James Randi (born Randall James Hamilton Zwinge, August 7, 1928 in Toronto, Ontario), more often known as The Amazing Randi, is a stage magician, a skeptic, best known as a debunker of pseudoscience. He is perhaps most known for the One Million Dollar Challenge, in which his James Randi Educational Foundation will award a prize of one million USD to anyone who is able to demonstrate any paranormal, supernatural, or occult power or event, under test conditions agreed to by both parties. He has appeared on the television programs The Tonight Show and Bullshit!, which is hosted by fellow skeptics and magicians Penn & Teller.

His interest in debunking the paranormal started when he was in his early teens. He has also been credited with exposing Reverend Peter Popoff's fraudulent faith healing schemes in 1987.

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@SarahSnoogans BTW, The Amazing James Randi *is indeed* an amazing magician/skeptic/author/person.
dbruzzone (Davide Bruzzone) Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:23:29 -0000
@SarahSnoogans BTW, The Amazing James Randi *is indeed* an amazing magician/skeptic/author/person.
@SarahSnoogans How did he "possibly" mention (The Amazing) James Randi? Were you "possibly" not paying attention/sleeping in class?... ;-)
dbruzzone (Davide Bruzzone) Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:19:41 -0000
@SarahSnoogans How did he "possibly" mention (The Amazing) James Randi? Were you "possibly" not paying attention/sleeping in class?... ;-)
RT @DJGrothe: Off to Florida for a week (Sagan Day with James Randi, Phil Plait etc) & other talks throughout the state. Fun stuff. #skeptic
BadAstronomer (Phil Plait) Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:39:31 -0000
RT @DJGrothe: Off to Florida for a week (Sagan Day with James Randi, Phil Plait etc) & other talks throughout the state. Fun stuff. #skeptic
Just watching the James Randi talk on Authors at Google - wonderful talk from 2007!
facesake (John Gregson) Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:03:06 -0000
Just watching the James Randi talk on Authors at Google - wonderful talk from 2007!
Off to Florida for a week (Sagan Day with James Randi, Phil Plait etc) and other talks throughout the state. Fun stuff. #skeptic
DJGrothe (DJGrothe) Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:21:33 -0000
Off to Florida for a week (Sagan Day with James Randi, Phil Plait etc) and other talks throughout the state. Fun stuff. #skeptic
Those who believe without reason cannot be convinced by reason. - James Randi #quote
OnlineMktgByron (Byron McDade) Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:57:52 -0000
Those who believe without reason cannot be convinced by reason. - James Randi #quote

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