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Philosopher
Join Date: Aug 2005
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Who writes Mr. Randi's Commentaries?
Reading this week's commentary, it occurred to me that maybe Mr. Randi is not the sole author of all that we see.
Can anyone enlighten us about this? M. |
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When I talked to him at TAM, he indicated that he writes them all...with the exception of the time he was recovering.
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Stranded in Sub-Atomica
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Maybe he has a ghost writer...
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New York Skeptic
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Muse
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Former JREF Goddess
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Randi writes them himself...no ghosts in this office!
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"What if skeptics turn out to be jerks who just happen to be right about everything? " Michael Goodspeed |
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Graduate Poster
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Formerly known as dogguy. Caption from and old New Yorker cartoon - Why am I shouting? Because I'm wrong!" |
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Under the Amazing One's Wing
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"thhere's waaaay too much colonialism and white supremacy in our culture to even THINK about addressing the religion of brown people, the end." A+ Global Moderator ceepolk, Dec. 9, 2012 |
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Crone of War
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Eponymous
Join Date: Sep 2003
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Randi writes it all, and makes the graphics too, in most cases.
I will occasional add something to the bottom section (dont' forget to register for TAM!) etc, but Randi still edits even that. If there's ever a time that Randi isn't writing it, he'll be let us know. |
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Inquisitor
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"Well, if it matters not to you how things are phrased, nor whether they make any logical sense, then here is my answer to your question: Twenty-seven rumbly-tumblies in a tinhorn fandango." - Robert S Lancaster Stop Sylvia Browne |
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Raggin' the Blues
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Penultimate Amazing
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A secular society is one in which no one loses any liberty as a consequence of someone else's religious beliefs. NB Allowing yourself to get led around the nose by a person like Craig is a losing strategy. SH Morality is a social coating around a Darwinian core. JC My joke about freewill: There is no basis for it. |
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Kowalski
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There's actually no such thing as 'James Randi'. He is a construct; a conflation of several entities, all part of the Illuminati, who write under the nom de plume of 'James Randi'.
In fact, it's kind of obvious, when you look at it. Clever buggers; if you take his name, translate it into Urdu, then into Hebrew, take the letters and apply gematria, use these as coordinates on a map of the Solomon Islands, take the first letter of the tribes that fall under each coordinate, and add them together, you get 'Snookie-kins', which is what Sylvia Browne calls her spirit guide when nobody's around to hear. Duh! Athon |
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Eponymous
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Sole Survivor of L-Town
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I think Christopher Marlowe wrote them all.
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Religion and sex are powerplays. Manipulate the people for the money they pay. Selling skin, selling God The numbers look the same on their credit cards. |
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Banned
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Well...I've read through all the theories, and I pick Athon's. Why? Because it's the longest post. If that isn't evidence of the truth, then what is?
I am envisioning a game show on this theme... maybe we could call it: TRUE or WOO? (by the way...Randi has admitted to shamelessly stealing words from Hawkeye per her "am I psychic..." post--he was in a rush, and she stated her case against Sylvia with aplomb, so he borrowed some especially nice phraseology.) |
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Penultimate Amazing
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From this week's commentary:
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A secular society is one in which no one loses any liberty as a consequence of someone else's religious beliefs. NB Allowing yourself to get led around the nose by a person like Craig is a losing strategy. SH Morality is a social coating around a Darwinian core. JC My joke about freewill: There is no basis for it. |
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Thinker
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"National boundaries are not evident when we view the Earth from space. Fanatic ethnic or religious or national identifications are a little difficult to support when we see our planet as a fragile blue crescent fading to become an inconspicuous point of light against the bastion and citadel of the stars." -Carl Sagan |
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The Grammar Tyrant
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Jeff Wagg, Communication and Outreach Manager for the James Randi Educational Foundation posted: It is my job to inform other JREF employees about people who wish to do the JREF harm, and you [The Atheist] are one of those. |
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Penultimate Amazing
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A secular society is one in which no one loses any liberty as a consequence of someone else's religious beliefs. NB Allowing yourself to get led around the nose by a person like Craig is a losing strategy. SH Morality is a social coating around a Darwinian core. JC My joke about freewill: There is no basis for it. |
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Muse
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One missed attribution in a column regularly filled with attributions, an admission of the mistake by a very busy man, and the world has come to an end.
If I were Mr. Randi, I'd just say screw it, you guys write the column. |
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Penultimate Amazing
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You're in the wrong thread, pchams.
Gave you a link and everything.
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A secular society is one in which no one loses any liberty as a consequence of someone else's religious beliefs. NB Allowing yourself to get led around the nose by a person like Craig is a losing strategy. SH Morality is a social coating around a Darwinian core. JC My joke about freewill: There is no basis for it. |
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Writing on water
Join Date: Apr 2004
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Plagiarism does not come into it. You lot would love to write the commentary.
Wouldn't you? |
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Banned
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Inquisitor
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Looks like that's the last time you're going to be chatted to on such a friendly level Hawkeye!
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"Well, if it matters not to you how things are phrased, nor whether they make any logical sense, then here is my answer to your question: Twenty-seven rumbly-tumblies in a tinhorn fandango." - Robert S Lancaster Stop Sylvia Browne |
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Master Poster
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Zeitgeist-impaired
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can't hide your lyin' eyes
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AKA TEEK
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Jeff has lion eyes? That must be handy for reading in the dark.
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Illuminator
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Critical Thinker
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Hello, hello. It's me. Yes, HawkeyeMD. Female. Was at the Skepchick party.
Lest I be accused of plagiarism, let it be known that I did mention to any number of people that I'm not 'that' Hawkeye. One small correction, however: not a premed student. Med student, third year! Who just finished Primary Care, which is why I have free time this weekend to check out the Forum. Now, apologies, but can I ask...who are you? I don't remember your forum handle, I'm afraid.
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Banned
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I was the really gorgeous skepchick, remember? Ha! Yes--you are a medical student--I was a genetic counselor; we talked genes, I believe. And I ate a phallic chocolate items. And if they post a picture of the volunteers with green ribbons taken on the last day of TAM, then I will show you who I am...otherwise, you'll just have to imagine.
(And I promise to be equally nice to the male Hawkeye too. I wouldn't hold it against a member for having a member. I just got my Hawkeyes mixed up which is perfectly understandable, right? There's a Hawk One too....and you are all "bird names with an extra word" in my head... so is "fowl sound". I'm new at linking the names with the faces...so don't be too hard on me, folks...) |
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Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: Salem, Oregon
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Articulett was the one who never stopped talking the entire TAM! When the volunteers went out to lunch at Peppermill the day of setup, she didn't even stop long enough to take a bite of the enormous fruit salad she ordered!
We threatened to make her wear it as a hat (a'la Carmen Miranda) if she didn't finish it... ![]() Okay, that too.
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Who is "Kaz?" Read about her at www.StopKaz.com. Curious about Sylvia Browne? Read about her at www.StopSylvia.com. Ever wonder "What's the Harm?" with psychics, alternative medicine, etc? |
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The Grammar Tyrant
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Jeff Wagg, Communication and Outreach Manager for the James Randi Educational Foundation posted: It is my job to inform other JREF employees about people who wish to do the JREF harm, and you [The Atheist] are one of those. |
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