Haha! Yes, indeed!
In Florida and telephone, I had the privilege of talking to Randi, and
the "light" of truth and justice illuminating his person was marvelous!
He & Houdini had a lot in common - truth-seeking, and used their skills
as master magicians to spot deceit. Of course, it helped that Randi was
an amateur scientist early on. He inspired many, including Penn & Teller
( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99_upx8URLI ).
Cheers! Howard Marks
On 5/26/2019 9:35 AM, John Clark wrote:
On Sat, May 25, 2019 at 9:20 PM howardmarks <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> in James Randi's case, he was saddened by the amount of fraud done
on innocent people who called themselves "psychic," telepathic,"
able to "talk with the dead" and so forth.
And Houdini did much the same thing a century ago. Scientist are good
at finding the truth by observing nature but stage magicians have a
better skill set at detecting the deceitfulness in people. I respect
Houdini and Randy because unlike slimeballs such as Uri Geller they
always said everything they did were just clever tricks but the
audience was entertained by trying to figure out how they did it.
By the way you can buy Uri Geller spoon bending trick on Ebay, it cost
$2.68
Spoon Bending Gimmick Close-up Street Magic Magician Trick
<https://www.ebay.com/p/Bend-Spoon-Bending-Gimmick-Close-up-Street-Magic-Magician-Trick/5022370241?iid=382886244151>
John K Clark
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