Comments on: Geller’s limp spoon

By: scottb

scottb — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 17:55:40 +0000

FYI, Carson was also an avid amateur astronomer and (I think) helped fund several astronomy-related TV programs.

He wasn’t perfect but he was a smart, rational, and very funny guy. I still miss him.

By: Torbjörn Larsson, OM

Torbjörn Larsson, OM — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 16:49:49 +0000

What would be the trajectory of a one-legged frog?

A little bit higher and a lot louder than an undamaged frog. Those animals can really scream!

[I nicked mine while scything some high growth close to my grandmother's pond. The frog went one way and the cut off leg the other. I didn't find any of them, sorry to say, so no euthanasia either.]

By: fred edison

fred edison — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 14:17:41 +0000

Yup. I also remember Carson loved magic. He knew and respected magic as harmless entertainment and nothing more. Hats off in memory to the great Johnny Carson for exposing Geller for what he was. A fake.

People like Geller exploit a persons gullibility and tendency to trust, using trickery for their own financial and egotistical gains. I feel that these types of people are parasitic by nature. They prey on the easily misled and distraught who are eager for real or unreal answers. Charlatans like Geller and other psychics might justify what they do as helping people, in that they offer people hope where there doesn’t appear to be any. But I don’t call lying to your face and stealing your money as someone who is looking out for your best interests and welfare.

Expose them all.

By: ppb

ppb — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 20:00:19 +0000

@Todd W.
Carson also was a magician himself, so he knew the tricks.

By: Knurl

Knurl — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 17:05:32 +0000

I saw that Carson show!!! I was a Freshman in high school. Like Eric Von Daniken and UFO’s, I knew that Geller was bull. The following school day a friend of mine and I were talking with other students about how he was debunked and we were amazed how resistant people were to believe that he was a charlatan. Even today (maybe especially today) it is astounding how many people want to believe in “Special Powers” and other “Feel Good” supernatural malarky. I wonder if half the human race is brain dead.

By: Pro Libertate

Pro Libertate — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 16:19:52 +0000

Mark Hansen,

And Phil says he’s not a magician. . . .

By: Paul

Paul — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 14:05:31 +0000

I remember reading about Geller as a kid and trying to bend forks and spoons with my mind. I didn’t get any bent utensils, although I did get a mild headache.