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He had a long life of skepticism, activism, and magic.
#JamesRandi also bought my class a set of astronomy textbooks.
We watched 2001 together, & he told me what his friend Arthur C Clarke thought of it.
He ALWAYS wanted to do magic tricks in a gathering.
Goodbye Mr. Randi.
#JamesRandi also bought my class a set of astronomy textbooks.
We watched 2001 together, & he told me what his friend Arthur C Clarke thought of it.
He ALWAYS wanted to do magic tricks in a gathering.
Goodbye Mr. Randi.
It was really amazing to live in the same town as #JamesRandi.
He always helped our Carl Sagan Day festivals.
He held free gathering once a month to meet and greet folks.
He was deeply, deeply funny.
He always helped our Carl Sagan Day festivals.
He held free gathering once a month to meet and greet folks.
He was deeply, deeply funny.
Imagine what it's like to be in a room with #JamesRandi and know you could just ask him about what Richard Feynman or Isaac Asimov were like.
Or hear him break out with things like, "Oh, Carl Sagan was totally an atheist. He kept it quiet because he'd lose book sales."
Or hear him break out with things like, "Oh, Carl Sagan was totally an atheist. He kept it quiet because he'd lose book sales."
If there's ONE THING #JamesRandi should be remembered for
he helped convince the armed forces to stop using fake bomb detector rods in Iraq.
The ADE 651 cost $18K each.
Empty plastic with a sticker inside.
They were replacing sniffer dogs.
People died because of that.
he helped convince the armed forces to stop using fake bomb detector rods in Iraq.
The ADE 651 cost $18K each.
Empty plastic with a sticker inside.
They were replacing sniffer dogs.
People died because of that.
Randi was part of a group that convinced the armed forces to test the rods.
They took them into the desert and had 98 empty boxes and 2 box with explosives.
The hopped-up dowsing rods didn't twitch when a truck carrying tons of explosive to a base drove by.
They took them into the desert and had 98 empty boxes and 2 box with explosives.
The hopped-up dowsing rods didn't twitch when a truck carrying tons of explosive to a base drove by.
The created was told the ADE 651 looked to simple to work.
He replied the next one would have flashing lights.
It killed hundreds of innocent people.
And #JamesRandi helped stop it.
He replied the next one would have flashing lights.
It killed hundreds of innocent people.
And #JamesRandi helped stop it.
There's two great things to watch to get a feel for #JamesRandi.
I show my classes secrets of the psychics.
They get so MAD at the Peter Popoff fake faith healing segment!
I show my classes secrets of the psychics.
They get so MAD at the Peter Popoff fake faith healing segment!
And his biography film is great. I got to sit in the theater with #JamesRandi when he first saw it!
It's really sweet when it gets to how Randi met his husband.
Watch An Honest Liar on Tubi: https://tubitv.com/movies/479036/an_honest_liar?utm_campaign=web-sharing
It's really sweet when it gets to how Randi met his husband.
Watch An Honest Liar on Tubi: https://tubitv.com/movies/479036/an_honest_liar?utm_campaign=web-sharing
Hey, teachers: #JamesRandi's organization made free skepticism lesson plans!
I use the one with the psychic Zenner Cards and show the clip from Ghostbusters.
The Cottingley Fairies one is nice, too.
https://web.randi.org/educational-modules.html
I use the one with the psychic Zenner Cards and show the clip from Ghostbusters.
The Cottingley Fairies one is nice, too.
https://web.randi.org/educational-modules.html
Without #JamesRandi, I never would've met (and introduced on stage!) people like @BadAstronomer, @StartsWithABang, Donald Prothero, @pzmyers and @GeorgeHrab.
#FF too, I guess.
#FF too, I guess.
