James Randi Lecture @ Caltech - Magic or Conjurer?

[jdtwk123]

James Randi's beard can cure cancer

[misterwolf29]

blow a raspberry, the height of intellect. *guffaw*

[maropigula]

haha

[Banned4Life]

"Hindi" means prostiture in Randi.

[maropigula]

@Banned4Life  good one

[teenspirit1]

does turkey mean Turkey in English?

[deepakshimishra]

'randi' means prostitute in hindi. :D

[teenspirit1]

hindi means turkey in Turkey.

[deepakshimishra]

'tharki' means paedophile in hindi

[cristop5]

Not really. Would you care to expand on that, post a demo clip maybe? lol

[jebus6kryst]

Wow, so young.

Such a great public speaker. I hope to half as good as him one day.

[magicmike323]

Skullduggery is my new favourite phrase.

[pitbull103]

Randi > All Deities

[VimisiDigitalMedia]

Great stuff, as always! - If I may add: The perception that "intellegent" people can't be fooled is amusing. Often they're fooled easier than "average" folk, simply because they look for complicated solutions where none exist. The skill and talent (if you will) of a competent conjuror is widely under estimated... He/she understands the human "patterns" and "behaviors", and uses that knowledge so people can fool themselves. Please help support the JREF by purchasing DVDs at JREF-dot-org. Thanks!

[leporidus]

I hope we will see the bit at 0:57 re-used in many videos responding to quackery and woo-woo.

:-P

[b6gm6n]

Your such a light, amazing! Thank you.

[qwer4o]

WTF?! Please upload the rest! It's too awesome.

[AboutHreinzi]

Randi your the bomb :P

home you visit Iceland pretty soon.

[joejames007]

If magic existed it would surely make our universe a little more interesting and unpredictable, but of course there is no such thing as magic. As Carl Sagan said, we live in a society that uses science to advance, yet very few people truely understand science. That is when they turn to pseudoscience.

[Deathinmusic]

Randi is so awesome

[Maladath]

MOAR!

[alien8ted]

I was on a bus a few days after a local gig by illusionist Derren Brown. A guy behind me had seen the same show and when his girlfriend asked how Derren did it, he told her that Derren Brown really did have supernatural powers. I had to bite my tongue. Some people have anti-skeptic tendencies an will always opt for the most ridiculous 'explanation' they can imagine, rather than think about it critically or admit they don't know. Tragic waste of a mind.

[XionXi]

Ouch... I cringed just by reading that. I agree, it really is a waste. I reckon schools should start teaching children how to think critically. Too many people are gullible and simply don't ask enough questions.

[CrownRoyalSociety]

You're a tease. Please show more.

[Orsbore]

Please, Sir, can we have some more?

[FrodoSaves]

If magic truly existed, there would be a lot of LARPing casualties out there. Lightning bolt! Lightning bolt!.....Lightning bolt!

[Boopedi]

Hahaha

[Fjarhultian]

More, please. :)

[alx90x]

wtf? randi isnt this young...what more proof do u need?? hes part of the new world order, our reptilian overlords...he drinks the blood of the living to stay alive, and he obv overdosed....

[JamesRandiFoundation]

Is it a homeopathic blood tonic?

[alx90x]

hahaha yes homeopathically produced by antivaxxers from wells that were identified using dousing techniques.

[mightyantman]

@JamesRandiFoundation Must be... I think I cut my knee once near the town's water supply... I'm pretty sure at least one drop of my magical blood ended up there. Best get a research grant and test everyone.

[undisputedgreatest]

James Randi is one of the best people to have ever lived.

[BiodegradeableMan]

He still denies playing Uncle Albert in Only Fools & Horses, but we know, wink wink.......

[WannaBeComposer]

please please PLEASE post the rest of this lecture!

[bloodyblade87]

I think I'm going to join in with the others as well. I would LOVE to see the whole lecture. More Randi, please. :D

[Stuartsaves]

It would be nice to see the whole lecture

[killshin]

I would LOVE to watch that whole speech. It's so oldschool Randi.

[PeopleOfAr]

more macaroniiiii

[Orangeflava]

post the whole thing!!

[Hereticbooks]

I LOVE James Randi.

[Stormforger]

Mooooore! D:

[seanbrockest]

Agreed, i too would love to see the entire lecture. Call youtube, tell them you've got some good content, and they'l let you bypass the 10 minute limit.

[TheUnmaskedMagician]

thanks for this but can you please post more

[evobatman]

Joining in the "Post the whole lecture" chant!

[qwer4o]

WTF?!? Please upload the whole damn lecture! It's too awesome.

[1000jrb]

Thanks for the great video. This is easily one of my favorite channels.

[Cellsplitter]

More please :)

[TheReasonWhyGuy]

17 years ago?

[cheetmeister]

lol i have had that happend after doing a booktest

[truvelocity]

I first saw James Randi when I watched a PBS documentary on debunking psychics in the 1980's. I was a teen.  Loved it.

[Ekove]

hey what the hell we want to see the whole thing :(

[Josh111485]

Any chance of uploading the entire lecture?

[Isanion]

for those of you wondering, don't worry the audio straightens up around 20seconds.

Also this video is tease! James Randi gives a 2 hour talk, and we only get to see 2 min 50 of it? :o

:( I'm greedy, i want the whole randi cake!

[Doctrinius]

I'm greedy as well. =<

Hand over the Randi-cake!

[EdwardHowton]

The cake is a miracle of a semi-religious nature!

(the 'lie' thing has gotten old)

[AtheismandSkepticism]

Thanks for the excerpt!

Any chance to upload the full lecture?

[andreiduffy]

another great video! thank you