Comments on: The Revamped Million Dollar Challenge

By: david johnson

david johnson — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 15:37:40 +0000

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to see how we stopped Randi’s challenge

By: MTran

MTran — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 21:29:42 +0000

This is a good move, IMHO. Taking on widely recognized “psychics” and similar media darlings will get a lot more publicity and “credibility” than taking on the little ding-bats who claim some sort of special ability. Plenty of people who believe in superstitious nonsense are quite ready to call “fraud” if the purveyor is an uknown.

By: FriendlyAtheist

FriendlyAtheist — Sun, 14 Jan 2007 07:14:12 +0000

They are more restrictive, but at the same time, that allows them to focus on the main culprits of these scams. It’ll be a good thing if they can call these people out on their lies– it may not do much directly, but it’ll get the conversation going in the public. Eventually, hopefully, I think it’ll do a lot of good.

By: Prokop

Prokop — Sun, 14 Jan 2007 03:43:58 +0000

What is so good about the revamped challenge? It just seems like it is more restrictive than the old one, which nobody could do anyways.

By: Karen

Karen — Sun, 14 Jan 2007 02:03:26 +0000

Excellent idea! I’m really glad to hear this. From the article:

The media’s lightweight treatment of professional psychics is a deadly serious matter to Randi. “People like Sylvia Browne have a very high profile, and she’s always going to be on Montel Williams and she’s going to be on Larry King,” he says. “And they know what’s going on, they’re smart people. They know what’s going on and they don’t care.”

That’s so true. Jesus talked about caring for “the least of these.” Well, that’s what James Randi is doing – because that’s exactly who’s getting exploited by these professional con artists: The grieving, the uneducated, the gullible, the poor. And media personalities and interviewers who go easy on them are complicit in their exploitation by default, in my opinion.

I hope they take Deepak Chopra on next. I’m amazed when religious people defend these frauds because “there’s a spirit world” that maybe – just maybe – they really are in touch with. That attitude is exactly the latitutde these folks need to rip people off, and believe me they’re laughing all the way to the bank. It’s disgusting.

By: Jen

Jen — Sat, 13 Jan 2007 23:56:20 +0000

Oooh, this sounds really neat. I hope the group goes after Alison DuBois, the basis of the tv show Medium. I love the show (hey, I was the one that loved Joan of Arcadia despite my non-belief) but I would love to see how she responds, plus she is really very high profile.