James Randi challenge beaten

[robvalue]

For those of you who don't believe in the paranormal and psychic abilities, you may find this video amazing. Feel free to comment on how amazing it is, but please don't spoil the content for everyone after you have watched it, or if you have seen it before

You may have heard of James Randi, he has issued a challenge where he will pay a large sum of money to anyone who can prove to him under suitable test conditions the existence of some paranormal or psychic ability. Here is a video of a guy beating the challenge. I was stunned, because before this video I didn't believe in the supernatural either. Towards the end of this video, I was totally shocked because I know James Randi is almost impossible to fool, so this must be the real deal. I kept telling myself this must be a trick, but I just couldn't see how it could be. I have watched him debunk loads of people without breaking a sweat. Watch and enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_0E1XJP33E

[Napoléon]

The fuck is up with the guy's hair?

[Exian]

Dude has what doctors call "World Map pattern baldness".

[robvalue]

Yes it is a bit odd... maybe it enhances his abilities?

[tjakey]

Run it down, its a hoax. Trying to get more information lead to this guy: Dennis Markuze. He appears to be a real nut case.

[pocaracas]

Here I thought they were going to show proof of some god... pfff... disappointed!

[robvalue]

God is the bearded one! Close enough for me, anyway.

[Esquilax]

Run it down, its a hoax. Trying to get more information lead to this guy: Dennis Markuze. He appears to be a real nut case.

Markuze certainly is crazy pants and all that, but if I might demonstrate my own psychic powers... you didn't watch to the end of the video, did you?

[Cyberman]

There's no "appears to be" about it. Some of us have first-hand experience of the Markuze virus. He's always wibbling on about Nostradamus winning the Randi Prize and has Depeche Mode videos and pictures of Henry Hoover to prove it.

However, as previously mentioned, fortunately this video has zero Markuze in it, so won't ruin your appetite or digestion.

[Rev. Rye]

Here's the thing; I've looked it up, and the first thing I found when looking up "Seth Raphael" on Google was Wikipedia's page on the Million Dollar Challenge, and here's what they said about it:

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As an April Fool's prank on April 1, 2008, at the MIT Media Lab, Randi awarded the prize to magician Seth Raphael after participating in a test of Raphael's "psychic abilities".

So, yes. This is an April Fool's Day prank.

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