In comp.robotics.misc William Tanksley Google <wtanksleyjr at cox.net> wrote:
: Dennis Clark <dlc at io.frii.com> wrote:
:>I can do this in front of a room full of people, and it'll
:>still work.
:>Now, do the same with Uri Geller, tell him to "psychic" up
:>something in that same room. Did it work? Nope.
: Wrong. He's done it often enough. He's fooled labs full of scientists.
: So have the magicians who've done such a good job of discrediting him.
Hmm, according to my sources he's never made his tricks work in a controlled
experiment for scientists. Only on talk shows and similar ilk. I love
reading books by skeptics, it clears the mind of accumulated nonsense. ;-)
DLC
: Uri's a fraud, not a fake. A deciever, not a coincidence. Fail to keep
: the two distinct and you set yourself up for deception. Too many
: followers of scientism (and other belief systems, of cource) have
: failed to make this distinction.
: Watch out.
:> DLC
: -Billy
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