Useful Randi Links
Here are some useful website links concerning James Randi which are very informative, all of these were found and taken from his page on Wikipedia:
Official
- James Randi Educational Foundation – Official website
Supportive
- James Randi in the Skeptic's Dictionary
- Project Alpha in the Skeptic's Dictionary
- How Randi and fake psychic Carlos fooled millions
- James Randi at the Internet Movie Database
- James Randi Educational Foundation YouTube
Media
- James Randi interview (November, 2007) from the BSAlert.com radio show where Mr. Randi discusses the TV show "Phenomenon", the current status of Uri Geller and his thoughts about whether society is becoming more or less superstitious.
- Malmgren, Jeanne. "Randi, the quack hunter ", St. Petersburg Times , April 14, 1998.
- "Homeopathy: The Test - webchat with James Randi ", BBC , 26 November 2002.
- "20 Major Aspects of Liars, Cheats, and Frauds" by James Randi"
- The Power of Belief (Video clip) from ABC News
- Randi's Internet Audio Show from the James Randi Educational Foundation
- Skepticality Internet Radio
Transcripts
- "Official transcript: Psychic Powers Debunked in Shawn Hornbeck Case ", Anderson Cooper 360 , January 19, 2007. (Sylvia Browne and Randi)
- "Official transcript: Psychic Psychic Reality Check ", Anderson Cooper 360 , January 30, 2007. (Sylvia Browne 's manager and Randi)
- "Official transcript: Have Psychics Gone Too Far? ", Larry King Live , January 26, 2007. (Altea and James Randi)
- "Official transcript: Spiritual Medium Versus Paranormal Skeptic ", Larry King Live , June 5, 2001. (Rosemary Altea and Randi)
- "Official transcript: Are Psychics Real? ", Larry King Live , September 3, 2001. (Sylvia Browne and Randi)
Criticism
- A Skeptical Look At James Randi Michael Prescott
- James Randi's response to criticism James Randi Educational Foundation
- Benveniste, Jacques , and Peter Jurgens. On the Role of Stage Magicians in Biological Research The Anomalist 1998
- Thalbourne, Michael A, “Science versus showmanship: A history of the Randi hoax,” American Society for Psychical Research 89 (4) OCT 1995
JREF - Rosemary Hunter
Here's a video that shows just a little something that the James Randi Educational Foundation does.
JREF offers a million dollars to anybody who can prove that they have supernatural ability. Just as Harry Houdini used to offer 200 pounds to anyone who could prove that they had supernatural ability. So there are people who take up this challenge, apply and end up being debunked by the organisation.
In the video above we see Rosemary Hunter is being tested for an ability that she claims she has which is to be able to make people urinate with the power of her mind (a gift from God - she claims)..
So does Rosemary Hunter really have the ability to make people piss their pants?! Watch the videos and find out...
Following parts:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yv-NPFRUV8E&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7yMc0rJUfU&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wz-2bjiMrx0&feature=related
Sylvia Browne debunked on CNN
It's sick how these "psychics" will torment the people who come to her for help just for money.
This video taken from a CNN news broadcast. It tells a story of a horrible prediction that Sylvia Browne made as well as other completely wrong predictions. Both James Randi and Robert Lancaster speaks out against pyschics in this video.
Randi goes on to explain the reasons why and how these con-artists manage to squeeze money out of their victims.
It also shows a percentage of people who believe in "pyschics" which disturbs me as I believe that these con-artists need to be shown up as fakes.
A video like this makes me angry and inspires me to speak out against these people, possibly even in my art.