RIP James Randi

[living sounds]

Another legend has passed.

Not a musician, but in this age of fake news and BS an "honest liar" is more important than ever.

https://apnews.com/article/james-randi-uri-geller-us-news-johnny-carson-8b14c7fe50695303efd0ddd029e68f18

https://www.ted.com/talks/james_randi_homeopathy_quackery_and_fraud?language=en

RIP.

 

[Ricardus]

I was gonna post this yesterday but wasn't sure how many people knew of him.

I think my introduction to seeing him was on the show THAT'S INCREDIBLE where he debunked scam artists.

 

[pucho812]

what a prolific person. He will be missed.

MY personal favorite was when he offered a million dollars to anyone who could prove that their expensive speaker cable were better.

No one ever took him up on the challenge to completion. One person started it but then backed out before it happened.

 

[user 37518]

I admire James Randi so much, I was just reminded of him not long ago and thought that he was quite old, I just found out he is dead now, AFIK no one ever got the million dollar prize he was offering in exchange for proof of real magic...