Comments on: Don’t screw with Randi

By: The Best Science Blog 2007 Saga (1 of 3) « Maurizio - Omnologos

The Best Science Blog 2007 Saga (1 of 3) « Maurizio - Omnologos — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 21:11:52 +0000

[...] demonstrate their craft or beliefs. (Plait gets all my envy when he talks about his friendship with James Randi and Penn [...]

By: Bryan

Bryan — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 06:43:06 +0000

“Randi will make faster work of you than Chuck Norris if you underestimate him.”

Sigh. Please don’t equate Randi with that raving fundy crackpot.

By: Carl

Carl — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 10:57:55 +0000

In German, Beschizza alsmost sounds like beschissen… which means as much as F*-ed up. I’m not implying anything, but if Snoop were German, it would’ve made sense for sure!

By: Negligible Knowledge Base

Negligible Knowledge Base — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 20:07:51 +0000

[...] [Via Bad Astronomy Blog] [...]

By: Cello Man

Cello Man — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 16:15:03 +0000

@ Ken:

What Randi does is simply ask people to do what they claim they can do. Simple as that. If I mention that I play cello and someone asks me to play for them, I don’t get angry because they just want to hear me play. If I were to get defensive and start with the “are you calling me a liar?” routine, it would cast some doubt on my ability, wouldn’t it?

“The lady doth protest too much…”

By: CleveDan

CleveDan — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 16:09:02 +0000

Randi is the only person I know who has been on Johnny Carson and met heads of state and is a worldly figure who, if i have a valid point or question will personally respond to my e-mails. He has done this 4-5 times in the last year. I agree that he is biased…….towards a fact based society

It is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.
– Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World

By: Greg

Greg — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 15:46:05 +0000

Reason #11 not to mess with Randi – The Amazing Meetings (T.A.M.s) rule! See you at T.A.M. 6.