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latinijral
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There is a lot of evidence that show that Mr. R is a fraud .
Do you want details?
p.S Sorry for my english.
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H. Humbert
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 Posted - 11/18/2004 : 21:04:27 [Permalink]
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quote:
Originally posted by latinijral
There is a lot of evidence that show that Mr. R is a fraud .
Do you want details?
p.S Sorry for my english.
Yes, if you plan on making that allegation, all the details you can muster. Only proof please, not rumors started by those who either have a vendetta against the man or those who profit from the credulous.
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Kil
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Posted - 11/18/2004 : 21:05:04 [Permalink]
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Uncertainty may make you uncomfortable. Certainty makes you ridiculous.
Why not question something for a change?
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Dude
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Posted - 11/18/2004 : 23:21:30 [Permalink]
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| What is the "new skepticism", and what makes you it's father? |
Ignorance is preferable to error; and he is less remote from the truth who believes nothing, than he who believes what is wrong.
-- Thomas Jefferson
"god :: the last refuge of a man with no answers and no argument." - G. Carlin
Hope, n.
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Plyss
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Posted - 11/19/2004 : 01:27:08 [Permalink]
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| There have been a few stories on the web about how Randi refused to test several of the more absurd claims that get thrown his way. I'm assuming for now this is what latinjral is referring to. |
Miss Tick sniffed. 'You could say this piece of advice is pricesless', she said. 'Are you listening?'
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'Good now...If you trust in yourself.."
'Yes..?'
'..and believe in your dreams...'
'yes?'
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'Yes?'
'You'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy. Goodbye.' |
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filthy
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Posted - 11/19/2004 : 03:40:03 [Permalink]
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I've read a few things here & there about fudging the results of tests, doubts about the money and so forth, but all were pretty vauge and none were supported. They read like the 'sour grapes' stories of the sort that follow 'most any, well-known person around. None were worth discussion.
Welcome latinijral, to SFN! Your English seems just fine to me; one hell of a lot better than my Spanish, certainly.
Edited for half-awake typisms. There is not enough coffee in the whole, freakin' world.......
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Valiant Dancer
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Posted - 11/19/2004 : 07:11:47 [Permalink]
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quote:
Originally posted by latinijral
There is a lot of evidence that show that Mr. R is a fraud .
Do you want details?
p.S Sorry for my english.
Greetings, latinijral. Your English is just fine.
Please provide said evidence that James Randi is a fraud. Also, keep in mind we will probably try to independantly verify this so sources may be asked of you. |
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R.Wreck
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Posted - 11/20/2004 : 12:55:56 [Permalink]
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Welcome latinijral!
quote:
There is a lot of evidence that show that Mr. R is a fraud .
Do you want details?
p.S Sorry for my english.
You're english is fine, but so far your "evidence" leaves a lot to be desired! |
The foundation of morality is to . . . give up pretending to believe that for which there is no evidence, and repeating unintelligible propositions about things beyond the possibliities of knowledge.
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Kil
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Posted - 11/20/2004 : 13:34:13 [Permalink]
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| Ahhhhhhh, this guy is never coming back.... |
Uncertainty may make you uncomfortable. Certainty makes you ridiculous.
Why not question something for a change?
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H. Humbert
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Posted - 11/20/2004 : 23:22:52 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Dave W.
This two-year-old JREF thread may answer even more questions.
Funny and enlightening read, Dave! The rhetorical question which made me burst out laughing was "YOU SAID: A BIRD COULD CERTAINLY BE THE CULPRIT. WHAT KIND OF BIRD? A PARANORMAL BIRD?"
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"The first principle is that you must not fool yourself - and you are the easiest person to fool." --Richard P. Feynman
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