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| Notice: GeekPress is back up and running, thanks to Paul! It's still a not-so-serious tech news blog, but the format is significantly looser. Diana, having given up programming for philosophy, has her own philosophical blog NoodleFood. More of her work can be found at DianaHsieh.com. |
| James Randi |
| 10:09:24 pm mst / 16 February 2001 found by paul / filed in culture / source NY Times 93 hits / 1 comment / 0 e-mails |
| An excellent profile of James Randi, the professional magician who has won a MacArthur "genius grant" for his tireless work in debunking false psychics, and advocating rational thinking. |
| He has always been one of my heroes. Check out his website here! |
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| Cult science? by MysteriousStranger 6:35:33 pm mst / 18 February 2001 / # 1 |
| Only one problem: James Randi is an irrational cult-brainwashed true believer. If it isn't in the consensus reality of mainstream science, it doesn't exist for him. Yes, Randi has done some good work debunking fraudulent psychics. But he has also been entirely willing to use all the usual propaganda tactics, to tear down things he does not understand. As with all non-thinking religious true believers, Mr. Randi can never be uncertain about anything-- there is True and False and nothing in between, and he already has the answer before he starts investigating.
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