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To: Gumlegs
Perhaps not here at FR, but I assure you they do. You might look here or here for starters.

I checked out the sites you mentioned. I still feel from the reading there is a slight difference in tone, less, well, "indignation" when debunking other non-scientific targets.

Nonetheless, thanks for the links--I wonder if that Arizona professor with his cellular memory would've qualified for the Lysenko chair of biology over at Moscow State? ;-)

Cheers!

452 posted on 04/19/2006 7:58:43 PM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: grey_whiskers
Much of Randi's work, especially in exposing scientists who think they are qualified to judge people claiming paranormal abilities has a pretty high indignation factor. His book exposing Uri Geller has some pretty ... tart descriptions of the people who were fooled by Geller. He calls Puthoff and Targ "the Laurel and Hardy of psi," iirc.

Randi has also written "Flim Flam," the title of which gives an indication of Randi's attitude.

Perhaps one of the other posters, above, is onto something with the observation that very little of these other ideas have organizations attempting to get them taught as science.

Cheers back atcha.

495 posted on 04/20/2006 6:12:39 AM PDT by Gumlegs
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