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   Who is James Randi?

   • In 1996, Randi established the James Randi Educational Foundation. Randi and his colleagues publish in JREF's blog, Swift. Topics have included the interesting mathematics of the one-seventh area triangle, a classic geometric puzzle. In his weekly commentary, Randi often gave examples of what he considered the nonsense that he dealt with every day.

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   How old was James Randi when he died?

   • He was 92. His death was announced by the James Randi Educational Foundation. At once elfin and Mephistophelian, with a bushy white beard and piercing eyes, Mr. Randi — known professionally as the Amazing Randi — was a father of the modern skeptical movement.

   James Randi, Magician Who Debunked Paranormal Claims, Dies at 92

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   Who is Randi & what did he do for a living?

   • An Honest Liar (2014, aired as Exposed: Magicians, Psychics and Frauds on BBC Storyville) Randi was featured as the cover story for the November 1981 issue of Dynamite magazine. In 2007, Randi delivered a TED talk in which he discussed psychic fraud, homeopathy, and his foundation's Million Dollar Challenge. [ 19 ]

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   Why did James Randi become a skeptic?

   • Plenty of people were being credulous but not many were being critical, so we were fortunate to have James Randi. He taught us how to protect ourselves from charlatans and quacks. The modern skeptic movement would not be what it is today without him.” Professor Richard Wiseman: “Randi was the reason I got into skepticism.

   Farewell, James Randi: The Skeptic remembers an icon of critical

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   James Randi (born Randall James Hamilton Zwinge; August 7, 1928 – October 20, 2020) was a Canadian-American stage magician, author, and scientific skeptic who extensively challenged paranormal and pseudoscientific claims. [1] He was the co-founder of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry (CSI), and founder of the James Randi Educational ...

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   Oct 21, 2020 · James Randi, a MacArthur award-winning magician who turned his formidable savvy to investigating claims of spoon bending, mind reading, fortunetelling, ghost whispering, water dowsing,...

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   Oct 22, 2020 · He was a celebrated escape artist who broke records set by Houdini and performed everywhere from the White House to Niagara Falls (dangling upside down over the falls in a straightjacket,...

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   One of the best known magicians in the entertainment industry, James Randi, famous for exposing claimants of the paranormal, has died in the US aged 92. Known by just his surname,...

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   Oct 22, 2020 · One of the best known magicians in the entertainment industry, James Randi, famous for exposing claimants of the paranormal, has died in the US aged 92. Known by just his surname, Canadian-born...

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   Oct 22, 2020 · Escape artist and magician James Randi, who spent decades investigating and debunking faith healers, mind readers, psychics and other fraudsters and charlatans who claimed paranormal powers has died, his foundation said.

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    Oct 23, 2020 · James Randi, the grandfather of the modern skeptical movement, passed away on Wednesday, after over 70 years in the public eye as a hugely influential magician and internationally-renowned investigator of pseudoscientific claims.