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James Randi (born August 7, 1928) (stage name The Amazing Randi) is a stage magician and scientific skeptic best known as a challenger of paranormal claims and pseudoscience. Randi is the founder of the James Randi Educational Foundation (JREF). Randi began his career as a magician, but when he retired at age 60, he switched to investigating paranormal, occult, and supernatural claims--which he collectively calls woo-woo. Although often referred to as a "debunker", Randi rejects that title due to its perceived bias, instead describing himself as an "investigator".One-Million-Dollar Challenge from MIT Media Lab: Affective Computing Group He has written about the paranormal, skepticism, and the history of magic. He was a frequent guest on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, and is occasionally featured on the television program Category: Penn & Teller: Bullshit! - .

The JREF sponsors The One Million Dollar Paranormal Challenge offering a prize of US $1,000,000 to anyone who can demonstrate evidence of any paranormal, supernatural or occult power or event, under test conditions agreed to by both parties.

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Culrec_Zandier wrote...

James Randi has long been one of America's great and truly unsung heroes. There are many people whose spiritual demeanor and pocket books are much safer since Randi has been around.
Thanks for highlighting the work of a truly great man.

ReplyPosted October 25, 2008

dawnorton wrote...

Thanks for the post, he is a very intriguing individual. You can read more about him and other debunkers at http://www.encyclopaedicnet.com, the online encylopedia.

ReplyPosted April 18, 2008

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