The Truth about Uri GellerJames Randi is internationally known as a magician and escape artist. But for the past thirty-five years of his professional life, he has also been active as an investigator of the paranormal, occult, and supernatural claims that have impressed the thinking of the public for a generation: ESP, psychokinesis, psychic detectives, levitation, psychic surgery, UFOs, dowsing, astrology, and many others. Those of us unable to discriminate between geniune scientific research and the pseudoscientific nonsense that has resulted in fantastic theories and fancies have long needed James Randi and Flim-Flam! In this book, Randi explores and exposes what he believes to be the outrageous deception that has been promoted widely in the media. Unafraid to call researchers to account for their failures and impostures, Randi tells us that we have been badly served by scientists who have failed to follow the procedures required by their training and traditions. Here he shows us how what he views as sloppy research has been followed by rationalizations of evident failures, and we see these errors and misrepresentations clearly pointed out. Mr. Randi provides us with a compelling and convincing document that will certainly startle and enlighten all who read it. |
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... trickery by duplicating their wonders by trickery . I have never claimed - nor could I , as a logical person , claim - that my duplication of " psychic " feats shows that " psychics " use similar trickery . What it does show is that it ...
... trickery by duplicating their wonders by trickery . I have never claimed - nor could I , as a logical person , claim - that my duplication of " psychic " feats shows that " psychics " use similar trickery . What it does show is that it ...
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... trickery is de - emphasized or ignored . Examples : Elsie's artistic ability , job experience , and opportunity to create the fakes were circumstantial evidence of a possible hoax , but Doyle considered this a ridiculous impossibility ...
... trickery is de - emphasized or ignored . Examples : Elsie's artistic ability , job experience , and opportunity to create the fakes were circumstantial evidence of a possible hoax , but Doyle considered this a ridiculous impossibility ...
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... trickery is being used . But the trickery was quite obvious to Martin and me . The routine was one that is well known to card magicians and has been in print and available to the public for many years . Suzie's fussing with the cards ...
... trickery is being used . But the trickery was quite obvious to Martin and me . The routine was one that is well known to card magicians and has been in print and available to the public for many years . Suzie's fussing with the cards ...
Contents
The Will to Believe | 196 |
Off the Deep End | 210 |
Gods with Feats of Clay | 239 |
Copyright | |
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