The man who destroyed skepticism

[macqdor]

The man who destroyed skepticism

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I mourn Randi's passing for those who loved him, and there were many. But his elevation to the Mount Rushmore of skepticism obfuscates a basic truth. In the end, the feted researcher was no skeptic. He was to skepticism what Senator Joseph McCarthy was to anticommunism — a showman, a bully, and, ultimately, the very thing he claimed to fight against: a fraud. This has corroded our intellectual culture — in a Trumpian age when true skepticism is desperately needed

 

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[HandsomeGorilla]

Gotta love when folks come out the woodwork to talk **** about a man who just died and can't be here to defend himself. Nothing at YOU, OP, just in general. 

[Still Waters]

We already have a thread about this. It's here:

https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/forum/topic/340324-merged-james-randi-has-died/