James "The Amazing" Randi has died

[Slackbladder]

Sad day. He had a big influence on me and he made a difference to the world, I think or at least, I hope. We need more people like him. RIP.

 

[Tabaxi]

I guess Uri Geller is never winning that million dollars now.

RIP to a legend.

 

[wideface]

RIP Randi. It was always great to see him exposing the frauds.

 

[Mona]

RIP. I like to believe his soul is still around and can still speak to me.

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he would want me to debunk that

 

[Xx 720]

A legend, going to be missed

 

[everybody_lies]

Saw him when he came out to Australia years ago. Awesome dude

 

[VanWinkle]

RIP. Really like this guy. Super interesting.

 

[SolidSnakex]

What a fucking bummer



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That Hydrick guy ended up being a pedophile.

 

[Dullahan]

Rest in peace you legend.

 

[Feep]

RIP. May his Foundation continue to expose nonsense as nonsense, even after he's gone. ; ;

 

[Lowrys]

Randi was one of those people that as a young man was absolutely instrumental in understanding the difference between skepticism as a weapon of contrarian nihilism and something that can and should be focused and applied with intent to improve things. I'll paraphrase what he almost certainly said more elegantly at some point but I recall him saying that he tried to stay as close to reality as possible and considered anything that causes you to retreat from reality as a danger. It is a very simple litmus test but that phrase "retreat from reality" is something I consider very foundational for how I view and root things out around me to the best of my ability, and has been very important in let's say the last 4 years of epistemological crisis.

The world lost a good one today.

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Great post.

RIP James Randi, no one won that $1m.

 

[Deleted member 13188]

RIP. He had an amazing life.

 

[Conal]

What a fucking bummer



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"Here's how I conclude that a trick is indeed just a trick" Oh come on man, lets just have a little fun!

 

[cyress8]

What a fucking bummer



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Sprinkling kryptonite in front of Superman. God damn, I actually winced when he started dropping the styrofoam on the table.

 

[Rimon-Hanit]

Ah fuck I still watch is old videos such a great man.

 

[CountAntonio]

Loved watching his clips. Rest in peace. He was the truth.

 

[Rangerx]

My dad is going to be pretty broken up. He's been watching him for years. The man did great work. RIP

 

[droog]

RIP James. Had the chance to meet him a couple of times at conventions, truly delightful man.

 

[Stinkinmushroom]

Fuck, loved that guy. Rip

 

[Irishmantis]

Tf!
Literally was watching a video of him exposing Psychics last night which in itself is freaky

RIP a skeptic before skepticism was ever accepted

 

[DasRavenEra]

Rest in Power, Truth-teller.

 

[Leonard Spiddles]

RIP. Definitely a pivotal figure for me growing up. I knew so little about him before watching his documentary.

 

[Ronabo]

R.I.P.

I just started learning about him and watching some of his stuff earlier this year.

 

[ash32121]

One of the great, you guys can watch his document on Amazon Prime

 

[Tokyo_Funk]

A great loss to the world.

 

[Hutty211]

Definitely the person I most owe my rational mind too, and one of only a select few I would consider a hero, RIP Randi, I'll carry on your spirit...

 

[Eugene's Axe]

Damn, I'm not much into idolizing famous people but this hits me hard. Why not the orange turd?

 

[Quantum Leap]

One of the holders of the eye of truth, R.I.P.

 

[Milk]

Rest in peace.

 

[RagnarokX]

I was worried this was coming when he suddenly disappeared from the public a few years ago. Truly a hero. RIP. 😢

"Here's how I conclude that a trick is indeed just a trick" Oh come on man, lets just have a little fun!

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There's a difference between entertaining people and taking advantage of people. People that peddle true supernatural shit are terrible. They prey on people's emotions while laughing at them behind their backs and/or damage the ability of people to think critically. Healthy skepticism is woefully undervalued and even demonized and it's extremely hard to topple charlatans. Uri Geller is still famous despite getting utterly destroyed by Randi on the Tonight Show, Petter Popoff is richer than ever, and homeopathy is still going strong.

 

[Wanace]

Death of a legend. RIP.

Guy really was the first step for me to get out of the kinds of mystical modes of thinking I had when I was younger.

 

[Captain Tuttle]

Ahh, that's a loss. A good man

RIP

 

[Mona]

semi-related to the topic, in the spirit of Randi

 

[StrangeRoboMemory]

One of the real heroes, damn.

semi-related to the topic, in the spirit of Randi

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Yup...great and insightful stuff from Welles and certainly relevant.

 

[Lump]

He's a legend and was truly loved.

 

[Davidion]

Rest in peace sir

 

[AnotherNils]

That Hydrick guy ended up being a pedophile.

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With that haircut?! /s

 

[Balbanes]

What a fucking bummer



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I love Randi and I also love how he's already old as hell in this video. Dude lived a great and long life.

 

[Chaos2Frozen]

What a fucking bummer



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Oh I remember this guy from one of Super Eyepatch Wolf's video about Fake Martial Artists.

He got exposed hard and his life just falls to pieces.

 

[Sho Nuff]

Huge loss. Randi debunked real monsters, the frauds who took advantage of people when they were at their worst. I hope someone continues his work of dunking on hucksters and scam artists.

 

[Beer Monkey]

Sorry for that accidental lock! No idea how that happened. 😳

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I was like WHAT DID I DO!!!

Ugh, this still makes me tear up thinking about it. Rest in peace, Randi.

 

[RagnarokX]

Huge loss. Randi debunked real monsters, the frauds who took advantage of people when they were at their worst. I hope someone continues his work of dunking on hucksters and scam artists.

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Maybe Penn and Teller will pick up the mantle. They're probably the closest to Randi.

 

[ryan13ts]

Damn, heartbroken to hear this. He did a lot of good work, especially in regards to exposing frauds and crooks that sought to exploit people through bullshit like talking to the dead and psychic abilities. He also just had a way about himself that brought humor to the work he did.

RIP.

 

[Lumination]

RIP.

One such modern day Randi would be Captain Disillusion. He has many videos debunking video editing trickery online.

 

[fallout]

This hurts. Huge inspiration to me and he was truly a legend. Thanks for everything Randi.

 

[Ryoichi]

Just woke up to this news, it's not gonna be a good day.

I will miss him a lot, i admired the guy and watched everything about him.

 

[Corleth the Fey]

Rest in peace, sir. :(

 

[Lishi]

RIP...

 

[Mr Swine]

RIP 😔

 

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This guy was great. RIP.