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Old 03-26-2008, 10:23 AM
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A prominent skeptic who claims mediums routinely use cold reading to fool people demonstrates that cold reading does not replicate what mediums do.

http://www.survivalafterdeath.org/ar...keen/randi.htm
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The edited version omitted his [the prominent skeptic's] first futile but extended attempts at cold reading which was so unsuccessful that the embarrassed floor manager had to announce a technical fault and stop the show.

After making false claims "debunking" research by Rupert Sheldrake a prominent skeptic was forced to admit his own deception:

http://www.skepticalinvestigations.o...Randi_dogs.htm
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He wrote: "I overstated my case for doubting the reality of dog ESP based on the small amount of data I obtained. It was rash and improper of me to do so."

[A prominent skeptic] stated: "Viewing the entire tape, we see that the dog responded to every car that drove by, and to every person who walked by." This is simply not true, and [the prominent skeptic] now admits that he has never seen the tape.
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