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Read more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Million_Dollar_Paranormal_Challenge
TIL that magician and skeptical activist James Randi offered to pay out one million U.S. dollars to anyone who could demonstrate a supernatural or paranormal ability under agreed-upon scientific testing criteria. Over a thousand people applied to take it, but none were successful.
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Saw him speak when I was in college. Such an interesting guy.
Wasn’t that guy who could read minds using his computer a winner? I know he stumped James but not sure if he ever got the prize money.
…because he made the criteria impossible to satisfy him.
Well, there’s magic, which is basically tricks, slight of hand, etc, then there’s the paranormal, which is rife with liars and real experiences. Randi started out as a psychic, if I recall, then went 180 when that didn’t pan out.
To anyone w truly supernatural or magical abilities a million bucks doesn’t seem like much to reveal to the world a unique capability. Imagine the amount of bullshit you would deal w if anybody knew.