James Randi's fiery takedown of psychic fraud
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Re: James Randi's fiery takedown of psychic fraud
There's something about all these 'skeptics' that doesn't sit well with me. They seem just as dogmatic as their supposed counterparts. The irony is very bizarre.
There will always be fraudulent people attempting to attract attention, or people who genuinely believe that have some sort of ability, but do not. Propping them up and then tearing them down like you've just split the atom isn't exactly what I would call inspiring science.
In many ways an atheistic crusade is just as obnoxious as a religious crusade, and is predicated on the same psychological faculty/fallacy - the presupposition that you've got it all figured out and you just need to convince the rest of the world.
I think this is a really nice article that covers it well:
http://culturespam.wordpress.com/2007/1 ... -skeptics/
There will always be fraudulent people attempting to attract attention, or people who genuinely believe that have some sort of ability, but do not. Propping them up and then tearing them down like you've just split the atom isn't exactly what I would call inspiring science.
In many ways an atheistic crusade is just as obnoxious as a religious crusade, and is predicated on the same psychological faculty/fallacy - the presupposition that you've got it all figured out and you just need to convince the rest of the world.
I think this is a really nice article that covers it well:
http://culturespam.wordpress.com/2007/1 ... -skeptics/
