This is for a beige blogger I won't do the disservice of pointing out.
James Randi, as usual, laying into irrational beliefs (specifically in this case mediums) with wit, humor, and bite. Lots more on his website.
His foundation is offering a million US dollars to anyone who can prove a supernatural power of any sort, but no one has pulled it off yet (yes, there has been controversy, inevitable given the subject matter).
Fun stuff .
That is amazing and funny that his organization is offering a million dollars to anyone who can pull off a supernatural feat!!!! I LOVE that!
ReplyDeleteYeah, it really is. James Randi is quite a funny guy. He started as a stage magician. Interesting factoid: Harry Houdini was also famous mystic-debunker. Perhaps there is a link to tricking people professionally and recognizing it in others who are less open about it.
ReplyDeleteGlad you enjoyed it. : j
I've always wished the supernatural existed, which is funny because I'm really scared of the dark. And the idea of ghosts. And zombies.
ReplyDeleteI was under the impression that you were a religious person... in which case the supernatural would exist for you. : j
ReplyDeleteThat said, i know what you mean...
But would counter that although many things are interesting/fascinating in dreams, we wouldn't necessarily want to see them in our daily lives. : j
Tangentially, while I like zombie movies I don't understand why people like zombies... for me zombie stories aren't about zombies who are essentially narrative non-entities, they're about the survivors.
I've always felt comfortable in the dark, and a vague sense of kinship with the idea of ghosts.
In (mostly modern) stories ghosts are as often depicted as being benevolent as they malevolent... What is it about them that scares you?