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13 quotes by James Randi

James Randi (born Randall James Hamilton Zwinge, August 7, 1928) is a Canadian-American retired stage magician and scientific skeptic best known for his challenges to paranormal claims and pseudoscience. Randi is the co-founder of Committee for Skeptical Inquiry (CSI), and the founder of the James Randi Educational Foundation (JREF). He began his career as a magician named The Amazing Randi, but after retiring at age 60, he chose to devote most...
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A quick example of that is a woman who said she'd been healed of throat cancer where the faith healer admitted he touched her on the forehead.

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Feeling better is not actually being better.

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I don't expect that the million will ever be won, simply because there is no confirming evidence for any paranormal claims to date.

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The New Age? It's just the old age stuck in a microwave oven for fifteen seconds.

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The only difference is that religion is much better organised and has been around much longer, but it's the same story with different characters... →

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I do not expect that homeopathy will ever be established as a legitimate form of treatment, but I do expect that it will continue to be popular.

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I was not surprised by the results of the Horizon experiments, but I remain willing to observe and consider any and all other tests that are done... →

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There's something about the Houdini act that is not always made clear - about the escape act in general.

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I questioned her further, and eventually got to talk to her doctor. And her doctor sort of shook his head and he said, 'I have examined her for... →

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However, I believe that it would be difficult to have legitimate scientists agree to participate.

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They would have been very let down if they had to leave the theater and he had missed. He would feel badly. Everyone would feel badly. But he never... →

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I would put my million dollars up as well.

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The problem with experiments has always been that human beings make the decisions on whether or not the animals have benefitted from the treatment.

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