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Did Spoonbending Psychic Work For CIA?

The Huffington Post | David Moye | Posted 06.17.2013 | Weird News
Read More: Uri Geller Documentary, Yuri Andropov, Holly-Weird, Weird Science, Uri Geller Spoonbender, James Randi, Uri Geller Fraud, Vikram Jayanti, Uri Geller, Uri Geller Psychic Spy, Spoonbender, Weird Photos & Videos, Weird News News

Uri Geller rose to fame in the 1970s by staring at spoons and apparently bending them with his psychic powers. But while he was wowing TV audiences...

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What Sleight Of Hand Reveals About Brain Function

| Mariette DiChristina | Posted 05.17.2012 | Science
Read More: Magic, Neuroscience, Video, Cognitive Science, Pseudoscience, Neuromagic, James Randi, Psychology, Magician, Skepticism, Perception, Science News

“I see you have a watch with a buckle.” Standing at my side, Apollo Robbins held my wrist lightly as he turned my hand over and back. I knew exac...

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An Open Letter to Dr. Phil: Get Real

D.J. Grothe | Posted 03.13.2012 | Weird News
Read More: Jref, James Randi, Char Margolis, Dr. Phil, Skepticism, Scams, John Edward, Psychics, Video, Weird News News
D.J. Grothe

When national media outlets give such a large platform to hucksters who make false promises and beguile the public, they are as much to blame for the public deception as the fake psychics themselves.

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The Rom Houben Tragedy And The Case For Active Euthanasia

Jacob M. Appel | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Terri Schiavo, Rom Houben, Law, Culture Wars, Hoax, Liberals, Belgium, Civil Rights, James Randi, Euthanasia, Religion, Politics, Human Rights, Conservatives, Dalton Trumbo, Right to Die, Health, Coma, Ethics, Arthur Caplan, Morality, Technology, Jean-Dominique Bauby, Medicine, Bioethics, Torture, Politics News
Jacob M. Appel

If one believes that the prevention of suffering may sometimes justify the withdrawal or withholding of care, then the very fact that Houben was conscious for twenty-three years might call more convincingly for such action.

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

Ellen Sterling | Posted 05.25.2011 | 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 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Acupuncture, James Randi, Science, New Study, Science-Journalism, Placebo, Medicine, Placebo-Effect, Journalism, Healthy 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 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: History, Homeopathic Remedies, James Randi, Swine Flu, James Randi's Million Dollar Challange, Skepticism, Homeopathy, Jacque Benveniste, Alternative Medicine, Samuel Hahnemann, Healthy 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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