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Skepticism, Science & Pseudoscience

backscatter712

(26,355 posts) Wed Apr 4, 2012, 01:13 PM Apr 2012

I just got to meet James Randi!

He came to the Auraria campus in Denver, got to see our Pseudoscience Fair.

He seemed to like my display of Placebrew, my homeopathic lager!

And he opened my eyes to some of the dirty tricks of faith "healers", like Peter Popoff...

Here's a video about how he debunked Popoff, and exposed him as a fraud.

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I just got to meet James Randi! (Original Post) backscatter712 Apr 2012 OP

I only know a little bit about him, but he seems like one cool guy to meet. n/t Joe Shlabotnik Apr 2012 #1

Lucky for you! trotsky Apr 2012 #2

Joe Shlabotnik

(5,604 posts)

1. I only know a little bit about him, but he seems like one cool guy to meet. n/t

Reply to backscatter712 (Original post)

Wed Apr 4, 2012, 07:04 PM

Apr 2012

trotsky

(49,533 posts)

2. Lucky for you!

Reply to backscatter712 (Original post)

Thu Apr 5, 2012, 07:22 AM

Apr 2012

Would love to meet him but I probably won't get the chance. He's been a real champion for critical thinking and sanity. We could use a thousand Randis.

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