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  • Vaccines? No link to Autism? New literature beg to differ.

  • There really was a unicorn. If you take a look at one of serial killer Leonard Lake's photographs at the Renaissance Fair, Black Point, Marin County, you will see Lake and his wife with a goat having only one horn. How did this happen? The answer is simple: This goat was surgically altered, and it was called a "unicorn".

  • James Randi is no different to the people a hundred years ago saying no vehicle heavier than air would ever fly. He speaks with one hundred percent certainty on a subject he has no intricate understanding of. He is NOT a physicist, nor scientist of any kind. His lack of understanding on the topics of quantum mechanics, nonlocality and theoretical physics like m-theory make him an uneducated loudmouth who appears to be twice as desperate for attention as any of the people he 'debunks'.

  • @HueyTheDoctor87 He has never claimed to be a scientist. But he has a good and trained eye to find trickery when it is employed. He debunks proven frauds. He has never claimed that something does not exist. He only wants evidence. You sound like someone that just resorts to quantum physics and m-theory because it´s the "in" thing. Or how exactly do you intend to insert it on whatever topic Randi is debating?

  • @HueyTheDoctor87 Quantum Physicists don't even understand quantum mechanics, or even membrane theory. Randi calls bullshit where he sees bullshit. Can you show me any specific cases where Randi has called bullshit on someone mistakenly, or wrongly ? I would love to see the proof.

  • you are wrong about vaccines but we are both only offering opinions

  • Ugh. "Natural cure" and "diet" books. My mom has always been big on these stupid things. She's always trying some new diet and buying some new books and cookbooks for the new diet fads. She's kept a constant interest in "detoxing" and her latest diet trend is the "paleo-diet." It's annoying, but I suppose it's not wholly my mom's fault. People like Trudeau can be very persuasive when they talk about "what they don't want you to know." But a fraud is a fraud.

  • @Klazzt In my experience, the only "health drink" that really works, is creatine... and that's only if you want to build muscles faster. It'll actually make you GAIN weight, not lose it. Losing weight is best done through running... and sweating. Funny how those go hand-in-hand, LOL.

  • Spider Pig

  • I once thought I could shoot electric beams out of my eyes. But then I realized I was just watching my screen saver... Flying toasters are trippy!

  • James Randi is actually a fraud .... those aren't real eyebrows and that beard is made of lambswool and even his teeth are false BIG FAT #FAKE

  • @MrDoublehappy I knew there was something fishy going on. No one can grow a beard that perfectly! Except arabs....

  • This gentleman is an idiot...lol

    Science alter is god...

    Please mr. Randle explain NLP

    I use it..

    Try cognative discongruity.

    So if you think mr. R is on the right track ur as lost as he is, another Penn n teller no less...I bet fox is his favorite new station followed by CNN.

  • @Artorioux Why don't you apply for the 1 million?

  • @Artorioux NLP ? There is very little credit to that. Some of it is handy, because their are physical cues to what's going on in peoples heads, but for the most part, i've seen a lot of it and it looks like BS.

  • I don't care how crazy it sounds if it can be proven.

  • know why he's still alive? He gave death a lecture on how illogical it is. He's is the fucing man

  • "We won't even mention the two years Trudeau spent in federal prison for credit card fraud." :)

  • @tttapmmman you have single handedly with one little paragraph let every one know how stupid you are. Congrats!

  • Randi is the coolest old guy I've ever seen.

  • I think you should send them a supernatural trophy and then sue them for not paying the supernatural subscription they supernaturally aplied for. That would be amussing.LOL.

  • james randi has made dispelling stupidity and superstition his lifes work. the people he debunks have huge amounts of money and resources promoting their clap-trap and, admittedly, are quite entertaining. randi merely speaks reasonably and rationally. religion has an entire infrastructure to support its bullshit so it is not hard for the GULLIBLE to be drawn in. showmanship is the key here.

  • You're such a hypocrite, who are you to call James Randi 'insignificant'? What have you done with your life? You're just a nobody who gets off on posting inflammatory comments on youtube. Achieve half the things Randi has in his life and then get back to us... but then again, doing something meaningful with your time might make you think twice about wasting so much of it on youtube.

  • I love Randy. Reason rules yet again.

  • Are you kidding? Geller has no credibility at all. Yes Edwards and Browne are still going on but they have less and less supporters as time goes by.

    Yes Randi and his foundation have done wonders for critical thinking showing many people how not to get duped.

    You on the other hand, is the one that has done nothing with your life, but try to discredit people that you don´t like. Dela with it.

  • "Pigasus" "When pigs fly!" I love it!

  • FFFUUUUUUUU, not one word you've thrown against James Randi carries any weight nor discredits anything he said. James Randi is an investigator. He checks on claims and then tells people his organization's findings about them. He keeps the forces of ignorance at bay and should be treated as a national treasure.

    So, you want people to chortle down corral calcium, abandon vaccines and consult psychics instead? Keep your illusions to yourself, please. We like to keep our world real.

  • skeptical atheist, advocates medical marijuana, WATCHES COMEDY CENTRAL?!?!?!

    AND THEY SAY GOD DIDN'T EXIST

  • Randi > All Deities

  • Do they actually get a little winged pig statue? Cause that would be freakin' awesome.

  • I can't believe I was conned as a kid, saved up loads of money and bought Kevin Trudeau's Mega Memory.

    What a crock.

  • "Felonious actions I don't want you to know about"

    Heh, I love the way Randi can make jokes and look totally serious while he's doing it. Keep up the good work as always!

  • awesome video...

  • Nice one James. Keep it coming.

  • I have a brother with autism... :'(

  • Sorry to hear that. I am a special education teacher who has worked with tons of kids with Autism. It's a hard disorder for the person and their families. I'm glad that people are realizing that the vaccinations are not the problem. I meet people all the time who claim they are and get mad at me for refuting this claim. Nobody wants to discover the cause more than me, but tout false causes only hampers the cause not make it better. They have shown it's got strong genetic components.

  • Using Jenny McCarthy's logic, i could also assume that that ear infection i had a few months ago was caused by that glass of pepsi i had directly prior to it

  • Jenny McCarthy wants your child to have polio.

  • "When the paranormal is proven pigs will fly" that is so astoundingly prolific.

  • If a guy who says he can turn invisible sets the condition that all viewers must cover their eyes while he performs his act, I think it's reasonable for the skeptic to 'back out'.

    I've read a lot of critique towards Randi and the more serious the critique is, the more nonsensical it tends to be. Believers make ridicilous flame-posts where they think they can prove their point against someone who's been debunking nonsense since before they were born.

    Get educated.

  • Pig asses?

  • I've met some well-meaning effective idiots who buy the anti-vaccine BS. Even when I give them the evidence, point out that their lack of evidence, they still say... "but it is bad." My only hope is that these people, if they breed, will have children who are smarter than their parents.

  • However, it is very common, that some applicants wont agree on the conditions of the test. Usually because controlled conditions are enough to void their so called powers. And then they go out and shout to the world that Randi backed out.

  • Ted Serios and his promoter Dr. Jule Eisenbud have been debunked long ago. And yes, by Randi. Rupert Sheldrake studies are, at least, controversial. He even admits that the scientific community doubts his studies. Hmm. And he claims that Randi was the one to back out of the challenge. Hardly surprising. The challenge stipulates that both parties should agree to the terms of the test beforehand.

  • So you don´t like Randi. You are entilted to your opinion of course. But when citing past events at least try to get your facts straight.

  • the word 'amazing' in 'the amazing meeting' is a reference to James Randi's stage name - 'THE AMAZING Randi' or are you too lacking in cognitive ability to make that connection. You dozy kook, speak for yourself as your name 'PROUDTOBELOUD' suggests far more pomposity than you claim Randi projects. Get a clue you ditz. Dont reply to me either.

  • you just amuse me

  • why did sheldrake call randi a liar saying randi said he viewed his tape and then later retracted, why did randi say he carried out sheldrakes experiments and then provide no data to back this up.

  • Well at least Trudeau's book said that you need to maintain your diet for life to stay healthy...it just needs to be a normal healthy diet; not something crazy.

  • I OBJECT!!!!

    Ben Stein is NOT a noted "humorist". He's about as far from humorous as a human can be.

  • Not humorist. Hubrist - coming from the word 'hubris' - a term used in modern English to indicate overweening pride, superciliousness, or arrogance

  • hmmm...okay maybe he did say humorist, but I think my word fits too

  • It was a nice alliteration

  • Snake oil is not fraudulent!

    It curse.. thirst?

  • And I thought it was for lubricating snakes...

  • Prove your telekinesis right and then we´ll see about the pigs flying.

  • I've seen pigs fly, my local police station has a helicopter!!!

  • Nice

  • Where they piloting it?

  • @ebrobaru 

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  • Why are you wasting time prevaricating in the comments section of YouTube, "PropecyChanger"? You could have been a millionaire by now!

  • Why doesn't it surprise me that a "believer" might have trouble understanding the metaphorical nature of the flying pig comment?

  • "So when I prove my Telekinesis under laboratory test conditions"

    You can start by uploading a YouTube video so you won't immediately be called on this bullshit.

  • It seems JREF is now moderataring the ''Vidoe Responses''

    Yes it's me highflyertoo who you banned off the forum for speaking out how Telekinesis is Demonstrable.

    Why won't your Foundtain lift the ban ?

  • How exactly are scientists going to find paranormal phenomena? Science studies only normal phenomena, so once we'll detect ghosts, for example, this will become a normal phenomenon which was not previously detected. If we find that someone can shout electromagnetic beams out of his eyes at will then, since we can detect it, it becomes a normal phenomenon. Why should someone win a million $ for that?

  • The thing about autism-vaccine links is moronic (meaning the claim). That woman definitely deserves the Pigasus.

  • Who are you bitching at, exactly?

  • Yeah, who are you bitching at?

  • No, the dumbing down of America lies in the destruction of the public education system starting with Reagan and reached a climax with Bush Sr.'s No Child Left Behind disaster. Learn a little history.

  • I was looking through some movies at the CD store, and guess what I found in the comedy section? Expelled.

  • It would be quite humorous if JRF really did send the pigs to the mentioned individuals with a letter telling them how they got the award.

  • that would be so COOL

  • RLore18, all vaccinations do not contain all of those substances. Mercury is certainly present in all vaccines I've seen, acting as a preservative. You're correct that they are highly toxic, but then most things are in the correct quantity.

    Potassium is also toxic in high quantities, yet it's present in many mineral waters. It's all down to the quantity and exposure over time. It's one reason why you can't just load a kid up with every vaccine they'll ever need in life.

  • I agree with scepticalpreacher. Saying that "every vaccine contains" all these things is just plain ridiculous.

    Aside from that, you can simply look up how many persons were vaccined, how few of these have had complications, and how many of those were spared diseases which raged at the time.

    I have been vaccined around 15 times in my life, for all possible diseases, but guess what: I am still in good health. All the mercury and formaldehyde which you said was in there didn't hurt me one bit.

  • Cool awards! Oh btw the expelled movie is fucking disgusting propaganda and i cant believe that it was even made... Fuck ben stein!

  • Regarding the 'reply video' (which doesn't seem to be a reply) it looks like the 'mylow' so-called 'free energy' prank is still being believed by some of the TRUE BELIEVERS in youtube a week after the maker of the prank said it is a prank. That's just plain scary.

  • I really wish comments were allowed on the JREF site when these are posted there. Having to wade through the moronic comments which accompany almost all Youtube postings makes my eyes bleed like the Virgin Mary's ass.

    See? Now look what you made me do!!

  • The web site has many pages, different sections and archives.

    Comments are relegated to the forums. Log in and pick a topic!

  • Oops. I applaud Jame's Randi's debunking popular myths, and I know he believes vaccination is unrelated to autism. However, it isn' t vaccination parents of autistic children are protesting against; it's the mercury used in many vaccinations. Even in "trace" amounts, as the company's claim they are, mercury is extremely dangerous to the nervous system of young children, especially infants. I have read way too many articles of parents watching their children change within weeks.

  • Have you read scientific analyses, or anecdotal stories? The entire point is that the vaccines, with or without mercury, cannot be shown to cause problems. Even using common sense, think about how many people get vaccines and DON'T have problems of any kind. This may be a "popular myth" that you have fallen prey to.

  • I can't find anywhere a company that says there are trace amounts of mercury in their drugs. What drugs are being mentioned? Most vaccinations contain only a small amount of the contagion to begin with, and reactions are normal, especially skin reactions. Where is the evidence that vaccinations are contaminated?

  • Randi, I personally think if you're going to name these nitwits, you should send them a plaque. That way they'll find out the hard way about your show and what you're calling them out on.

  • haha! You are killingme))

  • im hungry, throw pigasus on the barbie

  • damnit, my finger slipped and instead of pausing the vid, i clicked the "one star" button. My bad! This vid deserved 5 stars!

  • All ancient civilizations built pyramids, becasue it was the easier structure to build. How´s that related to Atlantis?

  • that argument is pretty vague, luckely that isnt the only correlation between the many cultures, do you know what "the flower of life" is? research it and you will find that it has been found all over the place including Egypt.

  • Maybe an award should go to the people who make and star in the SciFi Channel show "Ghost Hunters". Never before have creaks and groans in old places were made to sound like dead people speaking.  Using stuff made from Radio Shack parts.

  • james randi, you're soo cool

  • HOLY SHIT

    That "cures they don't want you to know about" guy was in federal prison for 2 years???

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  • If you place an electrode pair on your scalp, you can record brain waves: low-voltage e-fields. If you place those same electrodes in the air a few mm away from your scalp, the signal IS STILL THERE (because of capacitive coupling.) To increase the signal, use a preamp with extremely high input impedance.

    So, while Ross' claim of "EM eye beams" is outside science ...his goggles aren't. They aren't picking up "beams." They're just picking up the e-fields which extend past your skin.

  • pigs will fly..bahahaha!!!(I've been watching the skies lately)..nada

  • why does he include Atlantis amung unicorns? Why is Atlantis such a ridiculous idea? Its the most logical idea to explain the corallations in the world like: pyramides, architecture, religion, the knowledge of the stars etc etc...

  • You're kidding, right?

  • Of course I'm kidding. I guess satire doesn't translate that well in print.

  • no, pls disprove of my claim. doesn't it seem that all these civilizations are too common to have sprung up out of themselves? all around the same period? you gotta be bullshitting me.

    or the structures that are found under water? pyramide shaped?

  • Well, you seem rather interested in this, colloredbrothers.

    How about doing some investigating and provide the rest of us with actual data that proves the existence of Atlantis. Or are you too lazy?

  • what do you mean by proof? should I give you a piece of rock that will tell you that its from atlantis after put under a microscope?

    There are structures found in the sees and have pyrimidal architectures. And logic tells me that the coincidences are toomuch around the world. Iv talked about this is some scientific forums, I provide all the coincidences and they can't explain why or they come up with stupid theorys why, that hold no ground in my opinion.

  • "logic tells me that the coincidences are toomuch around the world" - colloredbrothers

    Now that sounds a lot like the start of a conspiracy theory.

    Sir, you fail at skepticism.

  • man you are fucking dumb, conspiracy theory's = no skepticism? and btw I'm not saying that it is a conspiracy theory, you misinterpreted what i sayed. And even so, conspiracy's happen everyday all the time. I bet you believe 110 story's collapsed in 10 second and pulverized (while buildings in China don't even collapse at all) and that the war in iraq was for alquiada. you just don't want to see the facts.

    your nat rational in any way, you are ignorant

  • It didn't fall in 10 seconds, it just looks that way due to the dust cloud.

    You are not a skeptic, you're a denialist.

  • So some caveman decided to do this amazing opparation and managed to even crash 2 (supposedly 3) planes into 3 diffrent spots, they had to fly over the most protected country of the fucking world yet with box cutters they did it all in the name of alah? Look at my playlist of "american situations" and watch bush's response when asked a rather "tough" question. You havn't even researched the subject.

  • If you're going to call someone ignorant, learn to spell. And where in holy hell do you even begin to believe that buildings in China don't collapse? Unless I'm misunderstanding which I'm sure most are, seeing as your thoughts seem to be all over the place. It's Al' Qaeda, and you should stick to the facts, and stop calling names.

  • excuse me for the spelling. I didn't mean buildings in general but if you would have know of the great fire it china's tallest buildings you would have known that it did not collapse even after the heavy fire. (youtube for images) Yes it is Al' Qaeda but this is an organization set up by the CIA. btw question, do you believe osama bin laden planned all of this? and do you beleive that he is the reason why USA is in IRAQ?

  • In short, I don't believe much of anything the Government tells me about anything. yes, I know the moniker was given by the CIA to categorize an entire group of many and varied peoples. Of course it was for oil and war profiteering. I think Osama helped to fund the World Trade Center incident. Many buildings have been gutted, and not collapsed, so there's nothing special in the incident of one being gutted in China. That's what the term "gutted" refers to. Some remain standing, others fall.

  • 3 fall in one day when this never happened before. look at these images and convince yourself that fire caused it: /watch?v=c611FK37Un8

    I'm going to leave it at that, just like a chirstian believes his truth so do you believe yours.

    and its not that Im stubbern but i saw a round table descussion with so called 9/11 "debunkers" vs conspiracy theorist and the debunkers had no strong claims nor evidence. they ticked it of with it was "all one big mistake" my ass

  • You are aware that planes, one topped off with fuel, slammed into the buildings at alarming speeds, right? Kinda different from just a fire. Oh, and there are buildings that have collapsed due to fire. Oops.

  • "Kinda different from just a fire."

    official story says fire.

    "Oh, and there are buildings that have collapsed due to fire. Oops. "

    Not these building as they where made to resist fire. ^^

    I f you believe building 7 came down with the fire they showed you must be out of your mind.

  • A gaping hole and a fire, yes. Bending steel is not a great way to hold up an enormous building that's been compromised. Building 7 had massive damage in a corner. If you do a little bit of math, and notice how a penthouse collapses before the rest, you'd understand this. They? The CTists tend to shorten that clip.

  • "A gaping hole and a fire, yes. Bending steel is not a great way to hold up an enormous building that's been compromised."

    It fell down and pulvorized into dust this also is not normal, and the gaping hole was totaly upstairs.

    "Building 7 had massive damage in a corner."

    yet it fell into its footprint not normal.

    "They? The CTists tend to shorten that clip."

    doesnt matter you see fire you see collapse nothing more needed.

  • So those floors above the holes are of no tonnage at all? Right. Building 7 didn't fall exactly into a footprint, btw; and if it did, it still doesn't imply anything like you are. Weight goes down; it takes an insane amount of energy to make a building fall sideways. Nothing more needed? Typical.

  • "So those floors above the holes are of no tonnage at all?"

    yes but some walls would still be sticking out, yet everything just pulverized.

    "Weight goes down; it takes an insane amount of energy to make a building fall sideways. Nothing more needed? Typical. "

    There was fire in the side meaning only the side should collapse while the other side stood up, instead it did fall in its footprint!

    watch /watch?v=iEuJimaumW4

    If you don't see something isn't right, your ignorant

  • Not only do controlled demo buildings have big chunks, WTC used very little cement. Your point? Jet fuel filled the floors. A lot was burned off, yes, but you only need a little to spread fire. One of towers did fall asymmetricall for a bit, bit.

  • /watch?v=8_tf25lx_3o&feature=r­ec-HM-exp_stronger_rev-rn

  • your claims become even more incredible, now cave men with towels on there heads brought down the buildings with nato-technology?

    good game

  • Stephen E. Jones, a man who helped them, has been claiming things and retracting for years. It's poor science this fellow is pushing, and all you can whip out is that men in caves canard? When the planning wasn't in them? Show me the peer reviews, and not just eight buddies.

  • We had a nice conversation and I hold my point just as you hold yours.

    peace

  • Come now Randi, be fair. Jenny McCarthy isn't suggesting that parents shouldn't vaccinate their children, she's simply suggesting that vaccines are filled with noxious chemicals and industrial poisons that may kill your child. Let's make the distinction. Ms. McCarthy advocates "Greening" our vaccines by making them "all natural" like say, oh I don't know.........Measles, Mumps and Smallpox pathogens. She's very clear on that point.

  • Just because it's natural doesn't mean its good for you.

  • The FDA is not exactly the most reliable, either.

  • You are absoluteley corect. However I would take the advise of th FDA anyday over the advise of these quacks.

  • Jenny McCarthy ought to be muzzled. Every time she convinces a parent not to vaccinate a child, she puts that child at risk.

  • Happy Paul Nelson Day, Mr Randi!

  • More than 3,000 new cases of autism were reported in California in 2006, compared with 205 in 1990. In 1990, 6.2 of every 10,000 children born in the state were diagnosed with autism by the age of five, compared with 42.5 in 10,000 born in 2001, according to the study, published in the journal Epidemiology. The numbers have continued to rise since then.

  • An interesting statistic. What conclusions can you draw? Perhaps the state of California begin vaccinating children in 1990?

  • It would probably make more sense to maybe conclude that we've better methods of detecting autism than we used to.

  • Post the whole thing next time.

    "It's time to start looking for the environmental culprits responsible for the remarkable increase in the rate of autism in California" - Hertz-Picciotto.

    It's more then likely that better detection on top of environmental issues is the cause of the rise.

    As an aside, vaccines have been distributed since the later 40's early 50's in many places with little/no increases in autism.

  • Plus, with a diagnosis of "Autism Spectrum Disorder" there are more educational services available to the child. Doctors will therefore often make this diagnosis in borderline cases where they otherwise might not, but where they feel the child might benefit from the services.

  • Jenny McCarthy's a menace to society by encouraging people to put their children's lives at risk.

  • his beard is so huge and powerful

    I CANNOT COMPREHEND ITS MIGHT

  • Kevin Trudeau! I love that guy.

    I'm British, but every time I find my self in America, and turn on the set, sure enough ol'Tredeau is still therem selling some new crap, whilst i'm on the floor in stiches.

  • More than 48 hours ago the creator of the "MyLow" fake "free energy" device confessed to faking it; astonishingly, many people in YouTube and elsewhere on the 'net are insisting he is lying about it being a fake.

    This frightens me.

  • For the faithful, the truth is not relevant. Faith assures them that the world is against them and lying about woo woo theories and claims.

  • "For the faithful, the truth is not relevant."

    SHUDDER!

    This morning even more defenders of the "mylow" prank are insisting "mylow" lied about his "free energy" device being a fake. They show every sign of being just like religious fanatics.

  • Baha! That was enjoyable.

  • I saw that book for sale and laughed out loud at the "they." Glad to see the author getting his due recognition.

  • The sequel was "More Natural "Cures" They Don't Want You To Know About." I forget where he put the parenthesis on his weight solutions book!

  • This reminds me of that thing you can do with your finger, where you hold it over someone's palm and they can kinda feel a tingle where you're pointing. I forget what causes it, maybe your body heat or maybe you just feel different because you see something near your skin.

  • What is the science of conscience?

  • It is in Plato and Spinoza. harm to others is harm to the self, it is harm to the whole. Reason allows us to make judgements which serve most good and least harm. It is logical to cooperate, loving one's neighbour was a concept taken from Greek philosophy and ethics, it did not originate in Judah. Religion turns all the above to crap, it preaches surrender to authority. it is how people are persuaded to kill in the name of a particular sky daddy. Where is the conscience in religion?

  • You made my point exactly. I asked, and you responded by quoting old dead people's work, and being preachy.. You sound like a science priest. Get head out of cornhole, find own heart, stop quoting others. And you'll learn how to accept both as simply different ways, seeing the shortcomings in the corruption of both, and you won't be a asshole quoting old dead people anymore. Its win win isn't it. Yeh

  • I answered your question, and It seems that in your own way, you also answered mine.

  • wait, did the christian just tell an atheist to stop quoting dead people and being preachy?

    am i the only one with a working irony met- *sproing*

    f#$k!

  • Neither Plato nor Spinoza were scientists. They were philosophers, people who seek truth rather than simply writing fiction and asserting it to be true. So I can see how one could mistake them for scientists since they're basically the opposite of a theologian.

  • Ethicism?

  • is it called psychology? I'm just spit-balling.

  • Psychology does a lot of descriptive research about people's ethical behavior, but it's too general to call it the science of conscience.

  • Hurrah for Randi and co.

  • i dont believe any claims anyone makes...if someone says something strange i do research and look up scientific data..then i make my opinion...i dont believe in god because there is no evidence...and im not gonna believe some 2000 year old sheepherders that wrote the bible...its hard enough for me to believe people these days..let alone people ive never met..2000 years ago

  • Oh, goodness, Expelled is such a WONDROUS movie...

  • Can we not discuss this?...Oh wait your are a kid, and you programing is not complete, never mind.