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[–] QueenHawlSera@sh.itjust.works 5 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (1 children)

Ah yes James Randi, a man I have very mixed feelings on. He was a climate skeptic who would claim to have debunked people who never signed up for his challenge. A real scum bag in general. He was also a high School drop out with no training in the sciences.

Admittedly he called himself an "Honest Liar" and was motivated not by money but out of fear that people believed he had magic back when he was a magician.

Still given his character I tend not to take JREF too seriously.

[–] greygore@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

I think the case for climate skeptic is a bit overblown. In his own words:

http://archive.randi.org/site/index.php/swift-blog/806-i-am-not-qdenyingq-anything.html

The relevant quote:

My remarks, again, are directed at the complexity of determining whether this GW is anthropogenic or not. I do not deny that possibility. In fact, I accept it as quite probable.

Not sure what to make of the claim that he debunked people who never signed up for his challenge. There are a number of psychics and others that he has debunked that never signed up for the challenge (for example Uri Geller or Sylvia Browne) which this could be referring to, and I feel are valid debunking.