There is a distinct difference between having an open mind and having a hole in your head from which your brain leaks out. James Randi More Quotes by James Randi More Quotes From James Randi Feeling better is not actually being better. James Randi feel-better feelings One thing that has made a big comeback just recently is this business of speaking with the dead. To my innocent mind, 'dead' implies incapable of communicating. James Randi motivation inspiration mind The New Age? Its just the old age stuck in a microwave oven for fifteen seconds. James Randi microwaves fifteen age The market for nonsense is infinite. James Randi nonsense infinite atheist No evidence against a firmly-held belief, no matter how good or abundant it may be, will sway the true believer. James Randi belief matter may The conjuror or con man is a very good provider of information. He supplies lots of data, by inference or direct statement, but it's false data. Scientists aren't used to that scenario. An electron or a galaxy is not capricious, nor deceptive; but a human can be either or both. James Randi data men religion To recognize that nature has neither a preference for our species nor a bias against it takes only a little courage. James Randi preference atheism littles Uri Geller may have psychic powers by means of which he can bend spoons; if so, he appears to be doing it the hard way. James Randi spoons psychics mean gods are children's blankets that get carried over into adulthood. James Randi adulthood blanket children We have fought long and hard to escape from medieval superstition. I, for one, do not wish to go back. James Randi superstitions wish long Nostradamus himself confessed that the vague manner in which he wrote his "prophecies" was so that 'they could not possibly be understood until they were interpreted after the event and by it.' James Randi prophecy understood events [Psychics] use exactly the same gimmicks that we magicians do - the same physical methods, the same psychological methods - and they effectively and profoundly deceive millions of people around the earth, to their detriment. James Randi psychics motivation inspiration A quick example of that is a woman who said she'd been healed of throat cancer where the faith healer admitted he touched her on the forehead. James Randi cancer example said Death is the ultimate disappointment James Randi ultimate disappointment I questioned her further, and eventually got to talk to her doctor. And her doctor sort of shook his head and he said, I have examined her for throat cancer at least 15 times in the past few years. James Randi cancer doctors past I do not expect that homeopathy will ever be established as a legitimate form of treatment, but I do expect that it will continue to be popular. James Randi homeopathy treatment form Heroin also makes people feel better, but I wouldn't recommend using heroin. James Randi heroin feel-better people The problem with experiments has always been that human beings make the decisions on whether or not the animals have benefitted from the treatment. James Randi problem decision animal Nature doesn't cheat - people do. James Randi cheat people I can go into a lab and fool the rear ends off any group of scientists. James Randi labs fool groups
