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Let's all get to know James Randi, the greatest skeptic known to man
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<blockquote data-quote="Harte" data-source="post: 40028" data-attributes="member: 443"><p><strong>Re: Let's all get to know James Randi, the greatest skeptic known to man</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p>I lived in South Florida for more than ten years. I was curious.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Yep. In other words, he's a magician, like I said.</p><p></p><p></p><p>If "everyone laughs" about his contest, why did he have so many applicants?</p><p></p><p></p><p>Because there is nothing wrong, illogical or misleading about his award or the means by which anyone might receive it.</p><p></p><p></p><p>There is nothing wrong with the rules of the JREF award. My suggestion was to do it yourself to see by what means <strong>you</strong> would decide to grant <strong>your</strong> award.</p><p> </p><p>You seem to have some problem with the fact tha JREF would dare to require an applicant to demonstrate their paranormal ability before receiving the check.</p><p> </p><p>My suggestion was to see how you would decide. The way it looks, you'd give it to me if I could pull a coin out of my ear.</p><p></p><p></p><p>However, you aren't simply criticizing Randi's abusive nature here - which is obviously fair game.</p><p> </p><p>Also, you might want to research what the "mediums" of the time said about Houdini once he started exposing them.</p><p></p><p></p><p>You are unwilling to look past your own unexplainable bias then.</p><p> </p><p>There's nothing wrong with a guy getting together his own award money and deciding for himself how to mete it out.</p><p> </p><p>No individual is guaranteed the "right" to collect the award simply because they apply for it. This ain't social security. Why shouldn't Randi and his foundation try to arrange their award requirements in a way that ensures that a claimant can only receive it if they have demonstrated the previously agreed-upon (by <strong>both</strong> parties, by the way, including the claimant themself) paranormal ability in the previously agreed-upon (again, by <strong>both</strong> parties, including the claimant themself) way?</p><p></p><p></p><p>Quote please, and link to the source.</p><p>Nonetheless, Randi was not involved in any decision regarding whether to grant the award (or not to grant the reward) so the above claim is completely meaningless.</p><p> </p><p></p><p>No, in fact I'm defending the contest, not the man.</p><p> </p><p>See what I mean by your bias? Randi is not involved in any of the steps required for applicants that seek to win this award.</p><p> </p><p>I said this before in previous psots, only to apparently be ignored by yourself so that (it seems) you might continue to occupy a warped imaginary world where Randi is a big meanie keeping psychics (like the "psychic" Sylvia Brown - a far worse person than Randi ever dreamed of being) from collecting JREF award money. </p><p> </p><p>Why are you still pretending that the award has anything at all to do with Randi and his abusive nature?</p><p> </p><p>Harte</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Harte, post: 40028, member: 443"] [b]Re: Let's all get to know James Randi, the greatest skeptic known to man[/b] I lived in South Florida for more than ten years. I was curious. Yep. In other words, he's a magician, like I said. If "everyone laughs" about his contest, why did he have so many applicants? Because there is nothing wrong, illogical or misleading about his award or the means by which anyone might receive it. There is nothing wrong with the rules of the JREF award. My suggestion was to do it yourself to see by what means [b]you[/b] would decide to grant [b]your[/b] award. You seem to have some problem with the fact tha JREF would dare to require an applicant to demonstrate their paranormal ability before receiving the check. My suggestion was to see how you would decide. The way it looks, you'd give it to me if I could pull a coin out of my ear. However, you aren't simply criticizing Randi's abusive nature here - which is obviously fair game. Also, you might want to research what the "mediums" of the time said about Houdini once he started exposing them. You are unwilling to look past your own unexplainable bias then. There's nothing wrong with a guy getting together his own award money and deciding for himself how to mete it out. No individual is guaranteed the "right" to collect the award simply because they apply for it. This ain't social security. Why shouldn't Randi and his foundation try to arrange their award requirements in a way that ensures that a claimant can only receive it if they have demonstrated the previously agreed-upon (by [b]both[/b] parties, by the way, including the claimant themself) paranormal ability in the previously agreed-upon (again, by [b]both[/b] parties, including the claimant themself) way? Quote please, and link to the source. Nonetheless, Randi was not involved in any decision regarding whether to grant the award (or not to grant the reward) so the above claim is completely meaningless. No, in fact I'm defending the contest, not the man. See what I mean by your bias? Randi is not involved in any of the steps required for applicants that seek to win this award. I said this before in previous psots, only to apparently be ignored by yourself so that (it seems) you might continue to occupy a warped imaginary world where Randi is a big meanie keeping psychics (like the "psychic" Sylvia Brown - a far worse person than Randi ever dreamed of being) from collecting JREF award money. Why are you still pretending that the award has anything at all to do with Randi and his abusive nature? Harte [/QUOTE]
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