James Randi strikes again! (1 Viewer)

[Max Leung]

Homeopathy - The Test

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I suppose Randi was happy that he didn't have to cough up the million bucks.

 

[Julie K]

I'm sure Randi was never worried
Anyway, one can read his discussion here. Be sure to follow the link to the Oliver Wendall Holmes article.

 

[Evan Case]

Classic (linked from Julie's link)
Don't know if that's been tossed around on HTF but I found it an apt summation of the moon hoax arguments. I'm sure certain members and moderators will get a laugh out of that.
Evan

 

[Max Leung]

Thanks for the links Julie!
Wait a minute...how long has it been since you posted last anyways?

 

[Jack Briggs]

Max, Julie has been in HTF hibernation. It will take some effort to keep her activated. More threads that support a critical worldview would help. So, thanks for waving the Official James "Amazing" Randi Skeptics' Flag.
My horoscope said this would be a great day!

 

[Julie K]

Max,
Yes, it's been a while
Jack,
That's right - I couldn't resist an Amazing Randi thread! Although I did come out of hibernation a couple of days ago over in Software when I had to gush over a new DVD set I recently got.

 

[Jack Briggs]

My horoscope really did say it was going to be a great day.

 

[Dennis Reno]

I'm astounded that you wasted a few moments to actually read your horoscope!

 

[Greg Rowe]

Just wanted to chime in that the famous ghosts thread here on HTF got me into reading www.randi.org. I look forward to reading the weekly commentary every friday during lunch.
Greg

 

[RobertR]

I'm astounded that you wasted a few moments to actually read your horoscope!

My ESP tells me that Jack didn't really read his horoscope.

 

[Bhagi Katbamna]

My cousins are big believers in homeopathy. One of them told me with a straight face "We don't use allopathy(traditional medicine) unless we are really sick." It took all of my self control not to burst out laughing to her face.

 

[Dennis Reno]

"We don't use allopathy(traditional medicine) unless we are really sick."

Makes sense to me. When the homeopathy remedies inevitably fail they turn to the tried and true solution to what ails them!

 

[Jack Briggs]

replied RobertR correctly.
Know something? I can't account for about two hours of time last Saturday evening. So help me, one moment is was about 9:30 p.m. Then the next thing I remember it was 11:30. I could tell because the bottle of Jagermeister knocked the clock onto the floor, which is where I was when I saw it.

 

[Julie K]

It's got to be aliens, Jack. Lost time is a classic symptom. How could anyone doubt the evidence?

It's puzzling though as to why they drank up all your Jagermeister. I've never seen anything on the X-Files to explain that one, but obviously it was they who misplaced the bottle just before they left your house.

 

[Peter Apruzzese]

bottle of Jagermeister

That's *nasty* tasting stuff. I agree with Julie, aliens must have made you drink it.
The aliens who visit me bring Tequila...

 

[Ike]

I love Randi, and his website. The article on Sylvia Brown is hilarious.

A sample:

Larry asked a caller from Yonkers why she had asked Sylvia about "fault," and Sylvia very softly and quickly whispered to Larry "She's afraid it was a suicide." The caller immediately stated, "It was a car accident," and Sylvia smoothly changed tack and continued, as if she'd known that all along, "Yeah, she was trying to veer off from something." Note: all of this procedure is in exact conformance with the methods offered in Ian Rowland's book, "The Full Facts Book of Cold Reading," which we mentioned last week.

 

[Max Leung]

Jagermeister must be an alien concoction...why would any human want to make that stuff? Yechh. Humans are foolish enough to drink it though. No offense intended, Jack.

I think Randi needs a television show, where he tours around the country debunking all this foolishness. But, admittedly, he would need a co-host with Playboy-bunny statistics to keep it on the air, with cameos by David Hasselhoff to complete the evil triad.

Oh crap, somebody slipped a mickey of Jagermeister into my drinking water again. *shakes fist at Christou's mind control orbital laser platform*

 

[John Spencer]

Jagermiester is Neptunian for "Anal Probe Realxation Juice."

 

[Joseph DeMartino]

I think Randi needs a television show

Well, it isn't Randi, but The Science Channel is running a show produced in association with Skeptical Inquirer magazine. I blush to admit I've forgotten the title and when it is on. I caught only part of one episode, and it took me awhile to realize it as an actual show, not just one of those little filler things they used to run from time to time. My confusion was partly due to the fact that the actor who played The Cigarette Smoking Man on The X-Files hosts the series, just as he did the short subjects.
Randi himself is going to appear on Penn and Teller's new Showtime series, Bullsh*t, in which the duo will in fact expose a lot of these cons. No Playboy Playmates perhaps, but probably a few showgirls and the entertainment value of Penn & Teller themselves.
(Of course there was also the recent South Park that ripped John Edward up one side and down the other, culminating in a group of extraterrestrials giving him the "Biggest D**che in the Universe" award. )
Regards,
Joe

 

[Josh Lowe]

Just wanted to chime in that the famous ghosts thread here on HTF got me into reading www.randi.org. I look forward to reading the weekly commentary every friday during lunch.
Greg

Wow, this is weird! I just looked at randi.org and noticed that the site was designed by my roommate from back when I lived in Ft. Laud. Gotta email him and ask about that..