Comments for JUST TO SET THE FACTS IN PLACE… at http://www.randi.org/site , comment 1 to 15 out of 15 comments http://www.randi.org/site Tue, 21 May 2013 21:53:05 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.randi.org/site/index.php/swift-blog/1964-just-to-set-the-facts-in-place.html#comment-26232 Sounds like one of those handles bestowed by a Plastic Medicine Man during a $2500 sweatlodge... ;D - Brookston John Sat, 29 Dec 2012 04:31:38 +0100 http://www.randi.org/site/index.php/swift-blog/1964-just-to-set-the-facts-in-place.html#comment-26228 What Skylaire Alfvegren's piece seems to boil down to is "There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy" (Hamlet, Act I, Scene V). There are plenty of things that science does not know, but when a person makes a specific and testable claim, such as "I can bend a spoon by stroking it lightly", the onus is on them to prove it, not on other people to believe it. Skylaire Alfvegren's piece is a typical woolly headed rant which ignores the real reason why spoonbending, UFOs etc are regarded with scepticism, which is lack of convincing evidence. :'( - ianmacm Thu, 27 Dec 2012 22:03:08 +0100 http://www.randi.org/site/index.php/swift-blog/1964-just-to-set-the-facts-in-place.html#comment-26226 Good lord, why is [i]anyone[/i]e and especially Randi bothering with this: a purported "news" story in the blog of a throwaway weekly from 2007 by a self-proclaimed purveyor of "yellow journalism" and columnist for [i]UFO Magazine[/i]? (Though Ms. Alfvegren--and her photo suggests that s/he is indeed a woman--claims to be a journalist, fact-checking does not appear to be part of her skill set.) Are we hearing about this ancient piece of nonsense now because it was "repurposed" on an absurdly ridiculous website that hawks the Vibe Card, "quantum technology to protect against environmental pollution & ionizing radiation"? Come on, folks, this is the Internet. And this isn't even "woo" worth noticing. - JonK Thu, 27 Dec 2012 17:53:52 +0100 http://www.randi.org/site/index.php/swift-blog/1964-just-to-set-the-facts-in-place.html#comment-26225 This must be a Po. - Peebs Thu, 27 Dec 2012 10:39:19 +0100 http://www.randi.org/site/index.php/swift-blog/1964-just-to-set-the-facts-in-place.html#comment-26224 I'll have more do not know if will come, no, the CIA has prevented my correspondence from entering the United States ... do not have to send via email? - diogod Thu, 27 Dec 2012 10:25:27 +0100 http://www.randi.org/site/index.php/swift-blog/1964-just-to-set-the-facts-in-place.html#comment-26223 Very good, diogod. Yes indeed, you posted the link to the Challenge application. Step two: Read the application Step three: If you are serious, fill it out and send it to the JREF - Dumb All Over Thu, 27 Dec 2012 10:06:45 +0100 http://www.randi.org/site/index.php/swift-blog/1964-just-to-set-the-facts-in-place.html#comment-26222 Here is the link for the application for the MDC http://www.randi.org/site/index.php/1m-challenge/challenge-application.html - mariamyrback Thu, 27 Dec 2012 08:18:19 +0100 http://www.randi.org/site/index.php/swift-blog/1964-just-to-set-the-facts-in-place.html#comment-26221 I understand every single word in that post. Unfortunately when those words are strung together in that order I'm lost. It does remind me of a precis post from Mabus. - Peebs Thu, 27 Dec 2012 06:59:22 +0100 http://www.randi.org/site/index.php/swift-blog/1964-just-to-set-the-facts-in-place.html#comment-26220 THE MAYAN SKEPTIC APOCALYPSE 12/21/2012 we really enjoy your atheist forum do a search on youtube for skepticality a little souvenir it is the video about the PIGS - mayanskeptic Wed, 26 Dec 2012 18:06:52 +0100 http://www.randi.org/site/index.php/swift-blog/1964-just-to-set-the-facts-in-place.html#comment-26219 http://www.anhonestliar.com/anhonestliar/Castle.html note these two lights in the background of this video james randi? they represent my birthmark mean a tribute to me ... james randi own know me ... doubt? ask him - diogod Wed, 26 Dec 2012 10:26:48 +0100 http://www.randi.org/site/index.php/swift-blog/1964-just-to-set-the-facts-in-place.html#comment-26216 diogod, you must apply for the challenge. There's a little paperwork you, yes YOU, have to fill out. If you don't, then I think you're just making silly statements. - SkepticScott Tue, 25 Dec 2012 19:17:01 +0100 http://www.randi.org/site/index.php/swift-blog/1964-just-to-set-the-facts-in-place.html#comment-26215 I find this the most blatant inaccuracy: "And they have a sense of humor largely missing from Randi's crowd." No sense of humor?! Yeah right, Randi has been running around with boring eggheads like Johnny Carson, Penn & Teller, Trey Parker and Matt Stone and the Mythbusters crew, just to name a few. I can only assume she has never watched one of Randi's lectures, never been to an Amazing Meeting or perhaps has no sense of humor herself. I don't see how anyone could stay in the field of debunking pseudoscience [i]without[/i] having sense of humor. I hate to rant but this really sticks in my craw, if she (by the way, are we sure that Skylaire is a woman?) wants to push all the usual crap that's fine but if she is seriously going to say this crowd lacks a sense of humor I demand a retraction! - Zoroaster Tue, 25 Dec 2012 16:35:44 +0100 http://www.randi.org/site/index.php/swift-blog/1964-just-to-set-the-facts-in-place.html#comment-26214 I can't help wondering what alternate universe Alfvegren lives in. I wonder what Ray Hyman has to say about some of her claims. It's a pity Arthur Clarke can't speak for himself anymore. - MadScientist Tue, 25 Dec 2012 12:12:30 +0100 http://www.randi.org/site/index.php/swift-blog/1964-just-to-set-the-facts-in-place.html#comment-26213 I accept your challenge ... the challenge when you want that I can prove my powers - diogod Mon, 24 Dec 2012 12:29:05 +0100 http://www.randi.org/site/index.php/swift-blog/1964-just-to-set-the-facts-in-place.html#comment-26212 Right on target as usual, James! However, it seems a bit unfair to apply facts and common sense to castigate the rationally incompetent devotees of applied ignorance, such as Ms. Alfvegren, when they obviously lack both method and mentality to properly defend their position. (Said position having often been observed as "stooped," with the favored pronunciation employing two syllables, rather than one.) - daveg703 Mon, 24 Dec 2012 11:26:01 +0100