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Who shall inherit the crown after Randi?

Does someone have to take the crown immediately after Randi? Harry Houdini was a master escape artist and magician who was good at debunking woo and Randi didn't come along immediately afterwards.

I would rather wait for someone who really fits the bill instead of quickly hoping for a good replacement.
 
I think that may be why the are ending the challenge. So that Randi can retire without risking that the replacement would lose the million dollars. Then the next person can take JREF in any direction they want. Then when the time is right they can challenge woos in their own way. This may or may not include a MDC.
 
I'd like to see Derren Brown do more for the skeptic community. Magicians can show how tricks such as spoon bending and telekinesis tricks are done, but Derren has done demonstrations before that would convince a lot of people he has psychic abilities. For example, he once stood behind a screen with his hands through two holes and correctly guessed which hand 9 out of 10 people were holding their hand over, and he can win 100% of the time in a game of stone paper scissors. I went to one of his live shows where he made an ouiji board work exactly the way he wanted with random audience members and then cold read a woman on stage without her saying a word.

He would be an excellent candidate to prove that not only are the 'professional' psychics doing something quite simple, but that he can do it ten times more convincingly.
 
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