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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The 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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Pigasus Award (redirect from Pigasus (Randi))
by the late James Randi, a skeptic. The purpose of the award was to expose parapsychological, paranormal, and psychic frauds whom Randi had noted over...
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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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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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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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CNN, ABC News, and personally from The Oprah Winfrey Show. However, James Randi and Joe Nickell exposed his healing procedures as nothing more than carnival...
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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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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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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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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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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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publisher of the Skeptical Inquirer; the James Randi Educational Foundation, founded by illusionist and skeptic James Randi, and the Occult Investigative Committee...
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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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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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Tim Farley (section James Randi Educational Foundation)
reverse engineering as well as a skeptic. He was a research fellow of the James Randi Educational Foundation. Tim Farley is the creator of the website What's...
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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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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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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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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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on 21 December 2021. Retrieved 11 March 2021. "James Randi's Swift - September 1, 2006". James Randi Educational Foundation. Retrieved 30 October 2012...
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which followed the debunking work of James Randi. She demonstrated her alleged telekinetic abilities on-camera for Randi and other investigators. Before the...
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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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2008-03-28. Alt URL Randi, James (2004-12-03). "Commentary". Swift. James Randi Educational Foundation. Retrieved 2008-03-28. Randi, James (2005-07-01). "Commentary"...
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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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