Comments on: Randi doing much better

By: Irishman

Irishman — Tue, 28 Mar 2006 16:05:03 +0000

No, Simon, those claims were evidence-based.

By: Simon

Simon — Tue, 28 Mar 2006 15:54:05 +0000

I also wish Randi a ‘Swift’ recovery! He is an international treasure and we need more of his ilk, and indeed of the BA ilk!
Which reminds me, several posters on this blog made the uncannily accurate prediction that Hoagland would leap in identifying alien structures from MRO images as soon as they were out, and lo! it was so! Does such an amazing prescience qualify for Randi’s million dollar prize?

By: Bill Perron

Bill Perron — Mon, 27 Mar 2006 15:36:06 +0000

On Coast to Coast Phil made a big deal about looking at evidence, yet he himself refuses to read sTARBABY by astronomer Dennis Rawlins. If Phil truly had a truth seeking open mind he would read sTARBABY.

By: Bill Perron

Bill Perron — Mon, 27 Mar 2006 04:54:14 +0000

Sadly Phil is has revealed himself to be nothing more than an agenda filled coward, afraid to see and admit the truth, he continues to remain in total denial of the fraudulent ways of his guru. How scientific is it to not even look at the evidence ?

By: The Bad Astronomer

The Bad Astronomer — Sun, 26 Mar 2006 00:14:16 +0000

By: Chris

Chris — Sat, 25 Mar 2006 22:26:19 +0000

sorry for getting off-topic there.

I’m glad Randi’s making a good recovery.

I, too, read Swift on a weekly basis, after taking a week to catch up on the archives. Let me tell you- that was a LOT of information and good thinking to take in all at once. And I have you to thank for that, Mr. BA.

By: Chris

Chris — Sat, 25 Mar 2006 22:19:09 +0000

Ugh. Silly me, I started reading some more of Hoagland’s gibberish spouting off about another ancient extraterrestrial race’s ruins on Iapetus. Either he’s entirely clueless about how impact craters affect each other, or he’s a complete loony-toon. I admit, I don’t have a degree in geology or astrophysics, but even I can understand what would cause the supposed “ruins” on Iapetus. Not to mention, he’s put a copyright date on an image he enlarged from an enlargement of an image he got from the Cassini mission. Isn’t that slightly illegal? Unless, of course, that he [i]made[/i] the image in question, which makes it completely bogus- but of course, that won’t stop people from thinking he’s got the right answer, and it won’t stop him from pushing his particular brand of lunacy/idiocy.

By: Troy

Troy — Sat, 25 Mar 2006 21:46:34 +0000

He sounds a bit like Burl Ives. Glad he’s doing better. I don’t understand Indiana Jone’s lost map of Babylon. I like his beard, you can’t really be a conjuror without one. He has been a big influence on my outlook on things. As for Sylvia Browne I can’t believe they can even be mentioned in the same sentence. Sylvia isn’t even competent as a phoney, but the Amazing Randi can be both entertaining and thought provoking. Too bad there is only one!

By: ericnh

ericnh — Sat, 25 Mar 2006 16:03:42 +0000

Hope Randi comes back soon, I love reading his commentaries.

BTW BA, saw on the Coast to Coast AM website that you’re gonna be a guest 3/26 — is it true? I heard Richard Hoagland’s “evidence” of “geometric” (artificial) structures in the test photos just released from the MRO team, and as usual after looking at the photos I don’t see whatever he sees (maybe I should recalibrate my brain’s pareidolia perception). Please smack his arguments with a Noodly Appendage. I’m just waiting for the real photos to trip him up. Good luck!

By: Wolverine

Wolverine — Sat, 25 Mar 2006 15:08:17 +0000

Great news, and best wishes to Randi for a speedy recovery.

By: Christian Burnham

Christian Burnham — Sat, 25 Mar 2006 04:50:03 +0000

Pass on the good wishes of us posters.

By: Geoff

Geoff — Sat, 25 Mar 2006 04:44:14 +0000

I was just watching his interview with Penn and Teller on the B******* season one disc. He said he was 75 years old and that was a few years ago. He looks great for his age. I’m happy he is recovering and I wish him well. We need James Randi. We really do.