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The Power of the Mind: Lior Suchard Is a Living, Breathing & Entertaining Example

Ellen Sterling | Posted 10.22.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Uri Geller, Lior Suchard, James Randi, Joan Rivers, The Venetian Las Vegas, Entertainment News
Ellen Sterling

At 27, Suchard is the heir apparent to Uri Geller, the self-described Israeli "mystifier" who gained fame bending spoons seemingly only with the power of his mind.

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Journalists Present Acupuncture Placebo As Cure

Jacob Dickerman | Posted 06.18.2009 | Living

Read More: Acupuncture, James Randi, Science, New Study, Science-Journalism, Placebo, Medicine, Placebo-Effect, Journalism, Living News
Jacob Dickerman

A flat Earth is not an equal proposition to a round one, and when a study shows that a placebo works as well as a medicine, it means that the medicine itself is probably a placebo.

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Swines and Birds and Homeopaths, Oh My!

Jacob Dickerman | Posted 06.05.2009 | Living

Read More: History, Homeopathic Remedies, James Randi, Swine Flu, James Randi's Million Dollar Challange, Skepticism, Homeopathy, Jacque Benveniste, Alternative Medicine, Samuel Hahnemann, Living News
Jacob Dickerman

Unfortunately, people looking to help protect themselves and their families are being preyed upon by a group whose theory of medicine goes counter to everything that is known about physiology, physics, chemistry, germ theory, and hydro-dynamics.

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