I can prove God is REAL Mr. Randi. I found the True Location of the Garden of Eden. I found where God left His WATERMARK of it. Make sure you contact me to give me that million.
It is great that God sent Dr. James Randi here on earth to debunk these frauds. It is his mission. Those who claim they are psychic and use the name of GOD to take advantage of people are building very heavy karmics on themselves and their kids. There is an after life and I am hundred % sure of it. I did not beleive it until recently when I had an opportunity to talk to 2 people outside of the US on my vacation trip. I did it out of curiosity and boy, it was scary.
@rnopinion I'm 100% sure that you're reason for believing that isn't good enough. I'm also 100% sure that there is no such thing as karma. ESPECIALLY a form of karma that would punish you for the actions of your ancestors. The individual isn't responsible for where he/she came from. You talked to 2 people outside of the US and they convinced you there was an afterlife? How?
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I really hope james randi is leaving a good number of disciples who know the tricks and gimmicks behind all those paranormal hoaxes and keep his leagcy alive for eons to come . Scientists are ill equipped to catch those charlatans, you need master trickesters to catch those dishonest trickesters.
James Randi was old when my parents were kids. When I'm old I want to be just like him, I wish he was my grandpa. He needs a robe and a big ol' wizard hat.
I'm wondering what the the amazing randi thinks of professional magicians acts being spoiled. I don't mean people who claim psychic powers but peoples whose lives rely on their tricks of the trade so to speak.
@markbond100 he only exposes people who claim to have supernatural power. Often he will just show he can do the same, not always exposing the trick itself.
Which of course leads to him being accused of having supernatural powers himself.
@markbond100 Most of the time it doesn't matter, their stuff tends to be a lot more sophisticated and on some level the people going to the shows know that they aren't real so there is always going to be someone trying to figure out the tricks.
ProudSikhNutt is going to call a jihad (bogus holy war) on all who disagree with him. He is a future Underwear Bomber who won't have anything left for the seventy virgins he believes he will be rewarded with. How scientific, eh?
ProudSikhJatt: Four more paragraphs: nothing added. You seem to think that if there is any aspect of nature that you cannot understand - God must be the answer.
You can't even tell us the sequence accurately ("1 2 2 5 8 8 something like this") - if you thought it proved God, wouldn't you be able to tell us EXACTLY?
You seem to be talking about the Fibonacci sequence, or a derivation of it. If you think this proves God then you really are desperate. You may as well say addition proves God.
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So why was the repeat picked by nature? Why didn't other numebrs were picked...other numbers were not picked because the creator knew it wouldn't work in this platform why do same numbers keep re-appearing? Theres no answer, no scientist has answer to why it would pick a specific numbering system, this clearly shows it was done intentionally to make the creation perfect, several theories agree with this. Something cannot happen for no purpose, a stove does not turn on by itself unless you do it.
As for the fibonacci sequence...I suggest you look into it a little more..not everything follows these numbers!..for example..the shape of a shell doesnt always fit the fibonacci spiral at all!nature has varying sizes and dimentions that dont always relate to the fibonacci sequence..the scales of mine and your bones will be different.
does somebody press a button to turn the tides? no..its a natural process..and you still havnt addressed what i said..the fibonacci sequence IS NOT found in everything AT ALL.For example the dimentions of the bones of lets say 10 people...they will not all fit the fibonacci sequence at all..you CANNOT IGNORE THAT.You are arguing a strawman proudsikhjatt
Pathetic? Pathetic is not knowing what is beyond black holes, how the actual creation happened despite of being a grown economy of USA. That is what's pathetic, but who says you can reach almighty that is stupidity nothing else.
Yes, I know that I should ignore the troll. The thing is I actually know quite a bit about the Fibonacci sequence - so it's especially annoying when some prat fakes knowledge about it and then preaches his ideas as proof of the divine.
Also, the big bang theory, in order for something to happen, you must have a cause and then effect to it, we today know that big bang did occur, but what we don't know is what caused this in order to have the effect? If today we say, that big bang happened by nothing, then that is illogical of the cause and effect theory, scientists today agree, in order for something to happen there must be a cause, proof that someone or something made it happen, otherwise its impossible
That resembles of a higher power which caused it, what was before the universe your telling me that all the things which nature has grown is just, what, a mere coincidence? Are you saying that the sequence numbers which re-appear over and over and over on natural sources is a coincidence? Wow! Hello!
because in nature you wouldn't find same sequences which are made graphically on nature's resources, the proof is that example big bang, couldn't have happened out of nothing, because even non-god believers agree that in order for something to happen there must be a logical cause to lead to a effect. Its like saying a microwave turns on by itself now you tell me would that really make sense to you or anyone? I press something, I do something in order for that to happen.
how do you know the big bang happened out of nothing? you dont.Many experts in this region have speculated different scenarios such as a fluxuatinfg universe..a looping universe ..etc.
God, ghosts, paranormal, that is the main challenge of Randi, let's say if the universe was created, your meaning to say there was no cause to this? Even scientists find this rubbish, since there is a cause which is why the universe has effect, earth has effects.
I said a higher power, it could be god, it could be anything which is paranormal because when something happens it just doesn't happen out of the blue, there has to be a purpose, scientists don't say god created it they say SOMETHING created it which is why the effect occured, no one can deny this because its created so perfectly with accurate mathematicial ratio specifically picked, it is obvious whichever thing created knew this is how it would work. This scienitsts say.
no the scientists dont say something created it..Yes its absolutly possible that "something" created it but there is as much possibility of it being zeus or mithra or the three four headed invisible cows..literally.We do not fully understand the concept of time yet.The more we understand as time goes on..the further we get from supernatural explanations to things since we find demonstrable answers within reality.
And by the way the views of any reputable scientist is by definition.."we dont know if the universe was created or always existed since we have no relevent data to work from yet".That is intellectual honesty.
Right and if they don't have relevent data, then there is no way that someone can deny a existence, there are many things scientists do not know, does it mean things don't exist? Then later on they find out it does exist then they say we have the data, if science, high technology can accomplish many goals when they didn't know there is something higher.
no...if they dont have relevent data..they cant CONCLUDE an existance..you cannot ask for evidence to disprove something which itself cannot be proven..its a misnomer
many times the data scientists find COMPLETLY contradicts the assumtions of those who are speculating...for example before we understood the earth rotates around the sun..did that make certain ancient culture correct with their assumtion that the sun was a dragons eye? NO
Seriously..how cannot you understand that the default position is not "well then god did it"..in that case then i could say"well allah did it" or "well zues did it".Do you understand that?
@ProudSikhJatt Errr... no. Thanks to the magic of Quantum Mechanics, cause and effect is not strictly needed. As is the case with the big bang. Look, Please do not argue about things you clearly do not understand. Cause and effect is not needed to explain the big bang.
Running away from fact isn't going to bury the fact, its plain and simple, Cause and Effect theory exists, it exists for even atheists who are non-believers,
I'm not running away from anything. What I said was is that Cause and Effect are not stricly nessesary. One can simply 'borrow' energy from Heisenberg's uncertainty principle and create matter from nothing. This is proven fact.
thats like saying a fan turns on because it just had to? It sounds to irrational, someone or something MUST make it happen in order for something to have effect, this even non god believers agree, and when they do agree they RE THINK about GOD making same sequence numbering on all objects cannot be a coincidence so perfectly done. The sequence is 1- 1 2 2 5 8 8 something like this which is on all objects and made so accurately. If Randi can explain paranormal debunk why not this?
There is a proof that there is a creator who has created the sequences of numbers which repeat, otherwise why would something repeat in same mathematic calculations, it doesn't make sense. Even Athiests say that there is always a cause for something in order to have effect Cause and Theory effect.
"otherwise why would something repeat in same mathematic calculations, it doesn't make sense."
Or course it makes sense: nature will do the same thing over and over until there is a reason NOT to do so. That is why symmetry is often nature's default. You are simply pointing at nature being natural and saying "Look! Proof of a god".
Everything has a cause. But you are mixing up cause and reason. Everything has a cause, not everything has a reason.
As for god´s fingerprints, that looks like fraktals to me, something even the brightest scientists are butting heads with to understand. Declaring it a proof of god because we don´t understand it is going far though.
Exactly, the Cause is God, they don't know it, but surely something happened which made it occur, otherwise its impossible, even atheists say this who are non-believers, everything does have a cause, that cause is god, and the sequence numbering which is exactly same in all natural objects is just a coincidence? Sounds to irrational, which probably thats why scientists agree there is something of higher power.
look up God's fingerprints, obviously its not a physical finger-print itself, but there is a sequence number of nature which repeats itself perfectly in every natural object on earth, including galaxy, this itself is proof because not every object could have the same sequence so perfectly with same numbers. The cause and effect theory is logic as well. It's better to watch the video and get the book since there is no way how all objects are made with same sequence yet they are.
being ignorant isnt going to help, if Randi can explain why paranormal is bogus he should certainly explain why a repeat of a sequence number happens but he doesnt since obviously he didnt create universe, and yes something did occur which he still doesnt have answer to.
@ProudSikhJatt So you're just repeating the crap that has already been explained? Number sequences naturally repeat. That you do not undertsand this tell us only about you, which makes "being ignorant isnt going to help," very ironic.
Randi, and no one else, need explain away your misunderstandings.
It has not been explained since in cases of nature, there is always something which makes it happen the physics theory. Randi CANT explain. period. Since no one can reach that almighty power no matter how hard we try. Why scientists cannot explain what is beyond black hole? They try to but they themselfs say its not possible to explain it since it is far out their reach. Simple, if there is a creation of something there is a creator of it, nothing just came out of the blue. Randi and no one else
How do you know that it hasn't been explained? What an arrogant statement. How many mathmatical papers did you read about the Fibonacci sequence before reaching that conclusion?
As for black holes... is that the best you can come up with? Scientists don't know something, so any magic crap you come up with (creator) might be true? Pathetic.
To anyone who reads these messeges, could you please tell mr. randi that I've been waiting for a response. it's time for me to put a stop in all this nonsense about fake psychics. I'm real and I know of and elder who came before me and he is real too. I am impervious to illness and I say that If You want the proof, it's right here trying to slap you in the face for ignoring it. I'm willing to bet my life against his Million, in my opinion the stakes couldn't be higher.
@leutious1 You've managed to delude yourself into thinking you have psychic powers. Nobody is impervious to illness, but that's not to say that you don't have an extremely well developed immune system. There are some who have nearly no immune system, yet they don't claim to have psychic powers.
I doubt James Randi would put someone's life in danger for proof of a claim.
People are easily conned and can delude themselves in believing in psychic power. I've tried and almost thought I had TK.
@almo2001 Yes. A mutually agreed upon set of experiments, set up by the staff, not the participant, under strict laboratory conditions and does not put anyone in any kind of danger.
But the applicant must provide documented proof that they have psychic powers from a highly trustworthy source. Again, must have let the tester set up the experiment.
Only after that will they consider the application and fly out to check out the claims, then if all's good fly back with them for proper testing.
Don't people realize that shit like this has taken a billion different forms throughout history and every single time it's been wrong?
And as if human potential would be so pathetic that our psychic potential would be limited to parlour tricks.
Regardless, you cannot have a cause without a mechanism. Therefore, the supernatural is an impossibility. That isn't to say there aren't weird things out there.
wow, I wish they would have had more people review the video so they would have had the two magicians names right when they were bending metal. Banachek has become an excellent magician.
Ol' Randi was recently going through chemotherapy, so I hope the curmudgeon is doing well. And yes, all the so-called psychics on youtube should put up or shut up. Go develop a protocol with Alison Smith at the JREF, win the million, then give the money to starving orphans -- or travel around the world. But don't belly ache about not being able to do your "talent" under those "impossible" circumstances. If you can do it, you can do it. But you can't.
Randi is a legend! Some day I would LOVE to go to TAM and actually meet him. He's done so much for rationalism over such a short amount of time. Mr. Randi, if you go browsing through Youtube and notice this comment, know that your efforts are appreciated immensely by many; they are not done in vain.
Those young kids were smart! I like how one of them was so clever he came up with an idea that led him to see how the camera man operated and then he came up with a method of eliminating that problem. Very clever.
yes, the captions are backwards. :) And the two kids were told to tell the truth if anyone asked them how they did it. They were never asked until Randi asked them in public which you saw on the video. "we cheat"
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I do not believe the following myself.
Now this thought could be seen as pretty out there, but here goes:
What if they, like in films with superheroes covering up their abilities, do have super-human abilities & used the 'Alpha Project' theory as a cover-up for what was actually the truth?
Again, very conspracy-esque, but a thought.
I have seen NO scientific proof that the three of them had met before the 'Alpha Project' was set into action.
The reason Randi set this up was because he had initially contacted the people at the lab and offered suggestions on how to eliminate trickery in their tests. His suggestions were ignored.
I've never seen so many deluded people in a page since ///never.
Randi is a dishonest man who has lied numerous times to get publicity, no scientific credentials and is a showman to say the least.Of course psychics are well... bust most importantly don't be caught in James Pseudo Thinking, he is a showman.
"Psychics" claim to have supernatural powers and Randi, becourse he is an experienced "showman" can show us that all that "supernatural" stuff are just tricks.
If the "psychics" was as honest as Randi they to would call them selfs showmen and Randy would not have anything to debunk.
No actually he is very honest. He simply did that experiment because he was upset at people not taking him seriously. He proved that scientists can be fooled. He did that so that they won't be fooled by others. He has always said he is a trickster and charlatan. There is nothing dishonest about that man.
They could all shut Randi up in a second if only they would go down and prove it. The million dollar prize is the BIGGEST statement imaginable against the existence of this nonsense. These people are greedy, and would take it if they could. If they are not greedy, they should win it and give it to starving children.
Jupiter is made of a large assortment of baskets filled with Jesus' personal favorite cheeses and fruits, which later were melted by the giant purple dragons of Voldemort's lair, turning into the dynamic surface we see today.
Saturn's rings are made of bananas. but those are mostly brown and rotted.
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KemaTheAthiest i'm glad you realise but i wonder what makes you happier, believing in nothing or believing in something (however ridiculous). There is a psychological computer at work we are seldom aware of. I've made many prediction, ie: told my friend she would have a cezarian birth, she said it was a horrible thing for me to say, after the cezarian birth she thought I must be psychic. I don't know what made me say it, impulsive. But I guess I guessed knowing she was to soft to experience pain
if i tell you that your dead grandfather told me that you must give me $100, will you believe me? of course not, no one in the right mind would, you are therefore skeptical & want to know if i'm telling the truth (hence want to know if i am psychic).
it's not about impressing people, it's about finding the truth, and skeptics educate people who dont understand, that's why they do what they do.
if the truth is too painful for you, dont make ad hominem arguments & sit in the corner.
All who ridicule the paranormal HAVEN'T experienced it, or thought it was just a coincidence. There are also fakes SPOILING the subject. Many comments from skeptics are impolite, obscene or ignorant - it follows that THEY can never experience it as they are obviously INSENSITIVE. randi says 600 failures applied. FAKES DON'T APPLY for fear of exposure. If randi bet £1 a day on horses for 600 days (1 year 8 months)would he not get 1 winner? or throw 600 darts and never a hit a bulls eye? Fishy
"All who ridicule the paranormal HAVEN'T experienced it, or thought it was just a coincidence."
Not true. I used to consider myself an empath, aura reader, and remote viewer and thought I had a spiritual guide...
I was quite accurate, but as I did it more and more I realized I was using deductive reasoning. My "spirit guide" would change an explaination midsentance to fit with what I wanted "her" to say... I used to think I really had powers.
The thing I realized is that I can still turn on and off my "powers" as I wish it, and I still have the same accuracy as I did before with them "on" of "off". I can still manufacture my "spirit guide's" voice in my head. Still "see" her if I want to when I meditate...
You can trick yourself into believing you have whatever powers you want to believe if you want it enough.
Laughing shows your ignorance. Mr.Randi would have thrown away the Penicillin container thinking it had gone "bad". If you don't know what I'm refering to, go and take your break while I laugh.
russellounearthly I've studied the paranornmal for 30 years and because I am psychic and scientifically minded I am puzzled by my frequent unexplanable premonitions over which I have no control, NO POWER at all, they just happen, and I wish I could monitor and harness them. This has been happening to me since 13 years before you were born so you are not qualified to debunk psychic ability, just politely say you find it difficult to accept, because you havent experienced it.
So because according to your logic we can't debunk the people in the past who thought the earth was flat because they were born before us? Bullcrap.
If you're convinced that there is such a thing a psychic ability (I think there is a possibility) you should be glad for what Randi does. Because he's mowing down the charlatans and cheats. How can you be against that?
They are all Charlatans and cheats. If anyone thinks they are not, go and see James Randi, take his million dollars and take that smug grin off his face. Any takers???? Thought not.
YOU DID NOT UNDERSTAND MY COMMENTS BECAUSE LIKE randi, YOU'RE SO FIXED IN OPINION. THE CURRENT FULL MOON HAS AFFECTED YOUR METABOLISM CAUSING YOU TO MAKE SIX, REPEAT SIX, REPLIES. IF YOU HAD A LIBRIAN LINK IN YOUR HOROSCOPE YOU WOULD NOT HAVE USED A SWEARWORD IN YOUR REFERENCE FOR CHILDREN TO SEE, PLUS YOU WOULD HAVE POLITELY SAID "I HAVEN'T STUDIED THE SUBJECT, BUT I'M SORRY, I FIND IT HARD TO ACCEPT" AS YOU ARE INSENSATIVE YOU'LL NEVER EXPERIENCE THE PARANORMAL OR UNDERSTAND DIPLOMACY...NEVER.
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EldestSauce. DRIVING HOME ONE NIGHT I KNEW THERE WAS A DEAD BLACK CAT IN THE ROAD AHEAD. I DO NOT HAVE WHAT randi CALLS PSYCHIC 'POWERS' BUT I FREQUENTLY EXPERIENCE E.S.P. THE CAT WAS 400 YARDS AHEAD AND OUT OF SIGHT. IF randi HAD BEEN WITH ME, HE WOULD HAVE THOUGHT IT WAS A SET UP, OR SAID TO ME "DID YOU RUN IT OVER EARLIER TODAY?" I USE SMALL PRINT FOR HIS NAME TO SHOW MY DISRESPECT IN RETURN. HE HAS NEVER EXPERIENCED THE PARANORMAL HIMSELF AND IS THEREFORE NARROW MINDED AND TOO SUSPICIOUS.
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THE SUN COMES UP AND THE FLOWER PETALS OPEN, THE MOON PULLS THE TIDES,THE FULL MOON CAUSES ANIMALS TO SWIM OR FLY 1000'S OF MILES TO MATE AT A CERTAIN PLACE OTHER ANIMALS GO THERE TO EAT THEM (HOW DO THEY KNOW WHEN TO GO) THE SUNS HEAT EVAPORITES OCEAN WATER AND SUNSPOTS CAUSE RADIO INTERFERENCE. SO NOTHING OUT THERE IN SPACE AFFECTS LIFE ON EARTH. EXCEPT randi, HE'S LEO, THEY ARE USUALLY FIXED IN OPINION,ARROGANT, PROUD, KING OF JUNGLE, DONT ARGUE WITH THEM, OBEY,THEY'RE IN CHARGE. ENOUGH SAID.
The moon is also not the only indicator for migration(actually I've never heard that explanation, but I'll give you the benefit of the doubt), in fact most species of bird seem to migrate based on how short the day is in proportion to the night, and that it's starting to get colder. Some birds go based on a biological clock, which seems to be what you're referring to. That is not psychic phenomena, that is caused by hormone secretions in the brain that produce the strong inclination to migrate.
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I THINK YOU WILL AGREE THAT randi AND ALL SCEPTICS HAVE NEVER EXPERIENCED A PARANORMAL OCCURANCE AND, IF THEY DID, THEY WOULD THINK IT WAS ONLY A CO-INCIDENCE. THERE ARE STRANGE FORCES AT WORK AND FOR EXAMPLE PEOPLE SAY "IT NEVER RAINS BUT IT POURS" OR THEY SAY "HE'S ON A GAMBLERS LUCKY STREAK"OR "EVERYTHING HE TOUCHES TURNS TO GOLD" THEY IMPLY THERE IS A POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE FORCE AFFECTING THE SITUATION. THERS IS, IT'S ASTROLOGICAL.
im sorry but everything has an explanation.the problem is whether we already know the explanation or not.i want to believe but i need a proof,but there are many people who want to believe and believe no matter the evidence.refusing sometimes that makes you happy,wonder and believe in perfect world.
i personally want to believe that Santa Clause really exists but it does.if u tell that to your kid u might break his heart,he will probably cry because its something magical that u are trying to take out from his life.same thing here.eventhough we all want to be a child in certain moment of our lives these kind of things shouldnt fool you.
Okay, first of all turn off the caps lock. it's aggravating and makes people think lesser of you and gives what little argument you made even less credence.
Flower's that open their petals do so either in response to light, temperature, or they are on a biological clock and open at the same time. They have evolved to do so, and this has nothing to do with predicting when the sun will rise(which isn't much of a prediction). The moon pulls tides because of it's gravitational pull.
You wouldn't call the brain secreting serotonin to produce a strong urge to sleep at a certain time of day psychic, now would you? Other animals that seem to know that a large amount of potential prey has migrated somewhere learn either through their elders or from past experience(such as humans following the migration patterns of wild game), or they also have evolved a biological clock that has overtime come to sync with the prey's.
I don't know how the comments about evaporating water and sunspots have to do with psychic phenomena, and giving you a list of reasons why astrology is a pseudoscience would take me too long. In fact they seem to contradict each other, since you said 'so nothing out there in space affects life on earth.' But then pointed to astrology, which by definition is 'something out there in space effecting the earth', when you wanted to find a character flaw in James Randi.
On one more note, I agree with you that yes, Randi and all skeptics have never experienced a paranormal occurrence, on the grounds that you nor anybody else has either because there are no such things as paranormal occurrences. I did experience what I, at the time thought were paranormal occurrences(Seeing ghosts, diving, predicting things, ect.). But i only excepted them as such because i never had a better explanation. As i grew older I dismissed them, the same way I dismiss Santa Claus.
When i was younger Santa existed because I wanted him to, and it was in my little mind a good explanation for why presents spontaneously appeared every Christmas morning. Then I grew up and figured out that my parents putting the presents there was far more reasonable, and there was evidence to support that.
In conclusion Z1Z12, I highly suggest that if you're going to argue, be prepared to make a halfway decent case for yourself, lest you come off as an imbecile.
can i ask a question, what would you say if it turns out that all this stuff was actually real would you be happy, or angry, adn ratehr live in a chemical world? i think if humans work for anything we can achieve anything, im sure if we tried hard enough we can create some way fro humans to have a heaven, or to actually let humans have supernatural abilities.
There would be nothing cooler than having psychic powers and the ability to move things with your mind. However we can't accept everything at its surface. We need to test these things. If there is such a thing we should be left without a doubt. Pyschics are easily testable and are not the same thing as religion which is based upon faith. We can believe that psychics exist and have powers we just need to see actual proof.
The thing about the supernatural is, once we discover it actually exists it's no longer supernatural. It becomes natural. That means that we can use the scientific method to study it, figure out how it works, and it becomes part of science. That's the beauty of science. Seriously though, if psychic powers turned out to be real, I would think it's awesome. Unfortunately, there's no evidence of anything like that.
Hello. I suggest learning a bit how the brain constructs what we perceive. There is brain activity when we dream. Trance starts the dreaming process when we are awake. The world of the supernatural is usually experienced in a trance state and coincides with previous suggestion. Catholics see saints & virgin Mary, Hindus see Ganesha etc. Trance and suggestion. Amazing coincidence?! Read credulous UFO books and you'll probably see one.
See... I don't want to see a flying saucer from a UFO book. I want to see an actual alien space craft with actual aliens. When you look at the strangeness and diversity of life on Earth, in present day, and going back through the fossil record, and then you compare it to descriptions of gray aliens, or reptilians, the alien descriptions come up short. You're telling me that aliens that evolved on an entirely different planet than us look like the product of a poor imagination?
Also, in additions, I'd love to see a bigfoot, Nessie (or other lake monster), a ghost, or a UFO. That would be way cool. I'd rather not see a god though, because going by the religious books, gods are petty and irrational. We have enough psychotic authority figures running around on this planet as it is, we don't really need any coming down from the clouds throwing lightning at us.
Become a deluded credulous believer in those things and you will probably see all of them as your brain and intellect slowly turn to mush and your delusions take over your life.
I guess I'll never see them then. I got interested in that sort of thing when I was a kid, and I really wanted to see a dinosaur. I read about Nessie, and Champ, and Mkele Mbembe and all that, and then I started reading about UFOs, and while, to my 8 year old brain it sounded cool, I kept reading about it and nothing ever added up. I guess unlike other people I grew up.
I've continued to keep an interest in these subjects, but only as a skeptic, and for a source of entertainment.
..interesting...why thought, are u really gonna give up searching just like that, ur never gona look for another alternative, or at least hope for one? im sure there would have to be some kind of superior all knowing-all powerful being in the universe, besiedes us, i mean common, id like to have a soul instead of being a bunch of subatomic particles? i dont think we should give up just like that about life after death at all.
it all comes down to this, i dont no why the hell u would want only darkness and nothingness after deat, if you never wanna see ur family members again after u die, and go nowhere but in darkness and nothing than fiine, but me, id like to experience the paranormal, the supernatural, id like for supernatural abilities to be real, i dont see why anyone wouldnt want to go to heaven, just cuz u dont want doesnt mena no one else should so i think u should keep it to urself!
I don't want only nothingness and darkness after death and I definetely want to see my family and friends again after death. But i'm also convinced that nothingness is all we're going to get.
Thumbs up if you've noticed they even managed to switch their names in the eyes of the journalists who made this program!!
(nice moustache steve shaw had back then though)
greatings from Paris france!
filou75006 2 months ago
i think is impossible to find any picture of Randi without white beard....
TrickBanana 4 months ago
he looks like doctor HAAAX!!!!
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I can prove God is REAL Mr. Randi. I found the True Location of the Garden of Eden. I found where God left His WATERMARK of it. Make sure you contact me to give me that million.
downyourtube 7 months ago
It is great that God sent Dr. James Randi here on earth to debunk these frauds. It is his mission. Those who claim they are psychic and use the name of GOD to take advantage of people are building very heavy karmics on themselves and their kids. There is an after life and I am hundred % sure of it. I did not beleive it until recently when I had an opportunity to talk to 2 people outside of the US on my vacation trip. I did it out of curiosity and boy, it was scary.
rnopinion 10 months ago
@rnopinion Randi debunks religious claims as well as ghost claims. He is an atheist...did you know that?
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@rnopinion I'm 100% sure that you're reason for believing that isn't good enough. I'm also 100% sure that there is no such thing as karma. ESPECIALLY a form of karma that would punish you for the actions of your ancestors. The individual isn't responsible for where he/she came from. You talked to 2 people outside of the US and they convinced you there was an afterlife? How?
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BrownNumbers6 11 months ago
I really hope james randi is leaving a good number of disciples who know the tricks and gimmicks behind all those paranormal hoaxes and keep his leagcy alive for eons to come . Scientists are ill equipped to catch those charlatans, you need master trickesters to catch those dishonest trickesters.
dallasjock999 1 year ago 5
..... Why are 12 year old trolls watching videos like this. Get ya milk and go to bed.
markod2002 1 year ago
(* smile *)
joeypolanski 1 year ago
Oi! How about mentioning that part where the hoax DID NOT WORK?
Talk about fraud.
SexyMelon 1 year ago
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#Randi is only seeking attention from young boys, as he is gay for decades.
BosnianReality 1 year ago
Can't fool the Rand.
pitbull103 1 year ago
James Randi was old when my parents were kids. When I'm old I want to be just like him, I wish he was my grandpa. He needs a robe and a big ol' wizard hat.
negrosaur 1 year ago 26
@negrosaur he doesn't like magical thinking though.
rjinont 1 year ago 2
@negrosaur James Randi has been old forever, I think he may actually be a Timelord. He looks like one LOL
sakurashinra 2 months ago
I'm wondering what the the amazing randi thinks of professional magicians acts being spoiled. I don't mean people who claim psychic powers but peoples whose lives rely on their tricks of the trade so to speak.
markbond100 1 year ago
@markbond100 he only exposes people who claim to have supernatural power. Often he will just show he can do the same, not always exposing the trick itself.
Which of course leads to him being accused of having supernatural powers himself.
MrFacet 1 year ago
@markbond100 Most of the time it doesn't matter, their stuff tends to be a lot more sophisticated and on some level the people going to the shows know that they aren't real so there is always going to be someone trying to figure out the tricks.
Darkstar1484 1 year ago
I love James Randi.
MickyNL 1 year ago 7
ProudSikhNutt is going to call a jihad (bogus holy war) on all who disagree with him. He is a future Underwear Bomber who won't have anything left for the seventy virgins he believes he will be rewarded with. How scientific, eh?
masterandyman 1 year ago
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masterandyman 1 year ago
ProudSikhJatt so YOU know what is beyond a black hole?
ebrobaru 1 year ago
ProudSikhJatt: Four more paragraphs: nothing added. You seem to think that if there is any aspect of nature that you cannot understand - God must be the answer.
You can't even tell us the sequence accurately ("1 2 2 5 8 8 something like this") - if you thought it proved God, wouldn't you be able to tell us EXACTLY?
You seem to be talking about the Fibonacci sequence, or a derivation of it. If you think this proves God then you really are desperate. You may as well say addition proves God.
Intiom 1 year ago
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So why was the repeat picked by nature? Why didn't other numebrs were picked...other numbers were not picked because the creator knew it wouldn't work in this platform why do same numbers keep re-appearing? Theres no answer, no scientist has answer to why it would pick a specific numbering system, this clearly shows it was done intentionally to make the creation perfect, several theories agree with this. Something cannot happen for no purpose, a stove does not turn on by itself unless you do it.
ProudSikhJatt 1 year ago
As for the fibonacci sequence...I suggest you look into it a little more..not everything follows these numbers!..for example..the shape of a shell doesnt always fit the fibonacci spiral at all!nature has varying sizes and dimentions that dont always relate to the fibonacci sequence..the scales of mine and your bones will be different.
deanjdk 1 year ago
does somebody press a button to turn the tides? no..its a natural process..and you still havnt addressed what i said..the fibonacci sequence IS NOT found in everything AT ALL.For example the dimentions of the bones of lets say 10 people...they will not all fit the fibonacci sequence at all..you CANNOT IGNORE THAT.You are arguing a strawman proudsikhjatt
deanjdk 1 year ago
"So why was the repeat picked by nature? Why didn't other numebrs were picked..."
It wasn't 'picked', that's the point. That's like saying 'Why was gravity picked to pull thing to a centre of mass?'
"Theres no answer,"
There's no question. Yours is an assertion.
"no scientist has answer to why it would pick a specific numbering system"
Because 'it' didn't. Humans pick numbering systems. It appears that way to US.
Your whole basis is simply asserting things to be so.
Intiom 1 year ago
Pathetic? Pathetic is not knowing what is beyond black holes, how the actual creation happened despite of being a grown economy of USA. That is what's pathetic, but who says you can reach almighty that is stupidity nothing else.
ProudSikhJatt 1 year ago
How is that pathetic? Why expect scientists to know everything? Do you expect scientists to tuck you into bed at night too?
You still haven't answered the question about how many mathematical papers you have read on the Fibonacci sequence.
Intiom 1 year ago
Ignore ProudSikhJatt. P.T. Barnum summed it up years ago when he said, "There's a sucker born every minute."
davidls11 1 year ago 2
Yes, I know that I should ignore the troll. The thing is I actually know quite a bit about the Fibonacci sequence - so it's especially annoying when some prat fakes knowledge about it and then preaches his ideas as proof of the divine.
Intiom 1 year ago
Theres already proof of god's existence. So randi lost anyways.
ProudSikhJatt 1 year ago
@ProudSikhJatt Please, tell us where. Us atheists have been looking for it for some time, and we will be very greatful if you'll share it with us!
Roriniho 1 year ago 2
Also, the big bang theory, in order for something to happen, you must have a cause and then effect to it, we today know that big bang did occur, but what we don't know is what caused this in order to have the effect? If today we say, that big bang happened by nothing, then that is illogical of the cause and effect theory, scientists today agree, in order for something to happen there must be a cause, proof that someone or something made it happen, otherwise its impossible
ProudSikhJatt 1 year ago
"Also, the big bang theory, in order for something to happen, you must have a cause and then effect to it,.. [snip]... otherwise its impossible"
Agreed. Unfortunately, for you, that does nothing to prove god.. which is what you claimed there was.
Intiom 1 year ago
That resembles of a higher power which caused it, what was before the universe your telling me that all the things which nature has grown is just, what, a mere coincidence? Are you saying that the sequence numbers which re-appear over and over and over on natural sources is a coincidence? Wow! Hello!
ProudSikhJatt 1 year ago
@ProudSikhJatt
Why do the Fibonacci numbers prove anything supernatural?In that case why dont they prove allah or zues or the hindu trinity?..
deanjdk 1 year ago
because in nature you wouldn't find same sequences which are made graphically on nature's resources, the proof is that example big bang, couldn't have happened out of nothing, because even non-god believers agree that in order for something to happen there must be a logical cause to lead to a effect. Its like saying a microwave turns on by itself now you tell me would that really make sense to you or anyone? I press something, I do something in order for that to happen.
ProudSikhJatt 1 year ago
do you press a button for the tides to work? no
deanjdk 1 year ago
how do you know the big bang happened out of nothing? you dont.Many experts in this region have speculated different scenarios such as a fluxuatinfg universe..a looping universe ..etc.
deanjdk 1 year ago
To quote carl sagan.If you believe that "god" has always existed..instead why not save a step and conclude that the universe has always existed
deanjdk 1 year ago
God, ghosts, paranormal, that is the main challenge of Randi, let's say if the universe was created, your meaning to say there was no cause to this? Even scientists find this rubbish, since there is a cause which is why the universe has effect, earth has effects.
ProudSikhJatt 1 year ago
oh really..so you belive scientists all believe that "god" created the universe?.
Your again making the assumtion that the universe was "created"..you dont know this
deanjdk 1 year ago
I said a higher power, it could be god, it could be anything which is paranormal because when something happens it just doesn't happen out of the blue, there has to be a purpose, scientists don't say god created it they say SOMETHING created it which is why the effect occured, no one can deny this because its created so perfectly with accurate mathematicial ratio specifically picked, it is obvious whichever thing created knew this is how it would work. This scienitsts say.
ProudSikhJatt 1 year ago
no the scientists dont say something created it..Yes its absolutly possible that "something" created it but there is as much possibility of it being zeus or mithra or the three four headed invisible cows..literally.We do not fully understand the concept of time yet.The more we understand as time goes on..the further we get from supernatural explanations to things since we find demonstrable answers within reality.
deanjdk 1 year ago 2
And by the way the views of any reputable scientist is by definition.."we dont know if the universe was created or always existed since we have no relevent data to work from yet".That is intellectual honesty.
deanjdk 1 year ago
Right and if they don't have relevent data, then there is no way that someone can deny a existence, there are many things scientists do not know, does it mean things don't exist? Then later on they find out it does exist then they say we have the data, if science, high technology can accomplish many goals when they didn't know there is something higher.
ProudSikhJatt 1 year ago
no...if they dont have relevent data..they cant CONCLUDE an existance..you cannot ask for evidence to disprove something which itself cannot be proven..its a misnomer
deanjdk 1 year ago
@deanjdk Precisely and thats exactly what Randi proves with "u cant prove a negative."
Unfortunately some ppl want everything to be part of some mysterious act created by some superior power "out there".
From a psycological point of view that behaviour seems more like the native human way of seeking shelter and find somewhere they can feel safe.
E.g. "Blame god and it doesnt hurt so much, no matter what actually happend" because then it was meant to be by the all superior god. ;-)
SizZ1eR 1 year ago 2
good point SizZ1eR
deanjdk 1 year ago
many times the data scientists find COMPLETLY contradicts the assumtions of those who are speculating...for example before we understood the earth rotates around the sun..did that make certain ancient culture correct with their assumtion that the sun was a dragons eye? NO
deanjdk 1 year ago
Seriously..how cannot you understand that the default position is not "well then god did it"..in that case then i could say"well allah did it" or "well zues did it".Do you understand that?
deanjdk 1 year ago 3
@deanjdk Ptah did it! Anu did it! Odin did it! Cronos did it! Obayame did it! Nushi did it!
how many more intelligent designers created the universe?
Paradoxical003 1 year ago
@ProudSikhJatt Errr... no. Thanks to the magic of Quantum Mechanics, cause and effect is not strictly needed. As is the case with the big bang. Look, Please do not argue about things you clearly do not understand. Cause and effect is not needed to explain the big bang.
Roriniho 1 year ago
Running away from fact isn't going to bury the fact, its plain and simple, Cause and Effect theory exists, it exists for even atheists who are non-believers,
ProudSikhJatt 1 year ago
I'm not running away from anything. What I said was is that Cause and Effect are not stricly nessesary. One can simply 'borrow' energy from Heisenberg's uncertainty principle and create matter from nothing. This is proven fact.
Roriniho 1 year ago
thats like saying a fan turns on because it just had to? It sounds to irrational, someone or something MUST make it happen in order for something to have effect, this even non god believers agree, and when they do agree they RE THINK about GOD making same sequence numbering on all objects cannot be a coincidence so perfectly done. The sequence is 1- 1 2 2 5 8 8 something like this which is on all objects and made so accurately. If Randi can explain paranormal debunk why not this?
ProudSikhJatt 1 year ago
There is a proof that there is a creator who has created the sequences of numbers which repeat, otherwise why would something repeat in same mathematic calculations, it doesn't make sense. Even Athiests say that there is always a cause for something in order to have effect Cause and Theory effect.
ProudSikhJatt 1 year ago
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"otherwise why would something repeat in same mathematic calculations, it doesn't make sense."
Or course it makes sense: nature will do the same thing over and over until there is a reason NOT to do so. That is why symmetry is often nature's default. You are simply pointing at nature being natural and saying "Look! Proof of a god".
Intiom 1 year ago
@ProudSikhJatt No we don't. Look, is your name Proud Sikh Jatt or Joud Sikh Pratt?
Roriniho 1 year ago
Everything has a cause. But you are mixing up cause and reason. Everything has a cause, not everything has a reason.
As for god´s fingerprints, that looks like fraktals to me, something even the brightest scientists are butting heads with to understand. Declaring it a proof of god because we don´t understand it is going far though.
BigSwede7403 1 year ago
Exactly, the Cause is God, they don't know it, but surely something happened which made it occur, otherwise its impossible, even atheists say this who are non-believers, everything does have a cause, that cause is god, and the sequence numbering which is exactly same in all natural objects is just a coincidence? Sounds to irrational, which probably thats why scientists agree there is something of higher power.
ProudSikhJatt 1 year ago
No, god would be a reason. Reason for a cause, but a cause does not automaticly need a reason.
BigSwede7403 1 year ago
Yet you choose not to share it?
Intiom 1 year ago
look up God's fingerprints, obviously its not a physical finger-print itself, but there is a sequence number of nature which repeats itself perfectly in every natural object on earth, including galaxy, this itself is proof because not every object could have the same sequence so perfectly with same numbers. The cause and effect theory is logic as well. It's better to watch the video and get the book since there is no way how all objects are made with same sequence yet they are.
ProudSikhJatt 1 year ago
"this itself is proof because not every object could have the same sequence so perfectly with same numbers"
As I said: "Yet you choose not to show it"
Intiom 1 year ago
being ignorant isnt going to help, if Randi can explain why paranormal is bogus he should certainly explain why a repeat of a sequence number happens but he doesnt since obviously he didnt create universe, and yes something did occur which he still doesnt have answer to.
ProudSikhJatt 1 year ago
@ProudSikhJatt So you're just repeating the crap that has already been explained? Number sequences naturally repeat. That you do not undertsand this tell us only about you, which makes "being ignorant isnt going to help," very ironic.
Randi, and no one else, need explain away your misunderstandings.
Intiom 1 year ago
It has not been explained since in cases of nature, there is always something which makes it happen the physics theory. Randi CANT explain. period. Since no one can reach that almighty power no matter how hard we try. Why scientists cannot explain what is beyond black hole? They try to but they themselfs say its not possible to explain it since it is far out their reach. Simple, if there is a creation of something there is a creator of it, nothing just came out of the blue. Randi and no one else
ProudSikhJatt 1 year ago
How do you know that it hasn't been explained? What an arrogant statement. How many mathmatical papers did you read about the Fibonacci sequence before reaching that conclusion?
As for black holes... is that the best you can come up with? Scientists don't know something, so any magic crap you come up with (creator) might be true? Pathetic.
Intiom 1 year ago 3
please let us know how it goes
ebrobaru 2 years ago
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To anyone who reads these messeges, could you please tell mr. randi that I've been waiting for a response. it's time for me to put a stop in all this nonsense about fake psychics. I'm real and I know of and elder who came before me and he is real too. I am impervious to illness and I say that If You want the proof, it's right here trying to slap you in the face for ignoring it. I'm willing to bet my life against his Million, in my opinion the stakes couldn't be higher.
leutious1 2 years ago
@leutious1 You've managed to delude yourself into thinking you have psychic powers. Nobody is impervious to illness, but that's not to say that you don't have an extremely well developed immune system. There are some who have nearly no immune system, yet they don't claim to have psychic powers.
I doubt James Randi would put someone's life in danger for proof of a claim.
People are easily conned and can delude themselves in believing in psychic power. I've tried and almost thought I had TK.
UnderManiac 2 years ago 5
That's a strict JREF rule. No risk of harm to applicants.
almo2001 2 years ago 3
@almo2001 Yes. A mutually agreed upon set of experiments, set up by the staff, not the participant, under strict laboratory conditions and does not put anyone in any kind of danger.
But the applicant must provide documented proof that they have psychic powers from a highly trustworthy source. Again, must have let the tester set up the experiment.
Only after that will they consider the application and fly out to check out the claims, then if all's good fly back with them for proper testing.
UnderManiac 2 years ago
Wait, wait -- you're a psychic and you're asking people to get in contact with James Randi for you?
Y'know, his contact info is on his website. In fact, I've been exchanging emails with him for the past couple of days, and I'm no psychic.
KeeperOfProphecies 2 years ago 2
Well, if we have any psychic potential, that remains to be discovered. So far, nothing
ebrobaru 2 years ago 4
Don't people realize that shit like this has taken a billion different forms throughout history and every single time it's been wrong?
And as if human potential would be so pathetic that our psychic potential would be limited to parlour tricks.
Regardless, you cannot have a cause without a mechanism. Therefore, the supernatural is an impossibility. That isn't to say there aren't weird things out there.
LukeShetler 2 years ago 4
wow, I wish they would have had more people review the video so they would have had the two magicians names right when they were bending metal. Banachek has become an excellent magician.
PseudoPsychUSA 2 years ago
Ol' Randi was recently going through chemotherapy, so I hope the curmudgeon is doing well. And yes, all the so-called psychics on youtube should put up or shut up. Go develop a protocol with Alison Smith at the JREF, win the million, then give the money to starving orphans -- or travel around the world. But don't belly ache about not being able to do your "talent" under those "impossible" circumstances. If you can do it, you can do it. But you can't.
pitbull103 2 years ago 3
Randi seems like he was born looking like Santa Claus.
IronOxideCorset 2 years ago 4
hahahaha
bigbossmatt 2 years ago
Hey, its all in the delivery ;)
digitised 2 years ago
Randi is a legend! Some day I would LOVE to go to TAM and actually meet him. He's done so much for rationalism over such a short amount of time. Mr. Randi, if you go browsing through Youtube and notice this comment, know that your efforts are appreciated immensely by many; they are not done in vain.
shadowgloria 2 years ago 5
Shadowgloria yes I also appreciate his work.
WhatsAfterThisPlace 2 years ago
Those young kids were smart! I like how one of them was so clever he came up with an idea that led him to see how the camera man operated and then he came up with a method of eliminating that problem. Very clever.
andyrooney11 2 years ago 2
He presses the key against the ground at 0:33
philippearquie 2 years ago 3
yes, the captions are backwards. :) And the two kids were told to tell the truth if anyone asked them how they did it. They were never asked until Randi asked them in public which you saw on the video. "we cheat"
hoodleehoo 2 years ago 3
No, because Steve Shaw taught me (and others) how to do what he did. :)
hoodleehoo 2 years ago
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I do not believe the following myself.
Now this thought could be seen as pretty out there, but here goes:
What if they, like in films with superheroes covering up their abilities, do have super-human abilities & used the 'Alpha Project' theory as a cover-up for what was actually the truth?
Again, very conspracy-esque, but a thought.
I have seen NO scientific proof that the three of them had met before the 'Alpha Project' was set into action.
If anyone finds any would they please send me it
aaronl22 2 years ago
lol this was one of the dumbest things i have read on youtube (today) ....
sthoopedrick 2 years ago 2
The reason Randi set this up was because he had initially contacted the people at the lab and offered suggestions on how to eliminate trickery in their tests. His suggestions were ignored.
bobnfreely 2 years ago 2
The captions of Shaw and Edwards are the wrong way round. Edwards is wearing the red jacket, Shaw in white.
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felixmab66 2 years ago
"We cheat."
"AAHH!!!"
rofl. Well done, Mr. Randi.
v3ck1n 2 years ago 16
"They set up the trick to be done at 4 o'clock. The trick might have been done at 3:15."
Made me laugh. I love James Randi.
RageTreb 2 years ago 5
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Faidros62 yes, he decides what constitues proof, he is not a scientist.
foundoutthat 2 years ago
yes but even scientists can be fooled, Randi may not have a background in science, but at least he can eliminate trickery
jakerobbins 2 years ago
James Randi is great at exposing bullshit.
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I've never seen so many deluded people in a page since ///never.
Randi is a dishonest man who has lied numerous times to get publicity, no scientific credentials and is a showman to say the least.Of course psychics are well... bust most importantly don't be caught in James Pseudo Thinking, he is a showman.
foundoutthat 2 years ago
"he is a showman"
Does he claim to be anything else?
"Psychics" claim to have supernatural powers and Randi, becourse he is an experienced "showman" can show us that all that "supernatural" stuff are just tricks.
If the "psychics" was as honest as Randi they to would call them selfs showmen and Randy would not have anything to debunk.
Faidros62 2 years ago 41
No actually he is very honest. He simply did that experiment because he was upset at people not taking him seriously. He proved that scientists can be fooled. He did that so that they won't be fooled by others. He has always said he is a trickster and charlatan. There is nothing dishonest about that man.
thelordmemnoch 2 years ago 8
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you just said he is a charlatan you fool
foundoutthat 2 years ago
he was proving a point and admitted it, he didnt go around pretending and taking peoples money. fool.
Edbrad 2 years ago
"Charlatan" is a perfectly legitimate profession. "Fraudster" is the correct term for someone who does so maliciously.
LordOmberus 2 years ago
At 2:28 , I love the audience's reaction.
Internetaccount133 2 years ago
No, James Randi is the father of Chuck Norris
KarinMikazuki 2 years ago 11
james randi is really Santa
i have proof
dubbedcrazy 2 years ago 10
I defy anyone to prove he isn't ;)
fernbap 2 years ago
I believe you.
OMGSEASALT 2 years ago
They could all shut Randi up in a second if only they would go down and prove it. The million dollar prize is the BIGGEST statement imaginable against the existence of this nonsense. These people are greedy, and would take it if they could. If they are not greedy, they should win it and give it to starving children.
pitbull103 2 years ago 7
But its a scam/he's not a man of god/any one of a number of other retarded objections.
paulbottomley42 2 years ago
YOU ALL R GOING 2 HELL. GOD STILL LUVS U THO. Oh, and Jupiter is made of bananas.
EconAtheist 2 years ago 2
No, idiot.
Jupiter is made of a large assortment of baskets filled with Jesus' personal favorite cheeses and fruits, which later were melted by the giant purple dragons of Voldemort's lair, turning into the dynamic surface we see today.
Saturn's rings are made of bananas. but those are mostly brown and rotted.
Beefstew2011 2 years ago 4
duh
laffizzle 2 years ago
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KemaTheAthiest i'm glad you realise but i wonder what makes you happier, believing in nothing or believing in something (however ridiculous). There is a psychological computer at work we are seldom aware of. I've made many prediction, ie: told my friend she would have a cezarian birth, she said it was a horrible thing for me to say, after the cezarian birth she thought I must be psychic. I don't know what made me say it, impulsive. But I guess I guessed knowing she was to soft to experience pain
Elibobbob 2 years ago
wouldn't it be weird if weird things never happened.
mummyfunk 2 years ago 3
Believing in nothing? I believe. I believe in things that can be verified.
I'm happy believing in things that makes sense. Why on earth would you be happier believing in things that didn't?
Aaberg123 2 years ago 3
Because people are prone to wish thinking and finding meaning in things that have none.
lord69z 2 years ago 6
This video has real bad audio . . .
technologysucks 2 years ago
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Ignorant sceptics challenge people they distrust to impress people who agree but who don't understand anyway!
Z1Z12 3 years ago
if i tell you that your dead grandfather told me that you must give me $100, will you believe me? of course not, no one in the right mind would, you are therefore skeptical & want to know if i'm telling the truth (hence want to know if i am psychic).
it's not about impressing people, it's about finding the truth, and skeptics educate people who dont understand, that's why they do what they do.
if the truth is too painful for you, dont make ad hominem arguments & sit in the corner.
oLonginuso 3 years ago 5
Awesome! Way to expose these gullible "scientists" and give those that fool themselves something to think about as well.
infidelguy 3 years ago
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All who ridicule the paranormal HAVEN'T experienced it, or thought it was just a coincidence. There are also fakes SPOILING the subject. Many comments from skeptics are impolite, obscene or ignorant - it follows that THEY can never experience it as they are obviously INSENSITIVE. randi says 600 failures applied. FAKES DON'T APPLY for fear of exposure. If randi bet £1 a day on horses for 600 days (1 year 8 months)would he not get 1 winner? or throw 600 darts and never a hit a bulls eye? Fishy
Z1Z12 3 years ago
Your analogies don't hold. The number of successes in a series of trials depends on the probability of success.
In the case of horses (say there were 8 equally able horses) in 600 trials you would expect to win 75 (600/8).
In the case of the paranormal, the probability of success has so far shown to be zero. In 600 trials you would expect to see zero.
criggster 3 years ago 13
"All who ridicule the paranormal HAVEN'T experienced it, or thought it was just a coincidence."
Not true. I used to consider myself an empath, aura reader, and remote viewer and thought I had a spiritual guide...
I was quite accurate, but as I did it more and more I realized I was using deductive reasoning. My "spirit guide" would change an explaination midsentance to fit with what I wanted "her" to say... I used to think I really had powers.
cont...
KemaTheAtheist 3 years ago 3
cont...
The thing I realized is that I can still turn on and off my "powers" as I wish it, and I still have the same accuracy as I did before with them "on" of "off". I can still manufacture my "spirit guide's" voice in my head. Still "see" her if I want to when I meditate...
You can trick yourself into believing you have whatever powers you want to believe if you want it enough.
KemaTheAtheist 3 years ago 4
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Laughing shows your ignorance. Mr.Randi would have thrown away the Penicillin container thinking it had gone "bad". If you don't know what I'm refering to, go and take your break while I laugh.
Z1Z12 3 years ago
Enjoy deluding yourself.
Gharphield 3 years ago 3
If you are so sure you are some kind of 'psychic', you should take up the million dollar challenge that Mr.Randi has, so he can disprove you.
andytom 3 years ago 5
Did ya notice he didn't have any comeback for that suggestion? Z1Z12....put your mouth where the money is-
vampyros1 3 years ago 3
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russellounearthly I've studied the paranornmal for 30 years and because I am psychic and scientifically minded I am puzzled by my frequent unexplanable premonitions over which I have no control, NO POWER at all, they just happen, and I wish I could monitor and harness them. This has been happening to me since 13 years before you were born so you are not qualified to debunk psychic ability, just politely say you find it difficult to accept, because you havent experienced it.
Z1Z12 3 years ago
I laughed so hard at this, give me a break.
BladeVaMPHuNT 3 years ago 10
I would said you are schizofrenic.There are no psychics.I bet you are unhappy with your life and thats the reason you live in a fantasy world.
josesilva9910 3 years ago 9
enjoy bullshitting yourself, your family, your friends, and your way through life. one day the shit will pile so high you'll choke on your own lies.
armastama 3 years ago 9
So because according to your logic we can't debunk the people in the past who thought the earth was flat because they were born before us? Bullcrap.
If you're convinced that there is such a thing a psychic ability (I think there is a possibility) you should be glad for what Randi does. Because he's mowing down the charlatans and cheats. How can you be against that?
Droedelzak 3 years ago 4
They are all Charlatans and cheats. If anyone thinks they are not, go and see James Randi, take his million dollars and take that smug grin off his face. Any takers???? Thought not.
PessimistGas 2 years ago
James randi doesn't get any older? Or maybe its MAGIC
cjunk351 3 years ago 9
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YOU DID NOT UNDERSTAND MY COMMENTS BECAUSE LIKE randi, YOU'RE SO FIXED IN OPINION. THE CURRENT FULL MOON HAS AFFECTED YOUR METABOLISM CAUSING YOU TO MAKE SIX, REPEAT SIX, REPLIES. IF YOU HAD A LIBRIAN LINK IN YOUR HOROSCOPE YOU WOULD NOT HAVE USED A SWEARWORD IN YOUR REFERENCE FOR CHILDREN TO SEE, PLUS YOU WOULD HAVE POLITELY SAID "I HAVEN'T STUDIED THE SUBJECT, BUT I'M SORRY, I FIND IT HARD TO ACCEPT" AS YOU ARE INSENSATIVE YOU'LL NEVER EXPERIENCE THE PARANORMAL OR UNDERSTAND DIPLOMACY...NEVER.
Z1Z12 3 years ago
I'm going to politely ask you to shut up.
Uppercase?
Moron
puppetdesign 3 years ago 10
James Randi hater lol.
Jarrad19 3 years ago
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EldestSauce. DRIVING HOME ONE NIGHT I KNEW THERE WAS A DEAD BLACK CAT IN THE ROAD AHEAD. I DO NOT HAVE WHAT randi CALLS PSYCHIC 'POWERS' BUT I FREQUENTLY EXPERIENCE E.S.P. THE CAT WAS 400 YARDS AHEAD AND OUT OF SIGHT. IF randi HAD BEEN WITH ME, HE WOULD HAVE THOUGHT IT WAS A SET UP, OR SAID TO ME "DID YOU RUN IT OVER EARLIER TODAY?" I USE SMALL PRINT FOR HIS NAME TO SHOW MY DISRESPECT IN RETURN. HE HAS NEVER EXPERIENCED THE PARANORMAL HIMSELF AND IS THEREFORE NARROW MINDED AND TOO SUSPICIOUS.
Z1Z12 3 years ago
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THE SUN COMES UP AND THE FLOWER PETALS OPEN, THE MOON PULLS THE TIDES,THE FULL MOON CAUSES ANIMALS TO SWIM OR FLY 1000'S OF MILES TO MATE AT A CERTAIN PLACE OTHER ANIMALS GO THERE TO EAT THEM (HOW DO THEY KNOW WHEN TO GO) THE SUNS HEAT EVAPORITES OCEAN WATER AND SUNSPOTS CAUSE RADIO INTERFERENCE. SO NOTHING OUT THERE IN SPACE AFFECTS LIFE ON EARTH. EXCEPT randi, HE'S LEO, THEY ARE USUALLY FIXED IN OPINION,ARROGANT, PROUD, KING OF JUNGLE, DONT ARGUE WITH THEM, OBEY,THEY'RE IN CHARGE. ENOUGH SAID.
Z1Z12 3 years ago
The animals have evolved over millions of years. Also why can you only turn off caps when saying "randi"?
EldestSauce 3 years ago
The moon is also not the only indicator for migration(actually I've never heard that explanation, but I'll give you the benefit of the doubt), in fact most species of bird seem to migrate based on how short the day is in proportion to the night, and that it's starting to get colder. Some birds go based on a biological clock, which seems to be what you're referring to. That is not psychic phenomena, that is caused by hormone secretions in the brain that produce the strong inclination to migrate.
fucktheflaggers 3 years ago
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I THINK YOU WILL AGREE THAT randi AND ALL SCEPTICS HAVE NEVER EXPERIENCED A PARANORMAL OCCURANCE AND, IF THEY DID, THEY WOULD THINK IT WAS ONLY A CO-INCIDENCE. THERE ARE STRANGE FORCES AT WORK AND FOR EXAMPLE PEOPLE SAY "IT NEVER RAINS BUT IT POURS" OR THEY SAY "HE'S ON A GAMBLERS LUCKY STREAK"OR "EVERYTHING HE TOUCHES TURNS TO GOLD" THEY IMPLY THERE IS A POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE FORCE AFFECTING THE SITUATION. THERS IS, IT'S ASTROLOGICAL.
Z1Z12 3 years ago
im sorry but everything has an explanation.the problem is whether we already know the explanation or not.i want to believe but i need a proof,but there are many people who want to believe and believe no matter the evidence.refusing sometimes that makes you happy,wonder and believe in perfect world.
19cohen 3 years ago
i personally want to believe that Santa Clause really exists but it does.if u tell that to your kid u might break his heart,he will probably cry because its something magical that u are trying to take out from his life.same thing here.eventhough we all want to be a child in certain moment of our lives these kind of things shouldnt fool you.
19cohen 3 years ago
Okay, first of all turn off the caps lock. it's aggravating and makes people think lesser of you and gives what little argument you made even less credence.
Flower's that open their petals do so either in response to light, temperature, or they are on a biological clock and open at the same time. They have evolved to do so, and this has nothing to do with predicting when the sun will rise(which isn't much of a prediction). The moon pulls tides because of it's gravitational pull.
fucktheflaggers 3 years ago
You wouldn't call the brain secreting serotonin to produce a strong urge to sleep at a certain time of day psychic, now would you? Other animals that seem to know that a large amount of potential prey has migrated somewhere learn either through their elders or from past experience(such as humans following the migration patterns of wild game), or they also have evolved a biological clock that has overtime come to sync with the prey's.
fucktheflaggers 3 years ago
I don't know how the comments about evaporating water and sunspots have to do with psychic phenomena, and giving you a list of reasons why astrology is a pseudoscience would take me too long. In fact they seem to contradict each other, since you said 'so nothing out there in space affects life on earth.' But then pointed to astrology, which by definition is 'something out there in space effecting the earth', when you wanted to find a character flaw in James Randi.
fucktheflaggers 3 years ago
On one more note, I agree with you that yes, Randi and all skeptics have never experienced a paranormal occurrence, on the grounds that you nor anybody else has either because there are no such things as paranormal occurrences. I did experience what I, at the time thought were paranormal occurrences(Seeing ghosts, diving, predicting things, ect.). But i only excepted them as such because i never had a better explanation. As i grew older I dismissed them, the same way I dismiss Santa Claus.
fucktheflaggers 3 years ago 3
When i was younger Santa existed because I wanted him to, and it was in my little mind a good explanation for why presents spontaneously appeared every Christmas morning. Then I grew up and figured out that my parents putting the presents there was far more reasonable, and there was evidence to support that.
In conclusion Z1Z12, I highly suggest that if you're going to argue, be prepared to make a halfway decent case for yourself, lest you come off as an imbecile.
fucktheflaggers 3 years ago 9
well whatever..i just hpope that he is sorely wrong! im not gonna give up like some ppl have on looking for paranormal/spiritual phenomenom.
shuriken86 3 years ago
Randi looks for it more than anyone.
EldestSauce 3 years ago
can i ask a question, what would you say if it turns out that all this stuff was actually real would you be happy, or angry, adn ratehr live in a chemical world? i think if humans work for anything we can achieve anything, im sure if we tried hard enough we can create some way fro humans to have a heaven, or to actually let humans have supernatural abilities.
shuriken86 3 years ago
There would be nothing cooler than having psychic powers and the ability to move things with your mind. However we can't accept everything at its surface. We need to test these things. If there is such a thing we should be left without a doubt. Pyschics are easily testable and are not the same thing as religion which is based upon faith. We can believe that psychics exist and have powers we just need to see actual proof.
aricori 3 years ago 5
The thing about the supernatural is, once we discover it actually exists it's no longer supernatural. It becomes natural. That means that we can use the scientific method to study it, figure out how it works, and it becomes part of science. That's the beauty of science. Seriously though, if psychic powers turned out to be real, I would think it's awesome. Unfortunately, there's no evidence of anything like that.
gswanson 3 years ago
Hello. I suggest learning a bit how the brain constructs what we perceive. There is brain activity when we dream. Trance starts the dreaming process when we are awake. The world of the supernatural is usually experienced in a trance state and coincides with previous suggestion. Catholics see saints & virgin Mary, Hindus see Ganesha etc. Trance and suggestion. Amazing coincidence?! Read credulous UFO books and you'll probably see one.
jamesrobertdobbs 3 years ago
See... I don't want to see a flying saucer from a UFO book. I want to see an actual alien space craft with actual aliens. When you look at the strangeness and diversity of life on Earth, in present day, and going back through the fossil record, and then you compare it to descriptions of gray aliens, or reptilians, the alien descriptions come up short. You're telling me that aliens that evolved on an entirely different planet than us look like the product of a poor imagination?
gswanson 3 years ago
Also, in additions, I'd love to see a bigfoot, Nessie (or other lake monster), a ghost, or a UFO. That would be way cool. I'd rather not see a god though, because going by the religious books, gods are petty and irrational. We have enough psychotic authority figures running around on this planet as it is, we don't really need any coming down from the clouds throwing lightning at us.
gswanson 3 years ago
Become a deluded credulous believer in those things and you will probably see all of them as your brain and intellect slowly turn to mush and your delusions take over your life.
jamesrobertdobbs 3 years ago 3
I guess I'll never see them then. I got interested in that sort of thing when I was a kid, and I really wanted to see a dinosaur. I read about Nessie, and Champ, and Mkele Mbembe and all that, and then I started reading about UFOs, and while, to my 8 year old brain it sounded cool, I kept reading about it and nothing ever added up. I guess unlike other people I grew up.
I've continued to keep an interest in these subjects, but only as a skeptic, and for a source of entertainment.
gswanson 3 years ago 5
..interesting...why thought, are u really gonna give up searching just like that, ur never gona look for another alternative, or at least hope for one? im sure there would have to be some kind of superior all knowing-all powerful being in the universe, besiedes us, i mean common, id like to have a soul instead of being a bunch of subatomic particles? i dont think we should give up just like that about life after death at all.
shuriken86 3 years ago
it all comes down to this, i dont no why the hell u would want only darkness and nothingness after deat, if you never wanna see ur family members again after u die, and go nowhere but in darkness and nothing than fiine, but me, id like to experience the paranormal, the supernatural, id like for supernatural abilities to be real, i dont see why anyone wouldnt want to go to heaven, just cuz u dont want doesnt mena no one else should so i think u should keep it to urself!
shuriken86 3 years ago
I don't want only nothingness and darkness after death and I definetely want to see my family and friends again after death. But i'm also convinced that nothingness is all we're going to get.
DamnedM 3 years ago 3