James Randi has died

Tek81 · 22 Oct 2020 at 19:52

"One of the best known magicians in the entertainment industry, James Randi, famous for exposing claimants of the paranormal, has died in the US aged 92."

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/world-us-canada-54642107

A great magician, and by all accounts a really nice guy. I used to enjoy watching his debunking shows. RIP.

Arsonist · 22 Oct 2020 at 20:06

Was he really randi?

m@rty · 22 Oct 2020 at 20:17

Arsonist said:
Was he really randi?

His favourite magic trick was hide the sausage

Gray2233 · 22 Oct 2020 at 20:22

This is really sad news.

James Randi has done a lot to debunk some of the exploitative garbage in the world. I really enjoyed his lectures on homeopathy where he'd start them off by downing several packs of 'homeopathic sleeping tablets' -- very funny stuff, he was a fantastic entertainer.

Gerard · 22 Oct 2020 at 20:24

Aww

Hadn't seen anything new from him on YouTube for quite some time. Always found his videos of interest.

Malevolence · 22 Oct 2020 at 21:00

Plot twist, he appears on a late night chat show next week and claims the million.

Gerard · 22 Oct 2020 at 21:09

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1319221718129541121

Gellar the bell-end keeping it classy as usual.

SexyGreyFox · 22 Oct 2020 at 22:20

A genuine Rip from me, I thought he was brilliant.

Screeeech · 22 Oct 2020 at 22:42

I met him once in the US quite a few years ago, really.... quite upset about this

Hades · 22 Oct 2020 at 22:57

That's a shame. RIP.

checjb · 22 Oct 2020 at 23:06

Never met the guy but thought he was a class act and a genuine light in rationale thinking circles. I'm genuinely sad about his passing but he left quite the legacy.

beh · 22 Oct 2020 at 23:09

Gerard said:
Gellar the bell-end keeping it classy as usual.

Good quote at the end of the NYT obit, Randi - "I want to be cremated, and I want my ashes blown in Uri Geller's eyes."

something daft already!! · 22 Oct 2020 at 23:09

RIP. Great man.

SexyGreyFox · 23 Oct 2020 at 07:38

I think he also proved that no matter how much you could prove something people didn't care.
One example was a famous preacher who knew what was wrong with people then magically made their problems go away.
Randi and his team recorded the transmissions from his wife to an earpiece and he was exposed, he also ended up doing time but when he came out he carried on as usual

Another was Uri Geller, everywhere Geller went Randi followed him and did all Gellers tricks by showing people it was just magic - nobody cared.
He even sat across from Geller and because Randi had changed his props slightly, Geller couldn't do his tricks.

esoteric · 23 Oct 2020 at 07:51

James Randi is a paragon of our species. I held him in such high regard so I'm gutted he's now gone.

Malevolence · 23 Oct 2020 at 07:58

SexyGreyFox said:
He even sat across from Geller and because Randi had changed his props slightly, Geller couldn't do his tricks.

Now that is some epic real-life trolling.

adolf hamster · 23 Oct 2020 at 09:14

Well there goes one of the great skeptics.

RIP

Helen Barber · 23 Oct 2020 at 10:04

m@rty said:
His favourite magic trick was hide the sausage

Don't be so disrespectful

Ugley_Matt · 23 Oct 2020 at 10:05

https://www.iflscience.com/health-a...es-before-anyone-can-claim-his-1000000-prize/

Some of the clips in there of him debunking are just wonderful

dirtychinchilla · 23 Oct 2020 at 10:36

Oh man, that's really sad. He was fantastic. I loved his work debunking all sorts of crap.

Helen Barber said:
Don't be so disrespectful

Do you know which forum you're on?!