Comments on: Randi in UK Skeptic magazine http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/07/09/randi-in-uk-skeptic-magazine/ I am an astronomer, writer, and skeptic. I likes reality the way it is, and I aims to keep it that way. My real name is Phil Plait, and I run the Bad Astronomy blog. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:53:09 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Mark http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/07/09/randi-in-uk-skeptic-magazine/comment-page-1/#comment-201710 Mark Fri, 24 Jul 2009 01:21:29 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/07/09/randi-in-uk-skeptic-magazine/#comment-201710 "I watched it full screen, frame by frame, but could not see how he made the matchbox disappear. Perhaps because the resolution is not very high and the frame is not wide enough." I filmed the video and it's just as bizarre and impressive in person. The matchbox completely disappeared from two cameras mounted at two different angles. The really weird part is how JR produced it from behind my ear after the cameras were turned off. Freaky. “I watched it full screen, frame by frame, but could not see how he made the matchbox disappear. Perhaps because the resolution is not very high and the frame is not wide enough.”

I filmed the video and it’s just as bizarre and impressive in person. The matchbox completely disappeared from two cameras mounted at two different angles.

The really weird part is how JR produced it from behind my ear after the cameras were turned off. Freaky.

]]> By: The Blind Watchmaker http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/07/09/randi-in-uk-skeptic-magazine/comment-page-1/#comment-198761 The Blind Watchmaker Tue, 14 Jul 2009 17:46:46 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/07/09/randi-in-uk-skeptic-magazine/#comment-198761 Get well soon Randi! Get well soon Randi!

]]> By: MARK CREEK-WATER http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/07/09/randi-in-uk-skeptic-magazine/comment-page-1/#comment-198474 MARK CREEK-WATER Sat, 11 Jul 2009 19:31:56 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/07/09/randi-in-uk-skeptic-magazine/#comment-198474 BTW: I FOUND A BOOK, "BEFORE THE BIG BANG" BY ERNEST J. STERNGLASS, WHICH SEEMs TO BE A BELIEVE-ABLE "GRAND-UNIFICATION-THEORY" -----AKA A "THEORY-OF-EVERY-THING" ... HOW DO FOLKs FEEL ABOUT THIS POSSIBILITY ?? PERHAPs, MORE TO THE POINT, ARE FOLKs AWARE OF PROFESSOR STERNGLASS's WORK ?? SINCERE-LY, MARK "TRUTH-SEEKER" CREEK-WATER MARK.CREEKWATER@GMAIL.COM BTW: I FOUND A BOOK, “BEFORE THE BIG BANG” BY ERNEST J. STERNGLASS,
WHICH SEEMs TO BE A BELIEVE-ABLE “GRAND-UNIFICATION-THEORY” —–AKA A “THEORY-OF-EVERY-THING” …

HOW DO FOLKs FEEL ABOUT THIS POSSIBILITY ??

PERHAPs, MORE TO THE POINT, ARE FOLKs AWARE OF PROFESSOR STERNGLASS’s WORK ??

SINCERE-LY,
MARK “TRUTH-SEEKER” CREEK-WATER
MARK.CREEKWATER@GMAIL.COM

]]> By: MARK CREEK-WATER http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/07/09/randi-in-uk-skeptic-magazine/comment-page-1/#comment-198473 MARK CREEK-WATER Sat, 11 Jul 2009 19:28:11 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/07/09/randi-in-uk-skeptic-magazine/#comment-198473 I VIEW'D THE RANDI-VIDEO: EXCELLENT !! SINCERE-LY, MARK "TRUTH-SEEKER" CREEK-WATER I VIEW’D THE RANDI-VIDEO: EXCELLENT !!
SINCERE-LY, MARK “TRUTH-SEEKER” CREEK-WATER

]]> By: Bob Portnell http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/07/09/randi-in-uk-skeptic-magazine/comment-page-1/#comment-198417 Bob Portnell Fri, 10 Jul 2009 22:29:33 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/07/09/randi-in-uk-skeptic-magazine/#comment-198417 Still Amazing after all these years. Wonderful. Still Amazing after all these years. Wonderful.

]]> By: Doug Watts http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/07/09/randi-in-uk-skeptic-magazine/comment-page-1/#comment-198416 Doug Watts Fri, 10 Jul 2009 22:26:04 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/07/09/randi-in-uk-skeptic-magazine/#comment-198416 I love magic tricks. Randi is great. Thanks, Phil. I love magic tricks. Randi is great. Thanks, Phil.

]]> By: Corey http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/07/09/randi-in-uk-skeptic-magazine/comment-page-1/#comment-198349 Corey Fri, 10 Jul 2009 13:57:16 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/07/09/randi-in-uk-skeptic-magazine/#comment-198349 @TheMightyMetheglen (post 16): Since you already did the reveal...yes, that is most likely how he did it. Since he's sitting and it's not clear that there's a table, he probably slipped it under his right thigh. It's a nice effect. @TheMightyMetheglen (post 16):

Since you already did the reveal…yes, that is most likely how he did it. Since he’s sitting and it’s not clear that there’s a table, he probably slipped it under his right thigh. It’s a nice effect.

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