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7. In Randi's book "Flim Flam"

Reply to edhopper (Reply #4)

Wed Dec 17, 2014, 01:23 PM

Dec 2014

Randi details how he debunked a playing-card reader that invokes religion and starving kids to try to excuse her failure, another "psychic" that claimed to "see through a blindfold," and a number of Italian fakes.
The funniest one was the "mummifier," he claimed to "mummify" food, but failed completely.

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Are you all enjoying the Randi thread in GD? [View all] edhopper Dec 2014 OP

Yeah, and I noticed the "sources" used... Archae Dec 2014 #1

It also reeks of homophobia. zappaman Jan 2015 #8

I stopped reading at "Sheldrake". Ron Obvious Dec 2014 #2

How you know Randi is correct: AlbertCat Dec 2014 #3

If you every read any of the stories edhopper Dec 2014 #4

Definitely hilarious. trotsky Dec 2014 #5

This was my post about the mindset of the Randi detractors edhopper Dec 2014 #6

In Randi's book "Flim Flam" Archae Dec 2014 #7

Enjoying isn't the word... LeftishBrit Jan 2015 #9