James Randi Lecture at NASA 2/12

[sirmolio]

Why the fuck hasn't anyone here commented how the sound in these videos is completely mute? Is it that you yourself are fanatical and support Randi in any circumstance and speech, even not hearing him? LOL that's what I thought.

FIX THE FUCKING SOUND.

[DirtyPlatinumGun]

@sirmolio The sound is fine. Use something other then the speakers you got when you bought your computer.

[sirmolio]

@DirtyPlatinumGun YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE­EEEEEEEEEEEE HAWWWWWW! USING EARPHONES NOW, THANKS BRO! RANDI ROCKS MY BALLS! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!

[DirtyPlatinumGun]

@sirmolio At least you admit to being an ignorant backwoods redneck. Not fun arguing with people in denial.

[blakdust3]

NASA don't laugh at most of his jokes.. stiffs

[phaloxxx]

he's perfected cloning via sleight of hand inceminations, shhhhhh though it'd give the trick away

[Shazigul]

He is simply the great Man.

[darkosminos]

and yellow means "go like hell" :D lol

[ecstatica23]

good thing there's a part 3, otherwise there'd be lots of pissed off people

[8DX]

Epic.. Had to watch this again (3x)

[dewooo]

lol at votebot fail

[CMalburn]

That misdirection was great. I fell for it, and made me think...

[S1nwar]

very strange sound recording in this video , it comes only from the left

[Aprilshowersss]

i love you so damn much James Randi!!!

[InvertedHorizon]

Don't votebot Randi :(

[RhapsodyOfHammerfall]

No matter how much proof there is that psychics (and such things) are fake, there will always be people who still believe in it. Because they need it. How many times has Uri Geller been exposed? Many times! But people still worship him. And those people call a very intelligent man like Mr. Randi a fake, it's just unbelievable.

[richter75]

When the shits hit the floor 99,9% throw their religion away and get help where its given..

[kluetenkloeter]

I can make some safe asumption too:

A guy with the looks of Mr. Randi, who makes some phantastic "million dollar" pledge, changing his name from "Zwinge" to some phantasy name, making money by telling people something every not so stupid person knows anyway, ... hmmm ... that strongly smells like Hebe to me. Am I right, Mr. Zwinge?

[trashmedium]

you know it's spelt "fantasy" right?

[GameDocumentaries]

actually "phantasy" is an archaic form and therefore not really wrong...it's just not being used any more. the fact that the equivalent of this word in other languages is written with "ph" as well as the fact that his nickname is german, is a hint that he isn't even a native english speaker. so how about cutting him some slack and rather complaining about the far worse spelling skills of native english speakers?

[ytpyay]

Haha, rather than refuting anything he said you resort to bigotry. You're quite the intellectual. Hate to break it to you that only about 10% of the world (if we're lucky) fit into the "not so stupid" category. But what do you care? You're part of the majority.

[kluetenkloeter]

You obviously didn't get the point: I don't criticise WHAT he has to say, but rather that a respectable organization like NASA pays him for pointing out what is obvious to a thinking person anyway.

And where do you see "bigotry"? I just made a pretty safe assumption based on certain facts. Whereas Mr. Randi's observations are obvious to almost anyone, my conclusions may not be obvious to the general sheeple, however, they are based on many years of observation of the tribe Mr. Randi belongs to.

[ytpyay]

What does his "tribe" have to do with it. You have the conclusion, share the evidence.

[Naralas]

traffic lights we've seen

red... green...

amber inbetween

we all know what I mean

James Randi accidentally turned rapper.

[dummbatz48]

I'd buy his CD

[592220]

Geez, somebody get the little runt a BOX!

[TheBronzeDog]

I love the glasses bit. :)

[Gunther1987]

Question: Wat is PHD?

[AtheismandSkepticism]

Ph.D.: a doctorate usually based on at least 3 years graduate study and a dissertation; the highest degree awarded graduate study

C+P from google, lol.

[AnarchyBegins]

it means 'Doctor Of Philosophy'

as opposed to 'Medical Doctor'

I hope to have a PhD soon.

[neomp5]

i actually do test unfamiliar chairs before i sit down.

[shoemanbundy]

niles from frasier does the same

[SueBeaWho]

neom and shoeman haahah funny comment about testing the chair! Some of us do! Not me exactly, um I check for icky stuff - I will NOT elaborate lol! But I HAVE sat on a chair and it busted! NO folks, I ain't that fat hahaha. It was actually being sold at one of those wharehouse places. It was a piece of crap and the salesperson even laughed. Anyway I understand Randi's point. Just you both made me laugh and brought back that goofy memory!

[neomp5]

i should mention that i test familiar chairs as well.

i've tried to practice skepticism on a practical level, never leaping into situations.

[MieluChitaristu]

Also, the example he gives (I know, you're supposed to take that with a grain of salt) shows that he has little understanding (or consideration) for what goes on in the background, before that ceremony takes place: years of hard work, research, sacrifice and sometimes innovation. The awarding procedure, is be assured Mr Randi pretty far from a walk in the park. In some countries (e.g. Germany, France) they have a so-called public defense, which is more like a trial than a ceremony.

[MieluChitaristu]

Possibly, but his old rant is still annoying. And you just made one too, by showing you didn't get my "irrelevant" points. I guess comments like "wow, still amazing" or "way to go, Randi" are really relevant, judging the number of positive votes :D

[wwritsa]

A high school dropout turned trickster, turned skeptic, turned debunker and superficially self-taught in science lectures at NASA! LMFAO

[plimbuff]

Randi has said many times that he is not a scientist.

And none of the things you mentioned are mutually exclusive.

Do you believe in the supernatural?

[MieluChitaristu]

While I generally like Randi, his PhD rant is getting annoying and lame, and frankly it reeks of frustration and envy. He has a point about PhDs being SOMETIMES awarded without much consideration for quality and scientific truth. He also has a (minor) point about the public's erroneous idea of a PhD infallibility. The main point he missed however, is that most PhDs are actually knowledgeable and down to earth at the same time, without thinking of themselves as demi-gods..

[uberjim83]

Yep.  Sure, he'd lost a million bucks, but he could make it all back selling the findings! That's what I'd do anyway.

[conoba]

I want his powers.

[uberjim83]

Randi is awesome and I love that he's striking a blow for truth, but I keep secretly hoping that he'll get proven wrong. It would just be so cool if some of that woo-woo was real!

[MrSomewhere]

hear hear

[BorgHub]

may he live till he's 200 and continue to educate humanity and rid the world of superstitioun and nonesense

[shkotay]

@BorgHub ABSOLUTELY! I hope in the meantime hes training his foundation full of people to carry on the struggle!

[krishnadas4x]

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[illusionist1977]

still Amazing

[pmq123]

this video should be watched by more people

[dothack200]

Randi is the man

[krishnadas4x]

@dothack200 bigg man