Was just curious to see how many people here on ATS claiming to have psychic powers would be willing to take in famous magician and scientific skeptic James Randi. Since the sixties Randi has been offering money to anyone that can demonstrate a supernatural ability that he can ot explain using science. So far the "prize money" is up to $1,000,000 and not one person has passed his test. Other such as the well known Sylvia Brown and Rosemary Altea have accepted the challenge but refused to be tested in the end.

So how many people here can prove James Randi that they have a supernatural ability, and would they take up and follow through with the challenge?

Well, it is his money. And there's always the possibility that someone could conceivably get hold of the judging person or persons ahead of time and offer to buy them off.

I'm not sure how I feel about Randi, having seen some interesting arguments about him and against him.

However, since I see no evidence that there really is any kind of paranormal anything, I think his nonexistent money is safe.

James Randii is nothing but a fraud that doesn't have the money that he states that he has, and everybody knows that, if they ever checked into it.

He will buy worthless junk bonds that aren't worth the ink thats printed on them, that are supposed to be worth a Million Dollars in 40 years or so, if the business that is failing is still in business, and he will pass them off as being his Million Dollar Reward if you can prove that his scientific knowledge and trickery can't beat your psychic abilities.

The only reason why people with real psychic abilities have failed so far, is because he knows most of the tricks that can be used to defeat others; and he uses this knowledge to defeat those people.

Let's face it... there are people out there with real psychic abilities; but if they are going to beat Randii at his trickery, they will have to realize his trickery. In other words they will have to be much smarter than him in order for him not to use scientific methods to counter act their productivity. Those people that take his challenge need to realize that he is going to do everything within his scientific grasp to destroy their psychic achievements; and lets face it, that usually isn't hard to do.

Simply trick them into making some kind of statement for the "Magic Beans" that he offers, and then watch him do everything he can to make sure they fail. The use of electricity and magnetism at strong enough power can mess up lots of things, scientific things, or psychic things.

I suspect "Table Tilting" could beat his rules very easily. Why? He doesn't know much about it, that is why. Besides, its very simple. You put your hands on top of a table and say the magic words, and the table starts to lift at one end; therefore its called "Table Tilting".

If the table lifts at one end, that would be good enough as far as I'm concerned to prove some sort of supernatural powers that can't be explained.

I've only seen the tables rise on one end. If that would be enough proof for him, then I'm game. I'll set there at the table, with my hands on top of the table with some of you other ATS people and say the "magic words" with some of you other ATS people and watch one end of the table come off the ground.

If any of you ATS people can tell me why the table lifts up into the air when your hands are on top of the table and when you say the "magic words" then explain it to me.

You and others can sit there all day at the table with your hands on top of the table and nothing will happen; but if you say the "magic words" one end of the table will go up into the air.

I have such a table here in my house, that has been used in this strange manner decades ago. It has been used in such manner quite a few times, by generations of my family. One time a girl was sitting on top of the table, on top of some books, and the table still tilted.

I've participated, and it definitely works like stated; the table does tilt. The question is why does one end of the table lift up off of the ground? I've looked under the table when it has lifted, and I saw no one doing anything to cheat, even when I thought for sure someone was cheating.

Now, why would the table tilt when people say the "Magic Words"?

I'm no psychic, but I do know that some things can't be explained.

I think I/we could win his Magic Beans. But it would not be worth my/our time to win "NOTHING".

Originally posted by RussianScientists

If any of you ATS people can tell me why the table lifts up into the air when your hands are on top of the table and when you say the "magic words" then explain it to me.

Proof, please?

There's no such thing as "magic words." There is only trickery.

Nice dodge. You obviously are full of it or you wouldn't give the old "I'd tell you but then it would ruin the magic" line.

BTW, your credibility has just shot to zero. But thanks for playing.

If James Randi was really interested in finding out if remote viewing, astral projection, psychokinesis, or anything else is real, he could learn to do them himself and make his own judgment. Now really, why would he ask someone else to prove to him these things if he could learn to do it himself?