Randi in Newsweek

[Tricky]

I was pleased to see that James Randi got a mention this week in the Periscope section of Newsweek magazine. The short blurb was mostly positive, but it did mention his "detractors", not only the "paranormal expert" Gary Schwartz, but also our own ex-troll, Mike Guska (a.k.a. Edge).

Mike Guska, who failed to prove he could find gold, agrees. He says taking the "Challenge" in an office threw off his channeling ability. Guska wants to retake it: "They're going to have to come to me."

It is a pity that the Newsweek reporters did not see some of his posts here where he repeatedly claimed irrefutable evidence of space aliens, but got whacked so badly on the problems with his dowsing stories, that he eventually ran away. From the above quote, he is apparently still running.

To get the real story of Guska's failed attempt, see the
commentary archives. Mike agreed in before taking the test that the conditions were okay. He only later started making excuses (and he had a number of them, including "gold in the electrical wiring.") Sadly those threads are gone now. He made a brief appearance recently, but only to ask why JREF was trying to contact him. Maybe this article explains why.

 

[CFLarsen]

To get the real story of Guska's failed attempt, see the
commentary archives. Mike agreed in before taking the test that the conditions were okay. He only later started making excuses (and he had a number of them, including "gold in the electrical wiring.") Sadly those threads are gone now.

Nope.

Edge dowsing # 2

Ah........it's a beautiful day, innit?

 

[a_unique_person]

Who's Randi?

 

[Tricky]

Re: Re: Randi in Newsweek

Nope.

Edge dowsing # 2

Ah........it's a beautiful day, innit?

Thank you, sir! I have bumped Edge's dowsing thread

 

[Brown]

On the whole, I thought it was a pretty good squib.

I was wondering whether anyone else noticed it. I'm glad someone did.

The comments from DOCTOR Gary S. were riotously funny, if you are "in on the joke." Imagine the good doctor at a roulette table, complainly loudly that he ought to be allowed to bet after the little ball has dropped into the slot, and complaining shrilly that someone was "changing the parameters."

Hey, Dic, I mean, Doc, preventing cheating and making trickery difficult is not "changing the parameters."

 

[LFTKBS]

CFL -

Your link returns a 404 error. I would have PM'd you, but you don't allow it.