Randi_busts_Magnet_Man

[sillylittletroy]

He bring much shame upon his famiry!

[MrRazorblade999]

Only idiots needs "proof" to know it's a fraud.

[mrnoodleisdead]

@MrRazorblade999 word!!!

[PukaMan]

So it wasn't magnetism that was holding it, it was their dirty sweaty bodies!

[murdochfamily]

Randi is BRILLIANT! Thank you for putting this up

[benedryl34]

1:17 I have brought shame to my family.

[viniciusgomesrocha]

Great! Randi, you are the best!

[Frequent2001]

he shouldve brought some magnets and put some powder on the magnets to show these fucking imbeciles that powder wouldnt affect magnetism on magnets, because of course these people are going to use all kind of excuses..

[Quiras2]

Magnet man!? Seriously MAGNET MAN?!

[Quiras2]

Maybe it was real MAGIC! How else could you explain all those sparkly things and and great green things with teeth....oh wait thats the weed talking.

[sam94433]

look at the face....busted...

mr randi I salute you...

[wasted42db]

damm this dude is awesome .wonder how many ppl wanna kik his ass

[jebovasnadimak]

It rubs the powder on it's skin, or else it doesn't get 1 million.

[AGrandt]

I'm impressed ho little it took to disprove this fraud. Why don't people use common sense a little more, most "supernatural" displays tend to go away when put under rational scrutiny.

[MumblingMickey]

@AGrandt Maybe because we actually like being fooled? Look at the fame Derren Brown has garnered in his career...and he tells people he is fooling them. But the draw of being fooled, the draw of the unexpected, of being challenged is very strong.

After reading a few of browns books I tried them out in the pub, People still insist I'm psychic (specifically women for some reason) even though I tell them its a trick. In fact most people WANT you to recant the admission its a trick...

[krishnadas4x]

uri geller like tu donate 20 million euros, my friend wants to know how tu transfer money Randi?

[peterfaigl]

I'd like to see one with a metal nail sticking to their chest when they lean SLIGHTLY forward.?

The guy looked really pissed off afterterwards. No aaaaaahhhh's from him!

[marvincontendo]

love the japaneses ahhhhhws

[Coff1nf33der]

@marvincontendo they are korean not japanese

[marvincontendo]

@Coff1nf33der sorry. i should have known

[ponchred]

Did the magnet man get taken into a back room to be executed afterwards?

[Zorn101]

Would it still be fraud. If the guy said I sweat a lot and can make things stick to me ?

[TheStig000]

@Zorn101 Nope, just gross.

[nextblain]

1:12 did e say shithead? omfg...nono ... AWWwwWWWeiefjifjლ(ಠ益ಠლ)

[Magneticitist]

and the man went on to fulfill a vengeful mission of assassinating the inventor of talcum powder because he knew the amazing Randi would be too much of a foe to handle

[docwondernuts]

One would think after all these years, you see the man with the white beard they would just say fuck it I'm busted

[ZenShroud1]

@docwondernuts lol Randi is like the paranormal-busting version of Chris Hansen, he just comes into the room and the gig is up.

[BigEvan96]

Lmao his honor is gone. The dude shifts his position and uses certain body muscles to keep them up.

[larukulunaseas]

Sent back to North Korea after this. Gee thanks Randi.......

[atan0k]

No, dude, like, the powder comes from poor countries' cotton fields and the people over there are like filled with all kinds of negative energies that go into the cotton dude and that interferes with the chakra of his astral projection and makes his psychic powers go all "oh no, dude, like, so much negative energy man no way". Fuck I'm tripping balls soooo hard right now.

[COLmegoCOLma]

@atan0k AHHAHAH dude that seriously made me lol

+1

[holleridio]

The powder obviosly interferes with the vibrational interaction between his field and the objects (not).

[kelolla123]

the double sided tape on his nipples lose its ability to stick

[hickey8mypancakes]

AAAAAARRRRRRRHHHHHH



[Bbop78]

@Relyt345 LOL'd HARD!!!

[lingojac]

I almost feel bad for the frauds.

[bv90andy]

@lingojac I feel exactly the same...

[ChaosAngel667]

@bv90andy exactry*

FTFY

[duckmanham]

Pause at 1:18.

"My rife has been a rie."

[plendejos]

Randi WIN

[valeofsecrecy]

I would of loved to take Randi with me to my old house, the place was haunted like you would'nt believe and i would take his challenge that ghosts do exist, in fact i would bet him 10,000 that he wouldn't make it two hours in that house alone at night.

[ifritejr]

he should get vote for the saddest face on youtube

[ifritejr]

man boob power!

[dondondodo]

they all shit bricks when randi comes

[AnObviousFailure]

0:40 I love how the Asian dude is looking over Randi's shoulder probably thinking to himself: "Oh, this motherfucker...." LMAO *trollface*

[RottenRroses]

Aaaaaah!

[stabbingmeagain]

@1:23

"Are they all a failed with tha powder?"

Randy : yes

Crowd: aaahhhhhhhhwwwww... *crowd reaches enlightenment*

[carpy1970]

Busted! Hahaha great work James :-)

[sharpie443]

He went home and commuted seppuku in shame.

[Relyt345]

I think this Asian guy uses the same technique as my balls do when they get sweaty and stick to my leg

[habanerat]

@Relyt345 LOL

[candyman567]

Then James is all like "Now let me tell you why that's bullshit."

[Teghead]

I couldn't tell who they were more impressed with!

[jessedddd]

It was anti-psychic powder >.< James cheated!!!

[gl3110]

unfortunately this man committed Seppuku as soon as he got home...

[8NCLI8]

@gl3110 Wrong country ;)

[gl3110]

@8NCLI8 i like to imagine east asia as the one country...it makes telling slightly racist (but not real racist) jokes a lot easier..

[xxMinseok]

silly koreans

[TheStarvingSamurai]

YOU HAVE BROUGHT SHAME TO YOUR FAMILY!!

[UshiromiyaReiji]

@TheStarvingSamurai

A SHAMEFUR DISPRAY!

[scottbaioisdead]

haha koreans lying again

[delduvath]

I barely could stand watching that guy fail... barely, heh

[dorsk188]

James Randi, patron saint of busting charlatans.

[dougspair]

@dorsk188 Yes..he's cool...been at it for decades

[alankace]

i think it's just a simple case of exploiting the static friction between the skin and the object that he's hold up, and with talcum powdered applied, the static friction constant changes

[camgan1]

@alankace I think the talcum powder simply lowers the static friction.

[alankace]

@camgan1 but i just realized, if the man proposes he is magnetic and can attract ferrous metal objects, he still need to rely on the static friction generated by the normal force from the attraction between his torso and the object. So randi didn't really bust him, if the guy really had magnetic powers, randi just screwed him over

[dougspair]

@alankace Stinky Sticky Sweating Skin

[dougspair]

@dougspair And they always have to kinda lean back so the 'magic' item doesn't slide off.

[666Tomato666]

people, it's not Chinese or Japanese. It's Korean.

[rgzdev]

@chype No, it was ANTI-psychic powder!

[Lizardvenom1]

love japanese in stead of yelling and screaming like a couple of apes their very polite

[ebutemetube]

Oh the irony!

[habanerat]

Chinese are quite greasy! "Pauly Shore"

[hromi]

of course its not good job Randi!

[ledeej]

The japanese guy probably killed himself afterwards, losing its honor.

[winner3570]

Those chinese are so sneaky!

[CBALLEN]

Randi even enjoyed putting the powder on the guy too.

[JoshBronzewyrm]

Smooth and filth. Sweat sticks.

[alilsneaky]

I bet it was homeopathic powder that cured his magnetism!

[wizardofloz]

@alilsneaky LMAO :D

[ReignbowSmite]

Mirrors are heavy, haha since when does a magnet stick to a mirror? So dumb, 99% of a mirror is glass, the rest is a thin powder coat of metals and sealants.

Confirmed, I just ran around my house with a rare earth magnet trying to stick it to every mirror. His skin is sticky from having no hair, and it sticks because he changes his body angle... he knows the feeling of the gravity and friction of each object and knows how to prevent it from slipping. I <3 James Randi

[OyonTheAdept]

@ReignbowSmite so that's what it is!

it's merely the sticky skin that's holding it down!

[LackadaisicalE]

@ReignbowSmite eeww a sweaty fella! Ive lived in China btw and I have met many a cab driver who smelled like they could do this trick aswell.

[MegaAstrodude]

@ReignbowSmite,

"haha since when does a magnet stick to a mirror?"

It is normal for magnets to stick to mirrors. It is called paramagnetism. It is a very weak magnetic field, but you should definitely notice it. Your rare earth magnet is probably too heavy to detect the field.

[AGrandt]

@MegaAstrodude Most mirrors use an aluminium coating. it is very thin, but there. A _moving_ magnet, or an electro magnet would be able to interact with the aluminium, though only barely considering the minute amount present.

A stationary magnet will not.

[MumblingMickey]

@MegaAstrodude Itwas surface tension...you can try it yourself with any sheet of class... (be sure you don't have anything that will interfere with the surface tension...like talc for instance... or hair)

Do a few push ups and run about a bit to get nice and sweaty...(oh and watch your feet if it falls off)

[dangerouslytalented]

That was such an obvious trick, his smooth chest stuck to the mirror.

[johnclavis]

Randi is the man -- don't mess with Randi! Chuck Norris goes to Randi for advice about how to KICK ASS!

[olllj]

The scam these people pull of is not the only disgusting thing. The other disgusting thing is that the scam is this: EVERY-BODY CAN DO THIS this IF ONLY IT IS NOT WASHED FOR 2 WEEKS.

damn you, james, dam you and your fairy dust!

[dangerouslytalented]

@olllj You need a waxed chest. Any hair will break the seal between the mirror and chest. It is kind of like a vaccuum seal.

[BillyMaysMode]

James Randi made that man lose face. He got dishonoured - Seppuku it is!

[dangerouslytalented]

@BillyMaysMode He can do it with the mirror.

[winterstellar]

Exactly. How can anyone find the trick amazing, when anyone can do it! And how can they not know that everybody can do it..Some people will obviously believe any crap.: )

[SmokeRingsPipeDreams]

I've seen this "magnet trick" for years and it's obvious that it's friction of the sticky skin on these guys which makes the item stay. Everyone has seen someone lick a soon and stick it to their nose right? (why was this ever amazing)

[urmo345]

He probably believed himself that he is magnetic. Probably did slept in physics class when there was lesson about friction.

[MrUlutraman]

he almost made magnet man cry

now thats not cool

[ThePussyNigger]

1:17 PWNED!

[halflifeproductionz]

the fucking audience wtf? ahhhhhhh ooooooo eeeee aaaa uuuuuuuu oink oink.

[pablo0832]

randi is more baus then rick ross

[NormacHC]

busted!

[grayaj23]

randi = da boss man

[MaggogZ]

ok so the powder inhibited his psychic abilities? =D

[ivezb]

James Just wanted to rub Powder all over that man's Body!!!!!

[xXxcollectorxXx]

This man is GOD

[Quintinohthree]

@xXxcollectorxXx

Well at least that proves that God is an atheist.

[yougivemecancer]

YOO A RUIN MY RIFE JAMES RANDI !!!!

[juniorsenior94]

@yougivemecancer

IMPOSSIBRU!

[epikuroarq]

Yeahhhh, Randi thats how you should treat those charlatans who wants to trick the people...

[sausagenmuff]

the world owes james randi so much

[lip333]

Obviously the powder disrupted the magnetic field.

[onstageagain]

there fakes... they all are fakes... Its a magic show... nothing more. 

[earthlinglife]

1. Magnet Man! - Waaaahoooow!

2. Powder on his chest! - Ooooohhhh!

3. It doesn't stick! - Uuuuhhhhhh...

4. Magnet Man Fail! - Oooooooow....

[Moonspell360]

Shit....I feel sorry for this guy

[evinado1]

@Moonspell360 He tries to deceive people and succeeds. You should not feel sorry for him. 

[upallhours9]

@1:00 he's thinking to himself "I could use a good distraction right about now".

[tekkenzaibatsumishim]

I didnt quite get how the trick worked and how the powder interfered with it

[RipTheSystem33]

At 1:10: "Oh shit. This isn't going to work."

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[chicken4247]

@upallhours9 lmfao

[FreeFromWar]

ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah

[chype]

I know what happened here. James Randi used psychic powder!

[RustlessPotato]

@chype you just won an internet :D

[upallhours9]

@RustlessPotato I can haz cheezeburger niaow?

[creatip123]

@chype Wronggggg.....it's Anti-Psychic powder, AKA Psychic-canceling powder....:):)

[GLANL]

This man's cryptonite is talkon powder...

[OrthodoxDarwinist]

Pretty cool trick anywayz.

[crudebuster]

@UberVersatile Dude, Randi just showed the trick. It's that simple. He debunked all sorts of trickers that claimed to be paranormal and superpowered in the past, showing that it was just that, a clever trick. Lucky for you and me that we know it's just that, but there's people who lure suckers out of their money claiming lots of other tricks as real magic or paranormal... Like a dude called Uri Geller, maybe you know what does he claims doing that lame spoon trick.

[tokesalot42069]

@crudebuster yes there are lots of tricky people that take advantage of paranormal and psychic abilites to make money, and this guys one of them, and sylvia browne is another, but psychic abilities and the paranormal are all too real and are used differently than for making money and showing off

[Crase1986]

@tokesalot42069

No, psychic abilities and the paranormal are not "all too real". Otherwise, someone would've won a million dollars by now.

[KarlBunker]

@UberVersatile It's called "sweat." Human skin is naturally tacky, some people's more than others. Application of talcum powder temporarily disables this non-mysterious force.

[UberVersatile]

@KarlBunker Hey man if sweat can hold a fucking mirror then that's more amazing than psychic powers. Do you have any evidence of this and why arent these people selling their sweat to hightech engineering?

[Hedning1390]

@UberVersatile High tech engineering wouldn't want it. We have much much better materials than that. Making two smooth surfaces stick together is rather easy. To even begin to compete with industry he would have to keep a car to his chest while leaning forwards (not backwards as he does here).

[upallhours9]

@UberVersatile I don't know why he didn't summon Godzilla when he first saw the talcum powder on the table.

[sabin97]

@upallhours9

because godzilla only knows how to get to japan, not korea :P

[trustice1]

@UberVersatile

idiot

[updisho]

@UberVersatile Graduate Elementary school. This gave has a shaved ,sweaty chest. the sweat on his chest works as an adhesion for the table, notice how he has to tilt his body a certain way to get it to stick, standing straight up the bond between the sweat molecules and the table would break, causing it to fall.

[PhatassFred]

@UberVersatile The whole point of this show is to have Randi debunk paranormal or pseudoscientific claims. That's what he did: demonstrating that the man here simply has skin that creates a lot of friction. Ergo, success.

[AllTheseWorldsAreUrs]

Can't believe that in this day and age we need people like Randi to point out the bloody obvious. Now I understand why some many people think that humanity is so stupid that we will destroy ourselves.

[TheRogueMonk]

i cant understand such thing is shown in discovery channel these current days as real.. there is this old asian man who has ability to stick frying pans to hisbody... can someone explain why discov ery channel is showing such things if htey are not real?

[izaccy]

@TheRogueMonk Because Discovery Channel caters to ratings

thats why they show Ghost shows and other silly psychich baloney !..

but recent criticisms of the channel, have made them hire and produce shows with skeptics like longtime friend of James Randi, and fellow Magicians Penn and Teller... and atheists like Derren Brown

[TheRogueMonk]

@izaccy but pen and teller i saw on youtube a show that dissapointed me so much .. a topic that they rather should have known tey protected it against being true... which made me stop looking for them on youtube again.

discovery channel ? ghost ? what? whats happening.. i thought discovery was hardcore scientific

[izaccy]

@TheRogueMonk Well Discovery Channel is not as scientific as it presents itself to be. less then the Science Channel.

Are you talking about Vaccines ?

with Penn and Teller, they are totally linked to James Randi.

as Penn said before if there was no James Randi there would be no penn and teller,

so they are both associated.

[TheRogueMonk]

@izaccy no i am not talking about vaccines... i believe personally vacines are real and if ther ehappens to be some that are not then that is not suprising.. its not just one vacine...

i am talking about some events that are greatly discussed and apparent but that they almost neglect those facts is suprising

[AllTheseWorldsAreUrs]

@TheRogueMonk LOL, the only discovery you will make watching that channel is that the channel stinks, oh and that the people who run the channel love motorcycles.

[TheRogueMonk]

@AllTheseWorldsAreUrs i am dissapointed do you think the magnet man on discovery channel is also fake? i am dissapointed that it seems like even discovery channel sells out

[AllTheseWorldsAreUrs]

@TheRogueMonk Yeah well. Nothing lasts forever....

I don't know the answer to your first question.

[MissPraecipua]

LOL @ audience..

[sulijoo]

To hell with religion, hocus pocus and superstitious twaddle. All you need is to live your life by one motto: Occam's Razor. Randi is the embodiment of that.

[JoeyBryant1980]

anyone can see that the guy isnt really magnetic.. but there was a guy on Stan lee's superhumans that could supposedly do it for real

[FoetalSpace]

smoke cock, do science.

james randi <3

[licensedtolive]

Every "magnetic man" demonstration I have ever seen, the man leans backward somewhat to increase the angle, thus making a lower slope to inhibit the object sliding off his chest. You see it every single time. This leaning back is hidden somewhat from the camera when the man faces the camera, but from a side view it is obvious.

[Makdub]

poor sticky bastard!

[TheBloodyBlackJackal]

One thing about this guy that bothers me is, he only ever seems to attack people in the show buisness. Why doesn't he ever try people from the general population, I mean I doubt anyone with "psychic powers" is going to spend their time on TV looking like a nutjob...

[crudebuster]

@TheBloodyBlackJackal That's because people wil pay attention. If he would debunk every newspaper ad psychic he would be of not much importance.

[TheBloodyBlackJackal]

@crudebuster Yea but why would a true psychic be in show buisness when there are thousands of other ways to make money; that don't include looking like a fraud or nutjob. I'd sooner believe those big game poker-players are psychic then the people who actually claim to be psychic...

[crudebuster]

@TheBloodyBlackJackal Well, one is free to believe in whatever he wants. But nobody that is cashing big from the fame looks worried about being debunked. That's why Randi and his posse attack the big ones. Visit the JREF. Check the forum. They started small, now they're going for the motherlode.

[TheBloodyBlackJackal]

@crudebuster "They started small, now they're going for the motherlode." Doesn't matter if they started small, the point is; they only attack people in show buiss... Can you honestly say, that if tomarow you found out you were psychic; that show buiss would be the first thing that pops into mind??? Cus me, I would be hitting the casinos...

[crudebuster]

@TheBloodyBlackJackal Sir, I think you've answered your own question. However, if I find tomorrow that I have powers, I would use them towards the benefit of humanity, not just to enrich myself, honestly. Being an average human can be enough, if you don't think that nothing besides good will and honesty could do a better world.

[TheBloodyBlackJackal]

@crudebuster "good will and honesty could do a better world." Yes and where would this land you??? Not in show buisness, but rather as a cop, a psychologist, and so on. You basically proove my point; a real psychic isn't going to bother advartizing their powers...

[crudebuster]

@TheBloodyBlackJackal Dude, you forgot that was just your opinion since the beginning. If you had "super" powers, you wouldn't be doing a normal career.

[jackkoffin1]

@TheBloodyBlackJackal - Do you know a lot of people in the general population who claim to have psychic powers and don't try to get on tv?

[TheBloodyBlackJackal]

@jackkoffin1 "general population who claim to have psychic powers and don't try to get on tv?" nope, but I doubt any "real psychic" is going to open about it; I know I wouldn't want to look like a fraud or nutjob; and I can think of a thousand other ways to use "psychic" powers to make money...

[TheBloodyBlackJackal]

@jackkoffin1 My point is, a true psychic isn't going to be advartizing it on TV. Chances are they would be a wealthy buisness owner, big time gambler, or maybe even an FBI agent (whose not claiming to be psychic) or someone of another agency... Thats assuming they are actually intune with their powers; I am sure plenty of others might simply ignore it till it goes away, or think they themselves are crazy...

[ndrthrdr1]

@TheBloodyBlackJackal said " My point is, a true psychic isn't going to be advartizing it on TV. "

There's no such thing as a true psychic. It's all charlatans and delusional people.