"And then other times, he proves himself to be just as blind and arrogant as the people he seeks to debunk when he makes snap statements and dismisses without properly investigating first." What in the above account provided by Randi is inaccurate? It's very possible that I have missed something.
If you are only complaining in general about Randi, can you please provide examples of him exhibiting this behavior?
It is not enough to "claim" or "say" that you can "communicate with the dead", "read peoples' minds". Anyone, all day long, can create hype and spout psuedo-science, and many, many, many people do.
Not only this, but so many of these claims have been encountered many times before and in many variations, and they have been shown again and again to be frauds, lies, nonsense and jibberish, 'cons', delusions, and ignorance.
If you are serious about your claims, and if you are serious about arranging for proper scientific testing to verify and document your claims, then
stop the hype,
stop the press-releases,
stop the propagandizing on your website,
stop whining about "bad vibes",
stop ranting and raving to your followers about Randi and the "conspiracy to suppress the 'truth'",
stop the bull, and
stop the crap, because he has seen it all before.
Contact the
James Randi Educational Foundation (JREF) and work with them to arrange the proper scientific testing and documentation of your claims on terms that
you are involved in specifying and agree to.
Unless your "psychic hotline" is already quite profitable, surely you won't pass up the opportunity to come and claim your $1million USD? Donate it to a charity if you like.
And if your abilities and claims are just the sorts of things that a proper scientific test can not be arrange for, or can not be conducted in the presence of "bad vibes", then what, precisely, do you expect us to do? If you are the one making the claim, and you are the one with the ability, then there is absolutely nothing we can do until you prove it to us.
Is Randi "Arrogant"? Maybe.
Is Randi "Blind"? If he is, then prove it to him and prove it to all of us. Contact the JREF and work with them to arrange a proper scientific test of your abilities on terms that you are involved in specifying and agree to,
and claim your $1million USD.
I, for one, am waiting.
