Uri Geller FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)

Blaine, Geller and Randi...

Who's next to join..

Hang on..

Yeh...Keep it up David...You got Uri and Randi on your side...I'll paint a eye on my hand and be right down to give you support for this totally rivetting, and fascinating stunt...

Uri...David...I love you guys..

DB

PS...Geller can really bend spoons with his mind powers and start broken watches just by looking at them and shouting "Work"

:crazy:
 
Chupacabras said:
But seriously: if several people here ask something about UG, say, 20 times, or almost everyday for a month, will the question be included and addressed in this FAQ?

I am asking seriously.
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Sure, Chups. Which question would you like added?
 
Lucian, your FAQ is full of dead links. The Fortean Times one is broken too.
 
One question I'd like to ask about UG: Why is he in the entertainment business?

Hans
 
What the..?!?!

Lucianarchy said:


The overall evidence in favour of Uri Geller's 'psi' powers being genuine is overwhelming.
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Dude - it's almost 2004 forchrissakes.

You have GOT to be kidding me.

:rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

and, finally,

:eek:

Barkhorn.
 
Lucianarchy said:
Sure, Chups. Which question would you like added?
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Well thank you!

I have wondered that in both science and the arts, it is customary (not going into a debate on this right now, though) that "masters" dedicate some time to teaching / preaching his findings. All masters have been tutors at some time, like physics working at universities, for example. This helps in several ways, such as distributing knowledge (a very noble labor of giving back to society), getting some feedback and ultimately "testing" ideas against imaginative, inquiring and supposedly unbiased minds.

In this vein, has Uri Geller ever embarqued into teaching his methods for spoon bending? If yes, when, where, to whom and what about the results? If no, then I'd wonder why.

I think there are other important questions, but I think I should write them carefully, in order to propose honest and respectful inquiries, and yet try to address medular issues.


BTW - I really liked "Chups"! :) Should have tought of it before...

Edito to add: I know UG sells books on self-improvement and other matters, but this time I'd like to stick to the "teaching of spoon bending" issue.
 
I saw a short interview on television where he said he was teaching these skills to one of his children.
 
Ladewig said:
I saw a short interview on television where he said he was teaching these skills to one of his children.
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Which is something we don't have enough of in current education curriculums - Cutlery Manipulation 101.

Seriously, the guy has long been a running joke. His tricks can be replicated by ten year olds, his style is amusing for all the wrong reasons...Luci, you only further embarrass yourself by trying to support his antics.

Hey, is this going into your children's book too?

Athon
 
xouper said:
And a trademarked one, at that. :eek:
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Can you think of anyone else who'd want to use it? Oh, wait, does that mean we have to get permission first? Ah, never mind. Covered under Fair Use.
 
Lucianarchy said:
So you admit that even those at the peak of their career or ability can 'cheat', regardless of "power" be it athletic, artistic or mental. The overall evidence in favour of Uri Geller's 'psi' powers being genuine is overwhelming. It would be perfectly understandable for him to sometimes not be able to perform, it would also be understandable for him to sometimes cheat (I believe his ability was strongest during the 70's). Many people forget that those who actually tested him in the labs (as opposed to 'showbiz' appearances) employed the services of magicians, and I believe Russ Targ (SRI/Geller) even had a background as a performing magician before he became a performing physicist.

Didn't Randi mention that in his books or any of his other writings about Uri at the SRI?
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When you claim to have paranormal powers sufficient to bend metal with your mind, and you cheat by doing it with your hands, you cannot expect to ever be taken seriously. If you cheat several times, and admit to it, then never submit to a situation in which you have to prove conclusively that you can bend metal with your mind without cheating, then the default position is that you're a liar and a fraud, despite all the excuses of "performance pressure". Hypothetically speaking, of course. This in no way implies that Uri Geller is a cheat or that Russell Targ failed to properly control for trickery.

I was an amateur magician once, too, but that doesn't automatically mean that I can construct a cheat-proof protocol. Uri's metal-bending tricks were new at the time. Other magicians hadn't seen them before...or at least magicians who had seen variations on them, such as the see-the-die-through-the-metal-box trick, had been long dead. Uri's reproduce-the-drawing tricks were so old and so shopworn that legitimate magicians didn't bother to give them much notice...except for Randi, who rightfully pointed out the wrong of claiming psychic powers on the basis of the same kind of magic typically conducted at birthday parties by clowns. Add to that the fact that magicians guard their secrets very closely and many were unwilling to expose Geller because, after all, he was a fellow performer.

Once Uri's metal-bending tricks became generally known, magicians had little trouble figuring out how they were done. As a result, you can learn how to appear to bend spoons with your mind for as little as $25. For a little more, you can buy videos which explain "the real work" in more detail.

Think of the simplest way to bend a spoon, folks. That's how it's done.
 
If he couldn't perform, he should have just said so, instead of cheating. Now, even if he is the real deal (and that's a mighty big if there) no one can take him seriously due to his having cheated in the past.
 
A guy at the local bar is claiming that Geller was at Stanford for two years, and that he was there under a DARPA grant.

Can someone offer links/info on this?
 
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