that Geller was finally, at least in most people's eyes, exposed. Randi demonstrated that he could...
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Skepticism Cold reading Committee for Skeptical Inquiry Debunking Hoax James Randi Educational Foundation Magical thinking Prizes for evidence of the paranormal...
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accuracy using cues alone, without visiting any of the sites himself. James Randi has written that controlled tests by several other researchers, eliminating...
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mediums". Scientific American. Retrieved 24 December 2011. "James Randi's Swift". Randi.org. April 21, 2006. Retrieved 2012-01-03. Woliver, Robbie (July...
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Toolbox workshop "James Randi Award for Skepticism in the Public Interest" at The Amaz!ng Meeting 2013 2017 Award from James Randi Educational Foundation...
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Show. In the NOVA documentary, "James Randi – Secrets of the Psychics," magician and skeptical activist James Randi recalls that Carson "had been a magician...
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specific claims have been deemed fictitious by critics including magician James Randi, Inside Edition. and Jezebel. Each episode focuses on Caputo as she conducts...
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Skepticism Cold reading Committee for Skeptical Inquiry Debunking Hoax James Randi Educational Foundation Magical thinking Prizes for evidence of the paranormal...
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ISBN 0-486-26167-0 Randi, James. (1982). Flim-Flam! Psychics, ESP, Unicorns, and Other Delusions. Prometheus Books. ISBN 0-87975-198-3 James Randi Replicating...
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a two-hour tape of edited shows as a sample, illusionist and skeptic James Randi found that just 3 of 23 statements made by Edward were confirmed as correct...
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Theta Kappa International Honor Society of the Two-year School. He and James Randi delivered a lecture entitled Skepticism, which related directly with...
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