James Randi has done more good for humanity than any pastor or minister.
@swine133 жыл бұрын
To be fair he's done more good than 99% of humanity will do in their lives _combined_ We're pretty useless, on average... 😅
@giorgamikitta89386 жыл бұрын
This man is brilliant. He understands more about the way the world works than anybody I ever heard speak. Not only that, he explains it so well. And as a bonus he is very entertaining!
@fjccommish5 жыл бұрын
Um no. The proof that he doesn't understand how the world works is that he supported Obama as President. Randi was completely fooled or complicit in Obama's evil - one or the other.
@greenrobot511 жыл бұрын
I could listen to this man all day long
@kietrivers10 жыл бұрын
James Randi, now he is the man who will surely die smiling knowing that he did goods in this world =)
@krisraps3 жыл бұрын
RIP To Amazing Randi :(
@larrysbrain16277 жыл бұрын
We either love him or hate him... Admire him or despise him... James, you're one hell of an interesting man. You've contributed so much to the scientific community!
@garlicyum91477 жыл бұрын
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@calvaryapologetics3 жыл бұрын
As a Christian, i love him. He was completely correct, assume nothing and test all things.
@swine133 жыл бұрын
The only people that dislike James Randi are shills, scammers and liars whose "careers" have been shot down by this seemingly harmless little gnome. Everyone else likes him because he strives for truth and what is real, which is something any sane and cooperative human being would also prefer to pursue. What's more, he is always trying to maintain the utmost respect for people even if he doesn't like them (uri geller for example). In this way, I love seeing when people are upset with him - I like to bet on how long they can go before exposing their ulterior motives behind disliking Randi. There's always a few.
@peteralleyman19453 жыл бұрын
@@calvaryapologetics So you're no christian anymore?
@theanalogman19 жыл бұрын
James Randi is fucking awesome!!!
@OfficialFatLip9 жыл бұрын
self hating gay jew who proved to be the biggest liar, he is great at exposing fake STAGE magicians both psychic or performers, but he himself was expose for hiding a illegal under aged male prostitute while using a stolen ID of someone, he thrived both via erection and financially using this desperate illegal alien as a hoax by presenting him to be a guru for son years under the disguise of someone else's ID
@theonewiththeeyeoftruth8849 жыл бұрын
Fat Lip I think we'll all accept that as _you_ coming out of the closet.
@theonewiththeeyeoftruth8849 жыл бұрын
Fat Lip It's okay. It's your choice.
@ZER0--8 жыл бұрын
+Fat Lip Oh dear, now its the Jews ! Again you can't spell and your grammar is atrocious. Why would anyone with a brain take an idiot like you seriously ?
@OfficialFatLip8 жыл бұрын
Paul L please give up your erection cause I ain't, I know it breaks you icky heart
@MrXarontas11 жыл бұрын
Peter Popoff: "Ratnaw Ratnaw Jizz!" Jesus: "Wtf was that?.."
@innovator19988 жыл бұрын
i love this guy ! what a great great mentor 👍👏👏👏
@JohnKobaRuddy7 жыл бұрын
agreed
@larrysbrain16277 жыл бұрын
Yeah, James is a great man! He has invested so much to the scientific community.
@birdmanuk6 жыл бұрын
He's brilliant, I'm actually disappointed that ive only just discovered him.
@etymos66443 жыл бұрын
A life well lived.
@Goosemeyer11 жыл бұрын
absolutely brilliant!!
@kennethbowell46052 жыл бұрын
Well said Larry I couldn’t have said it better myself…………👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
@Lucifronz6 жыл бұрын
God damn it, he got me with the beard trimmer twice. Once in a previous video and once now. It's such a small thing, you really don't pay much attention to it. It's like what Leonard Dicaprio's character's father said in Catch Me If You Can. Something along the lines of: "Why do the Yankees always win? Because the other team is always looking at the stripes." In other words, you can distract people from the critical details and draw their attention away from obvious flaws in your lie. I noticed the microphone looked weird, but wasn't really invested in it because I was focused on him the whole time. It's simple, but clever.
@simonspacek36703 жыл бұрын
I saw enough videos with him that now I always look for light reflecion on his "glasses" when he comes to the stage.
@beachdancer9 жыл бұрын
When he walked on stage I thought, "He looks like Darwin". Then he said the same thing. Magic!
@puppetsock11 жыл бұрын
The vids that they can't show are on youtube if you search for them. The best part is the "oh no, that dosn't come out." He puts it back!
@gxbmb11 жыл бұрын
he is a national treasure
@trueblue37411 жыл бұрын
We need more people like James Randi because he exposes those whose intention is to make a lot of money out of the gullible. James Randi tries to help people realise that they are being conned but people like you criticise him. I suggest you take a look at Peter Popoff...he and his wife made millions from people who believed in Jesus and God..James Randi exposed him as a fraud.
@vinaynk11 жыл бұрын
he is amazing, indeed.
@simonwilder199411 жыл бұрын
Agree! Although I might swap out journalism for "wit", as it was almost certainly Hitchens' most valuable trait.
@Andrew-vu9st9 жыл бұрын
I want to see the recordings!!
@StephenDoty843 жыл бұрын
They are on KZfaq -- just search for "psychic surgery" and Popoff healing fraud on Tonight Show with Randi.
@swine133 жыл бұрын
I like to think that somewhere in the world, at some time, James will flick through the comments to videos like this, and maybe he'll see this comment telling him: "thank you for being you" 😊
@suomynona9 жыл бұрын
happyyyyy new year
@jso233211 жыл бұрын
=)...this should be on top
@Grimblenork11 жыл бұрын
2:59 Made me forget what OS I was using for a second
@IAwake198912 жыл бұрын
WOW.
@YeahThrashMaster10 жыл бұрын
Indeed. He is deeply missed.
@davidbennett6010 жыл бұрын
pump up the volume!
@Quasi-stellar_object11 жыл бұрын
Epic Randy.
@WrongChannelBob11 жыл бұрын
I CAN'T UN-SEE THAT!!
@johnfeury96110 жыл бұрын
The Astro physicist in question was Sam Nichols. A colleague/friend Steve Gratton attended soon after he graduated from London University. The James Randi show. Mike Roll,Director of The Campaign for Philosophical Freedom may have more info on the event.Sorry I can't be of further assistance.
@salasvalor0111 жыл бұрын
You know all the good ones.
@Chayraz211 жыл бұрын
Dawkins destroys superstition with science. Hitchings destroys superstition with journalism. Randi destroys superstition with magic.
@ZuglaXeno11 жыл бұрын
hooohoooooo 1M here I come :)
@BR-ur2gk Жыл бұрын
You the best
@BOBJABBA9011 жыл бұрын
What a boss!
@dumbo80011 жыл бұрын
I always love his homeopathic sleeping pills bit, though. Always amusing.
@risingconjunctvenus65682 жыл бұрын
HOMoPATHIC 😂
@pulsarcolosal11 жыл бұрын
"the demon haunted world" introduced me to James Randi
@mikelheron2011 жыл бұрын
It's obvious how your mind works but not everyone, believe it or not, is motivated by financial gain. I believe Randi is one of those and if his aim (as I believe it to be) is to promote rational thinking and debunk paranormal bullshit he would be even more effective if he refreshed his material - which takes us back to my original point.
@Hack3r919 жыл бұрын
Wow, those physicists embarassed themselves.
@salasvalor0111 жыл бұрын
Notice towards the end somewhere, Randi does acknowledge despite the validity of Kurzweil's claims, it's not an all or nothing deal- that if he's wrong, colossal advancements will be inevitably made (just without overkilled promises of things like a singularity). I've done research about this, folks, and I'm 21 and in the field of computer science, and honestly I think this way without even hearing Randi out. Honestly, big things are coming, singularity or not; and if not 20 years, still soon.
@Ilovelucyclassics11 жыл бұрын
When Randi dies, its gonna be a sad day. he is a legend and nobody can impose logical thinking into a mass public better than him. I can see nobody replacing him where ever there is bullshit randi would be there
@BullyDefender11 жыл бұрын
Well played greenrobot5, well played!
@sSunbeamM9 жыл бұрын
Quantumvibrations!
@hologram7011 жыл бұрын
other than the beard, you are the greatest.
@illusionistdave111 жыл бұрын
Care to elaborate?
@tuschman16811 жыл бұрын
That's it, I'm not getting a Ph.D. if you can still be fooled like that.
@swine133 жыл бұрын
I have to wonder about the person that assumes getting a PhD will make them impervious to being tricked just by nature of being a PhD. I mean... is someone that stupid really worthy of the title "doctor"?
@amichair11 жыл бұрын
omg darwin is talking!!!
@gokoreapodcast11 жыл бұрын
Wiki is variable. Nature found Wiki was quite good for science articles. For most most major science topics, most wiki articles provide excellent summaries for the lay person with links to actual research.
@salasvalor0111 жыл бұрын
Kurzweil has one huge strike against him because of writing that book, and aside from that is surrounded by uncertainty and huge claims; James Randi, on the other hand, is a true voice for reason and the scientific method, and provides me with no uneasiness, chiefly because he advocates it, but also because of his way. By the way, I forgot to say in my first comment that RayandTerry is a website selling homeopathic drugs..... Please share your thoughts, anyone. But b4 that, one last thing...
@skyerune11 жыл бұрын
Every premise presented in the beginning of the Bible requires an enormous amount of faith. Evolution does not require the same leaps, as evolution can be studied in little pieces, evidence can be absorbed. Scientific research can be duplicated. Observations can be understood. Human observations by people who have dedicated their lives to the search of truth. The Bible is a decree. They are entirely dissimilar.
@pulsarcolosal11 жыл бұрын
!!!!yes¡¡¡, 0 dislikes
@01andak11 жыл бұрын
I wish he would speak about his voyage aboard the Beagle.
@WalterWhite-pl3ls9 жыл бұрын
i fucking love SANTA CLAUS, especially at CHRISTMAS : 0 )
@Schleicherfreund11 жыл бұрын
Answer is simple, it is about the fame, the "myth" Houdini. That's what makes Houdini superior in that sense.
@Chayraz210 жыл бұрын
That's right. But asking questions has nothing to do with superstition. Any speculation that arises from scientific progress, are not accepted until empirical evidence can be presented to support it. If evidence disproves an existing model, that model is updated with the new information. A lot of journalists will talk about how a discovery "sends scientists back to the drawing board." But this assumes that scientists ever leave the drawing board. Re-thinking things is a big part of science.
@alexcastro73393 жыл бұрын
The first thing I thought is what kind of microphone is he holding? Doesn't look like any I've ever seen
@BigHugsFromHell10 жыл бұрын
Shades of Asimov, certainly, more specifically from "The Last Question," perhaps... but also shades of the Technocore from Dan Simmons' "Hyperion Cantos." Hmmm... I wonder, I wonder, I wonder...
@taosan11 жыл бұрын
stay awhile and listen
@DelavarPix11 жыл бұрын
Thumbs up if you wondered why he would carry such an odd handheld mic before he revealed the trimmer for what it was.
@VindulaP7 жыл бұрын
It's interesting that Israel produces so many magicians. Now I know of three, the guy doing the match box trick, Uri Geller and Jesus.
@skyerune11 жыл бұрын
The research into it can be reproduced. Evolution itself requires natural stressors that are difficult to duplicate in a lab setting (but that would be an interesting experiment).
@HenryAshleyCooper11 жыл бұрын
Hitchens Hitchings are a series of knots.
@BryonLape11 жыл бұрын
You are correct. Science can only get you so far. After that, it is a matter of belief.
@Sakura13kohime10 жыл бұрын
If Mr.James Randi broke all of Harry Houdini's records, then Mr.James should be the number 1 magician in all of known history. Even Jesus would pale in comparison. Oh, but I'm assuming that Houdini is the best magician in history.
@EJuliusF10 жыл бұрын
no one beats harry potter.
@jeronp4209 жыл бұрын
Houdini wasn't a magician. He was a escape artist.
@frankkelch45538 жыл бұрын
+jeronp420 He was a magician who specialized in escapes. Randi also specialized in this when he was younger.
@illusionistdave111 жыл бұрын
I can observe paranormal events too. That doesn't PROVE them, neither does observation only.
@TheRealCalPerr11 жыл бұрын
Stay a while and listen
@swine133 жыл бұрын
..(w)ell, GREETINGS, stranger! (Question is: do you remember which NPC that was?)
@SkyLess4 жыл бұрын
42:00 In case you wanna watch the video, here you go: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gtB2ZNaGv6vdYok.html
@HansonProMusic11 жыл бұрын
Hard to believe that this soft spoken humble man cut the head off of Alice Cooper many times.
@cr0wsb0nes11 жыл бұрын
28:57 :D J. Randi is too awesome
@salasvalor0111 жыл бұрын
..est disgrace to humanity. I suddenly got the urge to surf my memories of pioneers and leaders of reason and science, if any of them may had anything to say about Ray Kurzweil or Terry Grossman (I needed to find out about Kurzweil's integrity). I got to Google and stumbled across a nice blog about James Randi's performance here. The blog made it sound like it was behind closed doors, so I am very thankful and surprised to see it here, an hour's worth, too. All I know is this now:
@jlastre10 жыл бұрын
Sadly Ronny Marcus has a website.
@robotpanda779 жыл бұрын
Well obviously Randi knows Jesus wasn't the son of god because he is old enough to have known him personally.
@MissKrissy20105 жыл бұрын
robotpanda77 so youre saying James Randi is over 2000 years old? Dont insult a man based on his age.
@Ometecuhtli5 жыл бұрын
@@MissKrissy2010 He can't be that old since he was a kid when he was recruited by Columbus
@jrny204 жыл бұрын
@@Ometecuhtli No matter his age, he was born WITH the beard.
@valeriegosselin458011 жыл бұрын
he beat Houdini's records when he was young. he had the advantage of age on his side.
@swine133 жыл бұрын
I would have thought "being alive" to be the bigger advantage, there, but ok! 🤷♂️
@b.deville32362 жыл бұрын
When he is thanking his old dead colleague (at 34;28) and he looks up to the ceiling and says "Martin, thank you", to whom was he talking and where was he looking?
@GH-oi2jf Жыл бұрын
Martin Gardner, who died in May 2010.
@MrJannieboy11 жыл бұрын
he broke them when he was younger than when houdini broke them, which gave him a huge advantage.
@tomupton19215 жыл бұрын
Ridiculous copyright laws. Is anyone going to lose anything if we are able to view the Carson tapes?
@carsandguitars883 жыл бұрын
I really like the way his beard moves when he talks and moves around. Is that weird?
@unnamedchannel12372 жыл бұрын
Sounds like you have a G.I.L.F fetish
@9288jjw11 жыл бұрын
Iduno. If u find out let me know
@neilhobson36245 жыл бұрын
I don’t believe I god , even though James Randi looks like him 😀.
@PokeRapper500011 жыл бұрын
I'm desperetaley trying to reproduce the match box trick but I'm not able to do it. Must be real magic then.
@brendonkauffman49629 жыл бұрын
father time
@johnfeury96110 жыл бұрын
o k enlighten me.
@johnfeury96110 жыл бұрын
It was a James Randi show...anyone is free to attend, Randi was making the presentation not Sam Nichols. Mainstream science UK still will not touch survivalist evidence which is why its not in most journals. One of the leading proponents of consciousness after brain death is the neuropsychiatrist Dr Peter Fenwick his work corresponds with his American counterpart Raymond Moody.
@daniel12121212121211 жыл бұрын
I can't do this trick!!!
@Ohsnapzdawg10 жыл бұрын
Peter Popoff sounds like Sam Kinison
@stepheneldridge92318 жыл бұрын
Ohsnapzdawg That is actually not a bad comparison. Kinison grew up in a family of preachers, and did it for a living for several years. So part of that style really made up his stage persona.
@johannespemmelaar98815 жыл бұрын
u get little bit of truth
@markharrisllb2 жыл бұрын
When he first got with his husband we all thought it was a younger man taking advantage. They were together for several decades and remained totally in love. Assume nothing.
@AlbortRoss11 жыл бұрын
hahahahaaa
@Whereisjaygoing9 жыл бұрын
Haha, I'm from South Africa and I can assure you there are no unicorns here!
@thunderfeet4 жыл бұрын
JayHfails you wrote this four years ago. Are still no unicorns there?
@TunnelSnakes_Rule11 жыл бұрын
hitchings..?
@dhs85335 жыл бұрын
Whenever I need my chakras aligned I watch James Randi...
@RiTutorials11 жыл бұрын
Those who believe in death will face eternal death, unlike those who have faith in their creator.
@SuperStrik911 жыл бұрын
James Randi rules. Everyone who believes in the supernatural should know about him and the million dollar challenge. I wish people would stop wasting their time on psychic ghost crap and deal with reality! The world would be so much better off.
@IAmMyOwnApprentice11 жыл бұрын
how does one do this mentalism trick?
@illusionistdave111 жыл бұрын
"Not a single claim of a paranormal event or ability has ever stood up to careful scrutiny." That's an assumption. Just because you haven't seen it, sir, doesn't mean that others aren't just as qualified as you and haven't seen it.
@acronus7 жыл бұрын
The word is Wire.
@sybrenkoninckx9 жыл бұрын
34:33 talking to himself as a realist
@zoesdada89234 жыл бұрын
Whats with the beard trimmer?
@fjccommish5 жыл бұрын
Yeah right, he was sitting there taking in the meeting as he wrote his speech. Canned comments.
@smoothmicra9 жыл бұрын
Entertaining stuff from the old boy, we need someone to carry on his fine campaigning against the charlatans as he ain't getting any younger.
@joshuahood5079 жыл бұрын
Penn and Teller are carrying that torch for now.
@swine133 жыл бұрын
@@joshuahood507 not any more. Haven't heard from those boys in a long time Ill be real with you- I kind of wanna do it. Its a topic/issue that im quite passionate about, I've got the editing skills and gear to do at least a reasonably decent youtube channel, but I struggle a lot with time and research. I dont have a lot of either at my disposal, and I consider them essential to delivering a good product/service when it comes to this kind of thing. I'd hate to make some videos supposedly outing some "liar" and then it turns out I didn't do my research well enough and then I make myself out to look like a fool while also slandering someone innocent on a public platform... So that's where im at. Basically I need a partner/researcher- someone who isn't currently working full time and can devote time to lining the facts up and proof reading what I/we wanna say. We need to be on the same page in terms of beliefs and values, too. A discord admin would be handy, too, but thats not a massive job. Cause I can definitely foresee myself ranting about pseudo-scientific garbage claims for the rest of my life. In fact I'm relatively certain I will do just that, whether I have a youtube channel or not. 😅
@markharrisllb2 жыл бұрын
I thought his husband would as he dabbled in that area. Unfortunately it seems not, but it’s only about a year since he passed and his husband struggled with severe depression.