Swift, named for Jonathan Swift, is the JREF's daily blog, featuring content from James Randi, the JREF staff, and other featured authors.
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Written by James Randi
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We have had several requests from potential prize applicants who believe that they have the power to dowse, and who need general guidelines for how to conduct a double-blind test before they actually make application. We recognize that not everyone will know what a double-blind test is, so here is a general description.
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Written by James Randi
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The brouhaha that began as a
comprehensive homeopathy test In Greece, has been consuming far too
much of my time and attention, and of my colleagues, as well. Forget
all previous correspondence exchanged on the subject. What appears HERE is the current status.
We’re starting anew.
Bear in mind that WE are offering the million-dollar prize, and WE will
control the parameters, in line with the rules of the challenge – which
are available to everyone. There will be no more exceptions, which I
had – unwisely – granted to certain persons in order to be more
accommodating; they have always chosen to be difficult, capricious, and
arrogant as a result of this courtesy. No more.
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Written by Joe Albietz
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 In case you had any doubt that the current anti-vaccination campaign, led publicly by comedian/actress Jenny McCarthy, had abandoned any pretense of interest in reality, behold the most unintentionally insightful self-description I have ever beheld in any field of pseudo-science:
“(Peet) has a lot of balls to come forward and be on that side, because there is an angry mob on my side, and I like the fact that I can say she’s completely wrong." - Jenny McCarthy Spectrum Magazine, August ’08
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Written by James Randi
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Reader P.T. Quinn in Ann Arbor writes about a currently vapid claim
that the existence of UFOs from outer space will now surely be proven:
Apparently some bookies have stopped taking bets because they think the
odds of a UFO making an appearance aren't in their favor:
We now have seven-figure liabilities if the ship does appear. We have
decided to duck any more big bets until the 14th has passed, hopefully
without incident.
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Written by James Randi
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 It is with great regret that we note the passing last Monday – after a long and difficult illness – of geophysicist and prominent member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Professor Attila Mesko. He was a scholar who received many awards, and will be greatly missed by the scientific community. |
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