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James Randi Quotes

1928–2020 Canada

James Randi (7 August 1928 - 20 October 2020), born Randall James Hamilton Zwinge and also known as The Amazing Randi, was a Canadian-American stage magician, skeptic, and an opponent of pseudoscience. He was also editor and primary author of Swift, the James Randi Educational Foundation's weekly online publication.

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Also known as: Amazing Randi

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Magicians are the most honest people in the world; they tell you they're gonna fool you, and then they do it.

Sir, there is a distinct difference between having an open mind and having a hole in your head from which your brain leaks out.

Uri Geller may have psychic powers by means of which he can bend spoons; if so, he appears to be doing it the hard way.

The conjuror or con man is a very good provider of information. He supplies lots of data, by inference or direct statement, but it's false data. Scientists aren't used to that scenario. An electron or a galaxy is not capricious, nor deceptive; but a human can be either or both.

I do not expect that homeopathy will ever be established as a legitimate form of treatment, but I do expect that it will continue to be popular.

Everyone who believes in telekinesis, raise my hand.

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Atheism is a religion like not collecting stamps is a hobby.

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Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: James Randi (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.