James Randi's million dollar prize for the first genuine, documented paranormal event has never been claimed. I stand by my comment.
"James Randi's million dollar prize for the first genuine, documented paranormal event has never been claimed. I stand by my comment."
I wouldn't use THAT as your evidence. It only takes a shred of research to know that James Randi is an established lying fraud himself, and there is no ambiguity about that.
The Randi challenge is your standard?
According to Randi's own website:
Randi's people conduct the preliminary test, and Randi (who has been quoted as saying that anything paranormal is impossible) is the sole arbite of whether it's been passed. Is it any wonder that no one has passed the preliminary test?
Randi gets to control all publicity and use of any data generated from the challenge.
And applicants must waive their right to sue Randi or JREF.
The so-called "million-dollar challenge" is set up to validate Ranid and in a way that makes sure no one can win it. And most people who look into it know this.
Randi admitted to sponsoring a fake psychic. They did an extensive tour of Australia.
His description of the room where Uri Geller worked was simply wrong in major respects.
He saw a person doing what is called "psychic writing" and said he could easily do the same thing with "parlor tricks" but when challenged, refused to do so.
Randi has been quoted (by a fellow skeptic) as saying "I always have an out."
And if you read Randi, he's a militant atheist who hates religion, especially Christianity, as much as he despises the paranormal charlatans.
But while 99 percent of them are confirmable charlatans,not all are.