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In reply to the discussion: Psychic (Sylvia Browne) Who Said Amanda Berry Was Dead Silent After Berry Is Found Alive [View all]EvilAL
(1,437 posts)Randi says she can't speak to the dead. Randi is correct. Even if Randi stole a million dollars from someone, he would still be correct about psychics. Is it hypocritical to defraud or allow someone to defraud someone while debunking paranormal fraudsters? Ya, I suppose. It doesn't change the fact that he is correct about Sylvia Browne and all the other paranormal bastards. Doing one wrong thing doesn't negate all his work in debunking people that claim to have supernatural powers, not one bit. I just find it funny that just because Randi is right, he's not allowed to be right because of something else he did totally unrelated to psychic and paranormal scams. I'm not gonna put him under a microscope, there's no need to, he's not claiming to be able to speak to the dead for money. I'm sure he could set up shop and fool a ton of people by pretending to be psychic, and I guess that would be ok, because, fuck the stupid people.
Sylvia Browne agreed to take Randi's million dollar challenge, on Larry King I think it was, she had nothing to fear and since she didn't need the money she could donate it or whatever. Then guess what, she backed out, why? She said Randi was a godless atheist, so she didn't want to be tested by HIM. When it's not even him that does the actual testing. Van Praagh, Edwards, Long Island Medium all refused as well. Why are they so scared of James Randi? because they KNOW they are fakes, nobody can speak to the dead.