James Randi Educational Foundation

Each Friday the JREF website publishes a written commentary titled Swift: Online Newsletter of the JREF, which includes the latest JREF news and information. The James Randi Educational Foundation officially came into existence on...

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...something that will save your son or daughter on a patrol, they've crossed an insupportable line into moral depravity." Last year, the James Randi Educational Foundation, an organization seeking to debunk claims of the paranormal, publicly...

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...on ParaHelp.com. To reach the League of Paranormal Investigators (LPI), call 305-781-3183 or visit ParaHelp.com. To take the James Randi Educational Foundation's $1-million challenge to prove paranormal existence, visit...

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...in London, the first of the conferences outside the US. A fundraising offshoot of the non-profit James Randi Educational Foundation (JREF), TAM London saw scientists, writers and comedians target conspiracy theories - and their close...

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...wrote a couple of books: Bad Astronomy and Death From the Skies! He also is the new president at the James Randi Educational Foundation (JREF), which promotes skepticism. Oh, and he has a blog at Discover magazine's website. There, he writes...

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He has been a commanding presence for four decades, but it's unclear who could fill his role as the face of the skeptic community... The James Randi Foundation put together its first skeptics' conference in 2003. That first year in Fort...

In this article: James Randi, James Randi Foundation, SF Weekly, Ideology, Monty Python, Discovery Channel, Cancer, Yale, Harvard, and Gary Schwartz

...skeptics group, held a convention in Vegas. Williams told me that, before she became a professional psychic, she herself had been a skeptic. JREF offers a $1-million dollar challenge to anyone who can prove they can actually do any of about...

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...controlled conditions. Not unreasonably, Randi often requires applicants to first pass a preliminary test carried out by associates of the JREF before they are allowed to proceed to the formal test that will determine whether or not they become...

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Some small good news this morning: the James Randi Foundation account has been restored on YouTube. Phil Plait explains that the problem was apparently related to a copyright complaint about video footage: The JREF YouTube Account is back...

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...excited to present to you, an interview with James Randi! James was kind enough to spend some time with us on the phone talking about the JREF, the Million Dollar Prize, and those pesky folks that think they can talk to the dead! Come join us...

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