How many of you know who this guy was? Late in his life he received «chemo-therapy» treatment in the year 2011CE, seemed all up and chipper, then died on the 20th October 2020CE per available official-records. The pseudo-skeptics would often quote and reference him and frequently say to anybody who take anything «para-normal» seriously: «Why has nobody ever won the million-dollar prize?» Just in case you don't know anything about him here is a bit of a quote...:
«I had an exchange with Randi because I was going to have the following sentences about his million-dollar prize in my book:
“To date, Randi’s million-dollar prize has not been awarded, but according to Chris Carter, author of Parapsychology and the Skeptics, Randi backs off from any serious challenge. ‘I always have an out,’ he has been quoted as saying.”
I sent that to Randi to ask him if he really said that. … He wrote back saying that the quote was true, but incomplete. What he really said was, “I always have an ‘out’ — I’m right!”
It seemed like he thought he was being amusing, but I didn’t really know a lot about him yet. But it also seemed to indicate that the million-dollar prize might not really be a serious offer. So I asked him how a decision was made, was there a committee and who was on it? …He replied, “If someone claims they can fly by flapping their arms, the results don’t need any ‘decision.’ What ‘committee’? Why would a committee be required? I don’t understand the question.”
At that point I wrote him off and decided to not mention his prize in my book since it just seemed like a publicity stunt for Randi.»
-Quoted from what was quoted at https://skepticalaboutskeptics.org/investigating-skeptics/whos-who-of-media-skeptics/james-randi/mitch-horowitz-the-man-who-destroyed-skepticism/
And for more information about the «million dollar prize/challenge» itself...:
- https://www.scienceandpsi.net/2023/10/14/unmasking-the-james-randi-million-dollar-challenge-questioning-credibility-in-skepticism/
Over all, people who were «disillusioned» with growing up in «religious» house-holds, particularly if their environments were fundamentalist, found comfort and solace in looking up to the James Randi fellow as their «hero» as a result of exposés like this...
However, they all also seemed to end up adhering to a kind of pseudo-scientific «scientism» where what is deemed to be «science» by the «institutions» became their new fundamentalist-religion. All in all, a man like this, and that «prove the para-normal exists million dollar prize challenge» could also be worthy and interesting candidates for remote-viewing, especially with Telepathy Protocols...
Time-Stamp: 030TL06m24d/08h00Z (True Light Calendar; 030TL = 2026CE)