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Not a big Randi fan, but I know some poeple here are...

http://www.ted.com/talks/james_randi.html

I'm sorry but you really should have reworded the title of this post... James on Ted... it just hurts my mind to think of that image...

Derren Brown's next show is exposing sharlatans too.

"Investigating", not exposing. I read an interview recently where he said his goal wasn't exposure as that is purely negative. It is questioning and trying to understand why they succeed.

Despite being a psychic myself I am a big fan of Randi. That speech was as funny as hell. I don't think I will apply for his million dollars though. I heard the funds were being held by Goldman Sachs.

mark lewis wrote:Despite being a psychic myself I am a big fan of Randi. That speech was as funny as hell. I don't think I will apply for his million dollars though. I heard the funds were being held by Goldman Sachs.

The ironic thing is that a few years ago I was arguing with sceptics that I was highly dubious concerning the existence of the million dollars and they countered that it was being held by Goldman Sachs. Being British I had never heard of this bank so I said so and that I didn't trust them. They all went nuts saying what a respectable well known bank it was and if I didn't trust Randi at least I could trust Goldman Sachs. This is why I find the present fuss about Goldman Sachs hilarious! I just wish it had happened when I was arguing with the sceptics.

For Mr Brown's own description of what he is going to do in these shows:

http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/2010/04/d ... es-10th-2/