Illusion, Delusion - James Randi at THiNK 2012

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  • @sawvicksarkar4020
    @sawvicksarkar4020 Год назад +29

    RIP legend . You will be missed for time eternal❤

  • @shaeVettori
    @shaeVettori Год назад +10

    The world needs James Randi....
    Now more than ever....

  • @clintmcbride7830
    @clintmcbride7830 Год назад +17

    We all need to be more like this man. Intelligent, skeptical, and funny as hell. Keep spreading the skepticism people. Don't stop until all the silly is gone.

  • @TiredZilla
    @TiredZilla 2 года назад +27

    I love that Mr. James died with those magicians tricks. He never would tell. He's great.

  • @PacoOtis
    @PacoOtis 3 месяца назад

    From here in the States we must compliment this excellent host and thank him!

  • @Chamelionroses
    @Chamelionroses 10 лет назад +8

    humans and truth.... I hope most learn to question and this includes many in my family

  • @NxDoyle
    @NxDoyle 5 лет назад +37

    Randi is enjoying, I hope, a thoroughly deserved retirement. That means that we should be accepting part of the burden that be shouldered for decades. If you're a skeptic, let it be known. Be firm, be humble, be compassionate, but wear your skepticism on your sleeve.
    The most important thing when considering the fraudulent predator and the vulnerable prey is to have compassion for the latter. There is a tendency among some to say that members of a 'faith healer's' audience, for example, are stupid and deserve to be swindled. Blaming the victim is not only unconscionable, it's useless. Turning your back on the victim allows the perpetrator to continue to prey on other victims.

  • @einrib4truth
    @einrib4truth 5 месяцев назад +2

    and millions all over the world actually believe (normally from birth) that "They" are actually "Gods Chosen People" who will one day rule the world!! the World NEEDS wonderful Truth-Seeking individuals like James Randy to help set the entire world FREE!! 🙂

  • @gernhartreinholzen3992
    @gernhartreinholzen3992 11 месяцев назад +2

    15:52 Where's Randy's Urn located, and where does Mr. Geller live? I have to carry out the last wish of a great man!

  • @iwanaGoFast2010
    @iwanaGoFast2010 4 года назад +16

    Rip Amazing Randi

  • @xCoffeeNWeedx
    @xCoffeeNWeedx 2 года назад +2

    The coolest part, for me, was not the exposing of fakes, but that a whole audience was bilingual enough to understand such a conversation.
    One of my greatest dreams is to be fluent in atleast one other language, maybe more, however; I seem to lack the patience.

    • @thecentralscrutinizer
      @thecentralscrutinizer 2 года назад +1

      You need to live in the country whose language you want to speak to learn it properly.

    • @Theproclaimed
      @Theproclaimed 2 года назад +1

      Being bilingual isn’t actually that impressive when more than half the world’s population can speak two or more

    • @Theproclaimed
      @Theproclaimed 2 года назад +1

      @@thecentralscrutinizer not necessarily. I live in Sweden and can speak English well enough for any native English speaker to understand me
      And I’m only one of more than 5 million more that can speak English like that

    • @matthewgabbard6415
      @matthewgabbard6415 Год назад +1

      Yeah, India has been speaking English for centuries now. British Empire

    • @lamrethal695
      @lamrethal695 Год назад +1

      You don't have patience to achieve ''one of your biggest dreams''? What do you have patience for, then?

  • @Pepingco
    @Pepingco 11 лет назад +2

    What a Brilliant Lecture.

  • @niloytesla
    @niloytesla Год назад +1

    Legend! 💐rest in peace 💐

  • @Nikolaii2571
    @Nikolaii2571 Год назад +2

    James Rand vs "Rev." Jim Jones. Now THAT I would have loved to see!!

  • @sreekumarsnair8895
    @sreekumarsnair8895 5 лет назад +4

    Great man. In this age also working to en light the people

    • @garyfrancis6193
      @garyfrancis6193 Год назад

      Enlighten? This is a verb like to awaken, embolden, enliven. Don’t confuse with past participles: taken, shaven.

  • @marcelodeleon-montanes5337
    @marcelodeleon-montanes5337 4 года назад +2

    Un gran hombre que ha hecho un asombroso trabajo en contra de la credulidad.

  • @arpakyna
    @arpakyna 11 лет назад +1

    That's not what I meant. Time dilation has been tested on aeroplane and even on just differing altitudes (slight difference in gravity) with resting clocks.

  • @article21gdpr
    @article21gdpr Год назад

    james was a one off is their anyone else like him i can watch

  • @pumajlr
    @pumajlr 11 лет назад +19

    Kickass walking stick cane.

  • @quinnzykir
    @quinnzykir 11 лет назад +11

    The real badass Santa at THiNK 2012

  • @manuelz19927
    @manuelz19927 11 лет назад +53

    If it weren't for religion, humankind would be 1000 years more advanced scientifically... Religion suppressed the majority of sciences from about 500 AD and 1500 DC. hence Galileo and the other scientists of the era.

    • @CatBxtchNami
      @CatBxtchNami 2 года назад +9

      Civilization will not attain to its perfection, until the last stone from the last church falls on the last priest!

    • @jere.nurkka
      @jere.nurkka 2 года назад +1

      No stupid people will always be stupid

    • @chrismac2234
      @chrismac2234 2 года назад +5

      It's a bit more complicated than that. Example, Francis Bacon. And many other Franciscan monks. I'm an atheist too. But history isn't so simple.

    • @brainwashingdetergent4128
      @brainwashingdetergent4128 2 года назад

      Bullcrap religion breeds war we only invent things during times of war I challenge anyone to tell me a new invention not invented during war thats technology is less than 100 years old. Everything is an adaptation of old inventions nothing is new. Cell phones are lights cameras and radio signals.. Titanic had lights a radio and pictures were taken of it we haven't invented crap in a very long time. Titanic had two compound engines and one steam turbine engine which is a primitive jet engine like the ones found on a boeing 747. You dont know how wrong you are pal if not for religion we'd have less wars and be about 2000 years behind.

    • @mimilights
      @mimilights 2 года назад

      Religion is man made. Jesus is real. You’ll see. Blessings! However, this healer is a fraud.

  • @manuelz19927
    @manuelz19927 11 лет назад

    Mogthrasir answered your question for me thanks

  • @singaporehikers
    @singaporehikers 5 лет назад +4

    Introduction is over lengthy

  • @rachellewis9251
    @rachellewis9251 Год назад +1

    Starra 3:33

  • @thewhiteelephantgift1771
    @thewhiteelephantgift1771 2 года назад

    Hi James

  • @evolutionaryadvantage
    @evolutionaryadvantage 2 года назад +3

    Don’t mourn him , he would probably prefer you follow him in his sceptical endeavours.

  • @mikemarshall2744
    @mikemarshall2744 11 месяцев назад

    James Randi (RIP) was one of a kind. I can't thank this man enough for dedicating his life to opening up the eyes of a lot of people. People such as peter popoff claim to have supernatural powers and exploit men and womens pain, and wallets are absolutely disgusting and evil people.

  • @Mogthrasir
    @Mogthrasir 11 лет назад +3

    Everything did come from nothing; nothing is unstable because it is permeated by virtual particles.

    • @ierwin88
      @ierwin88 2 года назад

      Is that nothing? (I don't pretend that I have any idea where anything came from.)

  • @lou5368
    @lou5368 6 лет назад +6

    ironic he's holding this session on a scammer capital

  • @kennorton1478
    @kennorton1478 10 лет назад +12

    Surprisingly Peter Popoff is back in business! what's wrong with the people !!!

    • @RikskePatat
      @RikskePatat 9 лет назад +6

      Ken Norton These guys know all the tricks, They know that people have flaws, forgetting stuff from the past, or not taking that much attention to it anymore is only one of them. There's nothing paranormal to understanding that.
      He doesn't possess any divine powers, but rather uses the evil ones to make a profit out of suffering people.

    • @BruceLee-qj1xk
      @BruceLee-qj1xk 9 лет назад +3

      +Ken Norton people who religious are stupid

    • @NateSean
      @NateSean 7 лет назад

      Why is the common cold still a thing?

    • @matthewostlund5850
      @matthewostlund5850 6 лет назад

      New generation of people looking for hope to prey upon.. Sickening.

    • @NxDoyle
      @NxDoyle 5 лет назад +2

      It's not surprising. He didn't lie low for all that long. As long as people believe in magical things, and as long as people are vulnerable, grieving or unwell, there will be charlatans who think nothing of preying on those vulnerable people.
      When you see those people, as a skeptic it's important to remember they're vulnerable. Don't view them as gullible people who deserve to be swindled.

  • @freedoms3336
    @freedoms3336 Год назад

    Please call him again

  • @bolegavenkatesh
    @bolegavenkatesh 12 лет назад

    agree

  • @justarshad8354
    @justarshad8354 2 года назад

    Jezzuusss!

  • @shaheenakhtar5194
    @shaheenakhtar5194 10 лет назад

    good

  • @lalaramdev1622
    @lalaramdev1622 2 года назад +5

    Commendable Job already done by you guys, which is the serious need of present 2022-23 time, people becoming more blind and stupid behind their bogus faiths now...

  • @MinLeeMajors
    @MinLeeMajors 11 лет назад

    Where did the small partical come from?

    • @adrianh332
      @adrianh332 3 года назад +1

      Particle not partical.

    • @android12921
      @android12921 3 года назад

      Particle comes from energy. Energy comes from particle.

  • @jamestravis1037
    @jamestravis1037 6 месяцев назад

    RIP

  • @danieleliud2433
    @danieleliud2433 3 года назад

    Spell?

  • @bekeycoconut9990
    @bekeycoconut9990 Год назад +2

    Real E.S..P. you get to see the other side of the living..

  • @davidmoss6791
    @davidmoss6791 7 месяцев назад

    @10:24 Instead of a brick he could have tossed a peanut anywhere in this room and hit a PHD..LOL

  • @kasv4103
    @kasv4103 3 года назад

    What a wonderful man.
    Rhaka rhaka Jesus 😂😂😂

  • @simonlloyd7557
    @simonlloyd7557 3 года назад +6

    Religion and superstition are infantile.

  • @wildhumans8116
    @wildhumans8116 Год назад

    Sasquatch are highly psychic, they would get that million prize

  • @manuelz19927
    @manuelz19927 11 лет назад

    correcting my spelling the Big Bang

  • @PeroNeudibel
    @PeroNeudibel 5 месяцев назад

    There is a difference between having an open mind and having a hole in your head through which your brain spills out.

  • @brianking3565
    @brianking3565 Год назад +1

    Love Randi if he was wrong the conmen wouldn’t worry but he’s right

  • @Lifelong-student3
    @Lifelong-student3 2 месяца назад

    It's help me to stay up on my feet..😂

  • @manuelz19927
    @manuelz19927 11 лет назад

    The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) - The Big Bang Experiment

  • @manuelz19927
    @manuelz19927 11 лет назад

    River of Faith: A film about the Kumbh Mela 2013 JUST LOOK THIS VIDEO AND SEE HOW MAN PLAY GOD IN THIS WORLD.

  • @khaledelsayed5357
    @khaledelsayed5357 Год назад +1

    Randi is amazing

  • @penduloustesticularis1202
    @penduloustesticularis1202 Год назад +2

    Couldn't they find a better interviewer? Ffs!

  • @markfrost2579
    @markfrost2579 6 лет назад +5

    Jesus did that match box trick and 2000 years later 2 billion people are still don’t know it was a trick

  • @johnsantos1348
    @johnsantos1348 Год назад +1

    Poor people . Hope is a strong thing but even then , it's sad what these fakes do to these people .

  • @RevanJJ
    @RevanJJ 6 лет назад +1

    Damn that interviewer just helped me with my cpu and my eBay.

  • @TrevJericho
    @TrevJericho 4 года назад +1

    What about the Force? The midochlorians?

  • @williedoran1481
    @williedoran1481 Год назад +1

    Holy fools

  • @markdavies5066
    @markdavies5066 Год назад +1

    James Randi later came out and said that he was the real Santa Claus and not fake , but the elves said he’s not and could prove it

  • @Terrymessa1987
    @Terrymessa1987 Год назад +1

    His in Hell now believing that supernatural do exist 😢

    • @stellamatutina3573
      @stellamatutina3573 Год назад

      I wouldn't say he is in hell, but I bet his one big believer in the spirit world now 👻

    • @roskiart8750
      @roskiart8750 11 месяцев назад

      @@TheCrystalShip51 Or the entire god story is a fabrication. Or there's a God that doesn't operate under this draconian dichotomy.
      Why are Chrstiains so smugly sure about something they openly admit bleieve under gullible reasons?

  • @MinLeeMajors
    @MinLeeMajors 11 лет назад

    Romans chapter 1

  • @drphil36
    @drphil36 11 лет назад +1

    You are right to say that the new testament was altered in time,from the biblical languages of Hebrew,Aramaic to Greek,Latin.And many important parts of the new testament was lost this way and you are also right to say that Jesus never said of himself that he was a God,he said that all humans are a part of God included himself(son of God).But the same happend with the Holy Qur'an, after the Prophet Muhammad died it still did take 20 years after his dead that they wrote the first parts of Qur'an.

  • @DarthAlphaTheGreat
    @DarthAlphaTheGreat 11 лет назад +1

    @MinLeeMajors I don't see your logic. First, how does homosexual have to do with anything? And can you justify why Jesus is truth?

  • @aumnamahshivya3974
    @aumnamahshivya3974 3 года назад

    He doesn't know sathya sai baba, the God of kali yuga, Aum Namah Shivya

  • @manuelz19927
    @manuelz19927 11 лет назад

    but this is what you call intelligent design????????????

  • @manuelz19927
    @manuelz19927 11 лет назад +1

    what is the HIGG BOSON is your home work..... replace this word for your God in your Bible. you will find the Bible in the library in science section.

  • @manuelz19927
    @manuelz19927 11 лет назад +2

    You need to see this intelligent design Richard Dawkins Demonstrates the Clearly Unintelligently Designed Laryngeal Nerve of the Giraffe.

  • @manuelz19927
    @manuelz19927 11 лет назад

    GANGES or GANGA - A COMPLETE Documentary: [MUST WATCH] here another one how some people play god?????????????????

  • @Factsworld_001
    @Factsworld_001 Год назад

    Bhagwshwar Dham wala baba... nithing more yo say.

  • @drphil36
    @drphil36 11 лет назад +3

    Of course you have the large hadron collider in Swiss (CERN) which was build from 1998 to 2008 and indeed it is one of the largest and most complex experimental facilities where many theories will be and can be proven,so you're right to say that we don't need to go to space for many experiments anymore.Still James Randi wants to debunk many things that are difficult to prove.The trick with the matchbox and how he debunkt somebody with it is really ridiculous,so is his view on science and life !!

    • @Tubemax68
      @Tubemax68 4 года назад +1

      Switzerland*

    • @scottstuerke4560
      @scottstuerke4560 Год назад

      I agree. Cern works with the Vatican. Why would a scientific research facility of the magnitude of Cern be involved with the Vatican. There many things in life that we don't understand such as duplicate star systems, mass extinction of the dinosaurs and the underground cities being discovered all of the time. There is nothing wrong with believing in a place beyond understanding to many people.

  • @Pranav9977
    @Pranav9977 12 лет назад +1

    Randi is supercool but the host is chutiyaap..

  • @manuelz19927
    @manuelz19927 11 лет назад

    Out in Nature: Homosexual Behavior in the Animal Kingdom (1 of 6) this is what you need to ask your self if you are right or wrong???????

  • @philmycoke
    @philmycoke 11 лет назад

    lol

  • @manuelz19927
    @manuelz19927 11 лет назад

    I am engage with Science. Before I was with the bible, this is my evolution, and I think wasted my time .Professor Richard Dawkins - "What if you're wrong?" need to see the message from this men.

  • @manuelz19927
    @manuelz19927 11 лет назад +1

    why he missed it on the most important issue in your life..." GOD" ok using the scientific method steps can you prove the GOD is real??///

  •  6 лет назад

    absurd and boring comedy but i respect him as a skeptic.....

  • @MinLeeMajors
    @MinLeeMajors 11 лет назад +2

    If you`re wrong..FOREVER is a loooong time to burn....the fulfiiled prophecies that could NEVER be guessed,the accuracy of scripture even archeologically,the change of the world AFTER Jesus Christ...should cause u to MAKE SURE that HE wasnt who HE claimed to be.Thats my last post.I`m praying for u.I`ve been in ur shoes,I know life is empty...you have never been in MY shoes...until ur connected w the ONE who made u u will NEVER be SATISFIED

    • @selahchunem8447
      @selahchunem8447 3 года назад

      Graciously thank you for your testimony. Finally someone that shared the truth about Christ.

  • @williedoran1481
    @williedoran1481 Год назад

    Lol god and his fools 😂

  • @BullyDefender
    @BullyDefender 11 лет назад

    Well, I don't know about kicking it... but he'd have done something to the guy's ass, that's for sure! lol!

  • @MinLeeMajors
    @MinLeeMajors 11 лет назад

    LOL...Can you prove HE doesnt?...Or do u believe that everything came from nothing?

    • @clintmcbride7830
      @clintmcbride7830 Год назад

      Burden of proof is on you buddy. You say God exists...... Give me evidence..... Not emotional arguments or pointing at a book. But take me out into the world and show me God. If God made this reality, then studying this reality should lead to it. But it doesn't, people who study reality, without starting with the bible...... tend to find zero evidence for a god. So again, give us some evidence please.
      Or better yet.... Prove an invisible, intangible, and immortal goat does not live in my garage. Cause I promise he's in there..... See, it says so in a book, all you gotta do is believe..... and then you'll know him too.

  • @manuelz19927
    @manuelz19927 11 лет назад

    You don't understand what religion mean. overpower in Humankind. Religion wants to rule the world. because the Bible on your side The Jews the first book the Islam with the Koran and other books from India, China, Greek, etc

  • @MinLeeMajors
    @MinLeeMajors 11 лет назад

    Jesus walking the Earth is fact.Now either was a liar,lunatic or He was who HE claimed to be,GOD in the flesh.His miarcles and ressurrection back up HIS claims!So to say GOD doesnt exist when HE came to earth to die for us,is foolish!What does homosexuality have to w anything?Those who commit homosexual acts attempt to say God doesnt exist or say the bible condones their actions,so they may continue in their vile acts.700 years BEFORE Jesus arrived,Isaiah prophecied of HIS coming.HE is the TRUTH

    • @selahchunem8447
      @selahchunem8447 3 года назад

      Thank you for planting seeds of the gospel in his presence. Anyone that at least studied the prophecies of the ancient prophets ofvIsrael lthat all spoke of the coming of messiah God's son Jesus Christ described them. We can clearly seethe truth in what's happening now.Anyone that at least studied the prophecies of the ancient prophets that all spoke of the coming of messiah God's son Jesus Christ described then clearly is seeing the truth of what's happening now. Is foreign escatology for proof of a true prophecy is one that was 1st revealed then that foreshadows the ones that will come forth and have come forth in the future. This goes beyond any soothsayer fortune teller overfall seer This goes beyond any soothsayer,fortune telle,r or false seer. We should pray he comes to find the truth and be said free Yes before he leaves this realm.

    • @sai_69
      @sai_69 2 года назад

      Yeah, now cry about it.

  • @MinLeeMajors
    @MinLeeMajors 11 лет назад

    Listen to yourself"Everything came from nothing"!!...Wow...What faith u have!!...you cant show ANY design that came from NOTHINGand yet u want to say the most intricate design EVER came from...what?..NOTHING??.When we look into the claims of the bible,we immediately see that bible is divine as opposed to merely human in origin...and So an Eternal,All Knowing,Creator who sits OUTSIDE of time,says HE created the earth,I believe HIM.U have more faith than WE do if u think nothing can create!

    • @Tubemax68
      @Tubemax68 4 года назад

      Check out the atheist experience on youtube. Maybe you'd even like to call in. The stuff you're saying has been debunked over and over again.

    • @BlisaBLisa
      @BlisaBLisa 5 месяцев назад

      ik this is 11 years old and you might not believe this anymore (hopefully you dont believe the weird shit you commented about homosexuality anymore) but this argument drives me insane it answers absolutely nothing. either everything came from the big bang or from god or both, all 3 options still have the same questions of why is there something rather than nothing, where did it all come from, what existed before it. attributing it to god doesnt answer any of this, it just creates the question of why is there something (god) rather than nothing etc. the big bang was all matter in the universe in one very dense point, it wasnt "nothing" it was literally everything.
      apparently one of the first people to propose the big bang theory was a roman catholic priest, so idk why this cant coexist with your faith. you can easily read god into the big bang theory lol, is god saying "let there be light" that incompatible with the sudden explosion that started the universe?

  • @franklesser5655
    @franklesser5655 Год назад

    A shame that fake faith healers like Popoff distract from all the good that genuine healers do for millions of people every year.

  • @stevewyche5232
    @stevewyche5232 3 года назад

    Homeopathy may not work but neither do medical treatments.

    • @sai_69
      @sai_69 2 года назад +2

      Unicorns don't exist but neither do horses

    • @stevewyche5232
      @stevewyche5232 2 года назад

      @@sai_69 uh huh

    • @bogusmogus9551
      @bogusmogus9551 Год назад +1

      Remember that when you next have an 'accident' or get ill, God forbid

    • @stevewyche5232
      @stevewyche5232 Год назад

      @@bogusmogus9551 Been there, done that. You must be in the medical field

    • @roskiart8750
      @roskiart8750 11 месяцев назад

      @@stevewyche5232 There's evidence, not just personal anecdote.

  • @manuelz19927
    @manuelz19927 11 лет назад

    Call all the names of you God: the creator the omnipotent, the eternal, never die, is in everywhere etc but the difference is that these one doesn't have human face is very very small portion of an atom, don't ask worship etc,

  • @wretch1
    @wretch1 3 года назад +1

    Makes no sense. Magic is the popular sense is just tricks. The occult however is a real thing. This old man is confused.

    • @ihavefallenandicantreachmy2113
      @ihavefallenandicantreachmy2113 3 года назад +1

      He is no longer Living, is what he is. May he rest, in peace.

    • @sai_69
      @sai_69 2 года назад +2

      Prove that the occult is real.

    • @ShutdownWellspanMedical
      @ShutdownWellspanMedical 2 года назад +1

      He did a great service showing that psychics, mediums and all those grief vampires are fake and heartless frauds and proving the paranormal doesn’t exist so confused or not he exposed most of the famous daytime talk show psychics and whatever that we’re making rounds in the 90s, around when miss Cleo was a staple on after midnight tv infomercials

  • @MinLeeMajors
    @MinLeeMajors 11 лет назад

    How can a prophet who claims to be GOD (but is not,as u falsely claim),be great??..Your book HAS to honor CHRIST,but even ur honor comes up short.700 years BEFORE Christ arrived on earth,born of a virgin,the Prophets wrote about HIM in detail..then HE arrived.Where are the prophecies of muhammad?.....Your relgion is empty.Give your heart to the TRUE and LIVING GOD.He loves u so much that HE DIED in ur place,in my place...You will never be the same.He is LOVE.You are angry because u dont have GOD

  • @maryjones0147
    @maryjones0147 Месяц назад +1

    Uri geller made a lot lot of money, what a crook!

  • @utv5490
    @utv5490 Год назад +1

    If only Randi was around to debunk Jordan Peterson. The NEW Uri Geller.

    • @BlisaBLisa
      @BlisaBLisa 5 месяцев назад

      god i wish jordan peterson did silly spoon tricks