This is from the Princetonian on the occasion of Randi's lecture series at Princeton:
Randi spent part of his talk chastising the scientific community's attempts to expose false claims of magic.
"I'm a patient man," Randi commented. However, he went on to say that the statistical and overly lab-oriented focus of modern science when researching miracles stretches his good humor.
Randi allegedly has a history of friction with the academic community. During the lecture, Randi criticized scholars who earn Ph.D.'s as being incapable of saying two important phrases: "I was wrong" and "I don't know."
When asked after the lecture about his last visit to the University over a decade ago, Randi said, "Frankly, the visit was not [satisfactory]" and that he would rather not talk about it.(*)
(*anybody know why?....
)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Randi openly admits he will never have to give away his prize because nobody can sucessfully meet his challenge. I agree with him. He hates scientists because they are proving, in the academic arena, that many of the phenomena he decries as his stock in trade, are proven statistically valid. The above account is repeated endlessly in all the lectures he gives on college campuses. He makes light of education and educated persons. This is his privilege but it is also the privilege of his critics to point out that this is a disingenous agenda to follow.
You are lying about the anonymous smear campaign Claus and continue to lie openly about it. It was not anonymous, and it was
based on the truth. It was based on the post made by Ed Dittus, now a moderator here, accusing me and another person of sleeping together; disgusting venal filth that had no truth attached to it whatsoever. Ed also called that person the town whore as well. This was typical of the ad hominem attacks made on people on this forum which no longer occur as a result of reforming the the content of this to live up to the high standards Randi has in mind as objectives of his foundation. Randi, one day, woke up to the fact that his site was being blocked because of foul language. That is now prohibited. This was also part of that effort. Before these reforms took place myself and a lot of others found this a place where points were made that relied on the use of such language. I wouldn't be caught here until these reforms took place. You should be the next to go with your smears accusing people of lying about everything. You are the best of the worst of them in the ad hominem department.
This thread is about my remote viewing ability. If you don't want to learn / discuss the subject, then that's not a problem for me. I am puzzled that you would contribute to the thread though.
