That's awesome, I haven't heard that one yet.
Yeah if you call yourself a skeptic you get a free pass on a lot of things. Seems like Randi knows that and has pushed its limits. But people won't be fooled forever
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Exactly. He knows how easily people can be fooled, but instead of fooling them with fake psychic abilities, he's fooling them with fake skeptical abilities. A brilliant angle to take, as the fake psychic market is saturated.
So who are the reasonable skeptics? Michael Shermer seemed semi-reasonable and was willing to change his position after being proved wrong. I'm sure there others, but they're probably a lot more low key than people like Randi.
Yes. One thing I notice sometimes, in the moment someone can say "Oh I've been proven wrong" and then later they change back to how they were... Everyone's guilty of it a little. Hopefully Shermer doesn't do that.
Sheldrake talks about a skeptic who he admires a lot, but I can't remember the fellow's name. They've worked together and shared a stage. The guy doesn't believe in psi phenomena at all, but he's always open-minded to consider other ideas. I'll see if I can remember his name.
Yes, I've read that too, and I can't remember his name either.