A Lecture by James "The Amazing" Randi

Search for the Chimera, A Lecture by James "The Amazing" Randi.

Presented at The Center for Inquiry / Transnational in Amherst, NY, 12 September 2008.

Recorded before a live audience by Inquiry Media productions.

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Lauren Becker
Debbie Goddard
Henry Huber

Directed by Tom Flynn

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[kelco93]

2:52 to skip the intro

[mystisme]

@DippShits let me know the out come of it please

[jq747]

LOL Randi has his own asteroid. How many asteroids are named after Jon Edward or Uri Geller? Let me guess... NONE. That's because intelligent, rational thinkers trump lying charlatans, in space at least.

[EvolBob1]

Like most people I use to think it was okay for anyone to believe anything they want - so what? But after 9/11 I've become a lot more intolerant of so called PC tolerance. How many believe that there is some truth to: Astrology, Faith Healing, Psychic powers, Ghosts, Supernatural forces, Alien Invasion, Mind Reading, Magic, Gods, Santa Claus, Vampires etc?

Then you are in the vast majority. Until the majority can answer 'How can you find out what is real?" we're all doomed!

Most don't give a F

[DippShits]

@mystisme I did not mean to criticise your writing skills :)

Thank you for the clarification - I am going to try this out next time there is a psychic fair nearby.

[mystisme]

@DippShits excuse me for my english i do my best and yes it is exactly it stand still and try not to show any emotion on your face look at her or him like an ivestigator.just say :ok,tell me more, elaborate,rephrase what she said

try it and you ll see they never gonna tell you anything but thing that can apply to everyone (general thing, large comment ect...)

[DippShits]

@mystisme I think I understood what your broken English means.

If I go to a medium I would have to stay still to keep my body language from giving something away, correct?

[CelestialEmbodiment]

Good riddance to the braying jackass Christ' Hitchens who supported the sanctions and the war of pelf against Iraq. [Lesley Stahl on U.S. sanctions against Iraq: "We have heard that a half million children have died. I mean, that's more children than died in Hiroshima. And, you know, is the price worth it?"; Secretary of State Madeleine Albright: "I think this is a very hard choice, but the price--we think the price is worth it." — "60 Minutes" (5/12/96)]

[possumverde]

Since he asked her if she used her pen or his, I'm going to assume that some part of her instructions required her to either write the chosen word or to circle it (though in his setup he never mentions a use for a pen he just says to "remember" the word.) If so, all he'd really need to do is make sure that he "ambushed" her away from any good writing surfaces and then the trick is as easy as a blind person reading braille...of course I'm probably way off since I suck at figuring out tricks...

[GL3NE]

7 people were bored of this because their Calms Forte was kicking in.

[mystisme]

(suIte)the experience i was doing,and i show her that i could do the same without beiing medium by reading her body languages ect so i did to her than she say that i was santan and i came to deiceit her and came with bad faith surprisingly(ironie) she cancel every reading for the day ,i was about 23years old and now 20 years and some i still like to challeng them