James Randi demonstrates how to fake psychic powers

James (The Amazing) Randi speaks on spoon/key bending and hidden picture reproduction.

[@sultanjumper]

I can melt ice with my mind, it just takes a while

[@carmium]

Hell, I can change the weather... over time.

[@kazedfrench]

I can create carbon dioxide by breathing,I do it quite frequently.

[@TTTristan1]

I create golden showers every day.

[@timetodeliverapizzaball]

sultanjumper I can turn any food into brownish smelly logs

[@deniskartachov2674]

I can melt ice with my mind in a room at 200 degrees in a few seconds!

[@christopherscottb]

I love how civil Johnny was with Uri. He knew it was all bullshit, but he totally kept the high ground and let Uri's abject failure speak for itself. The funny one was Uri with his petulant, childish excuses.

[@petehouse8380]

Johnny was quite an accomplished conjuror himself, so Urine, sorry, Uri didn’t fool him for a second.

[@VultureClone]

"His career was not affected by his time on the tonight show." How do people see him floundering on television and continue believing that he has psychic powers!? It was painfully obvious that he was a charlatan. It was as plain as the sun hanging in the sky. Sometimes I can't comprehend how stupid some people can actually be.

[@JustAGuy85]

The same way people keep believing in religion. Because they want to. Of course, your question seemed to be on the rhetorical side, but it's really a deep question into the human mind. It reminds me of some things I could believe as a very young child.

[@bobcobb7140]

+JustAGuy I know this is a long title, but go to Google and do a search for this phrase: *Cognition and Belief in Paranormal Phenomena: Gestalt/Feature-Intensive Processing Theory and Tendencies Toward ADHD, Depression, and Dissociation*

[@lyingonthemoon792]

+Bob Cobb I don't think it's unreasonable to believe in religion. Come at me

[@madistoimla752]

+JustAGuy It's not a deep question at all, us humans are known to do anything in their powers to escape reality. Drugs, alcohol, magic and religion all have the same property of making reality "different" or "more special". We hate reality, we hate the fact we can't control reality and we feel threatened by it. So we look for methods of escape, for me it's a joint in the evening for some others it's morning booze and for some it's the praying before going to sleep. For most it's the combination of these things, but it's clear as a day that the motives for all these actions are the same: we don't hhave control over reality and these things helps us cope with that, or deny it.

[@lyingonthemoon792]

Madis Toimla That's a good answer, and it's a good way to use religion - but what about the people who don't use it for closure. In a hospital a few years ago, a friend of mine lost her father. She was already ruined at his passing, but what terrified her more was that he might go to hell. There's so many aspects of religion that might have a negative impact on a practitioners life, I've always had a more pick and choose mentality myself.

[@guyfawkes9951]

The Tonight Show bust was one of the greatest debunkings in history!!!

[@Darshanaz]

Too bad now days, TV hosts thinking about just Ratings and not to hurt their guests feelings.

[@guyfawkes9951]

R TE Can you imagine Jimmy Fucking Fallon doing anything as serious as Carson used to do on occasion? I swear, I wish he'd turn the Tonight Show over to someone who can do interviews and go host the game show he obviously dreams about.

[@averagejoe7136]

+Guy Fawkes what else did Carson do ? I'm curious..

[@anthonysbarat]

But what about when Johnnie was possessed by the Great Carnac? Was that real? LoL J/K...of course it was!

[@Yatukih_001]

I frankly don´t care...

[@PaladinswordSaurfang]

Plot twist: James Randi actually has psychic powers and is trying to fool people into thinking they don't exist.

[@ZASurvivalist]

ITouchedTheKore Psy-Ops!!!

[@turtleburger7480]

NANI?!

[@mathewlarrigan2723]

Actually your right .. he's using Mentalism and ego stance to prove them wrong

[@deiadadoll]

WAIT CAUSE THATS A GOOD THEORY

[@24magiccarrot]

If Uri Geller is able to melt spoons until they break then presumably he should be able to re-melt the spoon and put it back together.

[@Frost-wo2ty]

Exactly, it's just a trick, but that's how it works, there are plenty of foolish people around the world, millions of them, who choses to believe in the supernatural over rationality.

[@WonkaVator72]

Not if he's tired. Being denied access to the props in advance seems to make him so.

[@kendallwright7222]

WonkaVator72 lol! 😂

[@jwrobin21]

Why not give him something that CANNOT be physically bent like a 2 or 3 mm diameter Allen Key?

[@jwrobin21]

@Matt S Ah, the good old days < wipes tear from eye> of the Nokia Mobile phone - sigh. Yep, these clowns are very convincing when it is there environment, their props and they are in charge. When you take them out of that (as Johnny Carson and James Randi did) and watch them crumble to dust; now that is real entertainment. Its easy to fool those who want to be deceived - conmen use the principle of, 'make the victim want to give you his money.' When is works it works well. Unfortunately, some people can be fooled all of the time.

[@StefanGruber]

I can bend spoons by using my mind to control my hands to bend the spoon! Magic!

[@jpsholland]

I can totally flatten spoons with just a gently push of my both index fingers.

[@waitingisfun]

I can bend a spoon using my head, but it's hurt.

[@brando555555]

Bend, baby bend!

[@user-ig3gh8ln1e]

cool story man i bet you still think telekinesis is hollywood...

[@Yatukih_001]

Holy shit. Know what I can do with spoons? I am having this amazing ice cream, I just put my spoon into the ice cream, then get some ice, put it on my tongue, and if I want more, I put my spoon back into the ice cream. No need for me to bend it. I am just gonna use it - to get my ice cream.

[@Thrifty032781]

What gets me about Uri Geller's tricks is that they aren't even that amazing even if you took them at face value. If he, say, bent spoons with his mind from like 10 feet away without having any physical contact with them, that would be impressive. I might not believe he had psychic powers but I would scratch my head and at least wonder "how the heck did he do that?" As is, I see a man holding a spoon, clearly bending it WITH HIS HANDS, and he says "look! My psychic powers let me bend things with my mind!" At least when an honest magician does a trick, it looks cool. Geller's stuff just looks lame.

[@saraha180]

+Thrifty032781 If you take Uri Geller's claims at face value, it would be one of the greatest discoveries in human history. That you can melt metal by conjuring heat with your mind and channeling it through your fingers? That you can see what someone's drawing without looking? That you can make a broken television start working again just by emphatically thinking "work!"? Whether or not they look as flashy as a magician's trick, these things would completely redefine our conception of the physical world.

[@chrisdonovan8795]

+Sarah Reality is quite amazing all by itself. For example, legitimate fire creating techniques are pretty impressive; especially if your life depends on it.

[@saraha180]

The Grim Jester (Chris Donovan) Which is why, to this day, we have expressions like "since the invention of fire" and myths like that of Prometheus. Uri Geller's discoveries, were they not the complete nonsense that they are, would be another radical leap forward in our understanding of the possibilities of reality not unlike fire, gravity or the simple machines.

[@likebox2]

He capitalized on the fact that millions of people were incapacitating themselves with marijuana.

[@Yatukih_001]

They are both the same bull shitters...

[@TheKoolkid1997]

The cringe is real. "I uh, need to rest." More like get rekt.

[@hanscamilleri6373]

Are you English? I HEARD THIS CRINCH THING IN ENGLAND? SO YOU MUST BE ENGLISH MY COMMON SENSE TELL ME!

[@NobleAss]

@Jason Voorhees, feels bad but expectable. People are stupid.

[@kendallwright7222]

Jason Voorhees is he really?

[@peterriverajr6899]

@Jason Voorhees what does his wealth have to do with the fact hes a fraud

[@kendallwright7222]

Jason Voorhees I mean is he really more successful and wealthy than randi?

[@ImBoyD20]

lol the guy got so owned on the show. "i dont feel strong tonigh" LOOOL BS

[@mykylc]

07:05 it's wonderful to see the panic on live television. Where do you go...what do you do?? LOL!!!!!!!!

[@megamixa]

Punch someone in the face and run. Always works. Except when the doors are locked; then you just end up getting your ass kicked.

[@mykylc]

Lol

[@septitais]

+Joshua Place When did he say that? Cause just over a month ago, he told me personally: "You know, I'm using the power of the mind, not tricks like everyone else." With "everyone else" he meant the other illusionists that were performing that day.

[@markfrost2579]

I melt the metal down. Can you see the crack getting bigger. Melting doesn't create cracks Uri. Love Randi

[@Gitfiddle]

I love the lit cigarette on live tv. Ahhhh the good old days.

[@DvBattlegears]

ahh good old cancer stick

[@jilliansmith7123]

Bet it tasted good, like a cigarette should!

[@giraffe3718]

lol cigarettes should be banned, they have zero health benefits and the whole "it relaxes me" is bullshit, marijuana should be legalized instead

[@vasili1207]

@@giraffe3718 your a idiot most people use tobacco with weed , you need the backy to help it burn ... you can only smoke raw weed in a pipe or bong .... IF you used just all weed to have to light it ever puff

[@hateislove3947]

@@vasili1207 remember my Russian enemy, smoke Marlboro or L&,M. From Finland with hate.

[@papilevi1862]

3:03 when he realises the average guy is about to bend his fake spoon and accidentally expose him 😂😂

[@Adam-bq2vw]

I can remove the front half of my right index finger with my left hand and then immediately reattach it. Always impressed my 4 yr. old niece.

[@Adam-bq2vw]

+Moon Pie Supernatural powers...

[@Adam-bq2vw]

+Moon Pie Oh yeah? Well I can turn oxygen into carbon dioxide.

[@ragerancher]

No matter how many fraudsters are exposed, people will keep believing it. Hell if it was possible to expose every single one for what they are, people would still believe.

[@k0lpA]

Their numbers go down every minute, there is hope

[@moto704c]

James Randi is a great role model, I have nothing but respect for him and what he stands for!

[@80schild31]

If people could believe a snake talked and a man lived in a fish for three days, they will believe any foolishness.

[@xxMrBaldyxx]

people who already believe in superstitious nonsense like that are almost certainly more susceptible to being fooled by fraudsters like Uri Geller

[@garyb6219]

You're asking for rain my friend, a lot of it!

[@Vistico93]

Stuff like this just makes me love Johnny Carson even more. The world needs more staunch rationalists like James Randi in it.

[@MichelLinschoten]

people who believe Uri geller type of people, deserve to be called idiots....

[@He-Ay]

Towards the end where he explains why he doesn't use enhancers. Just the way it was worded inspired me.

[@triplesevenadmin]

Uri is like the maid from Family Guy. No... no. Misser Magic no home.

[@allpsychicsarefraudsfact9052]

The world needs more people like James Randi, his speeches are always interesting and worthy of repeat watching!

[@TBx46]

RIP to James

[@tolkienfan4815]

for the key there's also certain metal combinations that bend with heat there used in old coil thermometers.

[@skorgetheking]

It's time people see through this bollocks

[@joseneron8417]

skorgetheking i see further than you

[@Ye4rZero]

i think half of uri gellar's stardom is he had a different, memorable name

[@kosstmoran]

@healer378 Did you get that info from your horoscope?

[@gamerzero7735]

"We may disagree with Randi on certain points, but we ignore him at our peril."-Carl Sagan.

[@Adam-bq2vw]

I wonder what he disagreed with him on.

[@gryphachu]

at about 8:10 James Randi says he doesn't understand why people cling to the irrational. I think the answer is because people want to believe there is something more than the tangible world around them. They want to believe in magic and the supernatural because it's reasonable to then also believe evil is caused by demons, that there are angels to protect people from demons, and that there is indeed an afterlife. That, and super powers would be pretty awesome. Wishful thinking I guess.

[@MicahBuzanANIMATION]

The world needs more rational thinkers like him. I do feel bad for Uri Geller. Even though I don't respect Uri Geller's career choice, I don't enjoy seeing anyone publicly humiliated. Still, bad ideas should not be immune to criticism.

[@MikeJackal]

+Micah Buzan You realise he was there to promote himself and make lots more dishonest money don't you?

[@chrisdonovan8795]

+Mike Jackal Most magician acts are lies, and that's okay, because I expect to be lied to. When people are using it to sell you something that doesn't work, such as faith healing, that is criminal, and it needs to be exposed.

[@MikeJackal]

+The Grim Jester (Chris Donovan) I agree with the last part, but I don't enjoy watching Derren Brown or Penn and Teller any less because they admit they are pretending to use magic. We all know it's not real so stop lying.

[@crimsonwolf9099]

Do some research. Geller has been studied by scientists all around the world. Randi is a for profit show biz hack who is NOT out to FIND THE TRUTH.

[@Cream147player]

+Mike Jackal I actually enjoy the likes of the magicians you mentioned more for their honesty. It's amazing that they're totally honest that what they do is trickery, yet somehow they trick me every time anyway. The likes of Geller are far more insidious, attempting to prey on the fantasies of the gullible or the hard-off. If you want something to happen enough, it will? That's literally the worst kind of message you can spread.

[@anysailer]

I love the casual way that the TV presenters in the 70's just lit up and enjoyed a cigarette right there on camera. Different times, what hasn't changed is the abundance of charlatans, tricksters and frauds and of course the gullability of people. We need more James Randi's.

[@R3M3MB3RxM3]

I have depression, i know what it is. Medicine is far more controversial than psychology/psychiatry. To release a new medication a company can perform an infinite number of studies/tests where only two of the tests have to show that the people think the pill helps more than the people on the placebo.

[@wetwilly1821]

James Randi is a Genius!

[@magetaaaaaa]

I kind of feel bad for him when he got called out on the show, but I guess he asked for it by making ridiculous claims.

[@daregularperson]

Someone who rises to fame based on nothing but fraud deserves to be called out for it. If he wanted to preach his message of a positive attitude giving positive results, he should have done it without lies.

[@machineofadream]

Remember, he also sued this man for speaking the truth. I think he belongs in a cage. A man that dishonest is dangerous. His entire life's earnings is based on lying to people when he could have just been a legitimate magician.

[@meheraberns6653]

the mirror thing--everything makes sense now lol

[@mtdouthit1291]

What documentary was this???

[@humbertojimmy]

Randi is (in fact) amazing. I have witnessed many things in my life for wich i don't have an exact explanation, but i know that (some) truth exists to that, whatever it is. The "supernatural" cannot exist! Simple as that. Because whatever the answer to a mistery is, once we know it, it becomes part of the natural (even if it involves obscure reasons that we don't yet master). Now, the only thing i disagree with Randi is in that certain substances (he calls them all "narcotics", but a narcotic is something that makes you fall asleep, and not all drugs do that) will take awareness away from us. Not always! Many substances can upgrade one's awareness and even open doors otherwise closed. "Reality" is overated, one can easily be fooled by our own senses, without any drugs involved. Some drugs, in fact, make it easier to spot some hidden aspects of reality. So, of course, he stands wrong to thing that using substances will always take away awereness.

[@MettheSlayer]

Jimmy David And here is the obligatory drug user trying to defend his favourite "stuff" -_- If that is your opinion, you are very wrong here.

[@humbertojimmy]

MettheSlayer Sure, i have to be wrong! How else would you justify your narrow mind, then, right? If you don't agree with me, just take your milk and cookies opinion to someone who cares, cause i don't! Do you think i do anything else other than laugh at your comment? Lol. It just reveals how much of a nerd you must be!

[@MettheSlayer]

Jimmy David Yes, I am proud nerd,thx for the compliment ;)

[@humbertojimmy]

MettheSlayer Oh sorry for the milk tip, then... you must be lactose intolerant or something. Anything stronger than diet soda is already "dangerous substance" alert, i'm sure. I can see how i must have frightened you with my post defending mind enhancing!

[@ningalu9393]

Jimmy David I love how you had to show how much you didnt care by leaving two comments insulting somebody who you disagree with

[@martinm2871]

How is spoonbending a physic ability?

[@larsheuker]

bending with your mind not hands

[@martinm2871]

+larsheuker Thank you, some spoons are more easier to bend than others

[@kaiq5646]

hahaha

[@gw1890]

Look at the watch at 6:58, it moves because the table was nudged, this is how he does the trick normally. The pots with water in don't shake as much but in this case they were glued down so he couldn't do it.

[@peger]

2:12 is this key made from bimetal? We did something similar in physics at primary school.

[@twitchsopamanxx]

"Wow he is so cool! debunking bullshit artists like that is great! Now im going to go watch Long Island Medium, because that is real!" - all the people who disliked this.

[@garrettvannorden7723]

why not make the spoon out of gallium and just super cool it then melt it?

[@tkrisz11]

+Garrett VanNorden gallium melts at room temperature

[@paraballa]

+tkrisz11 No shit, that's the point.

[@garrettvannorden7723]

Super cool it....give it to a freind at lunch.....TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM BECAUSE YOU INGESTED GALLIUM

[@AdAstraCompany]

+Web Compendium i think homer simpson was just clarifying that you don't actually melt it because it does that on its own

[@paraballa]

Nico That's what the OP also meant.

[@CrazyHorseInvincible]

I like the luddite touch with the insinuation that mathematics is not meant for us to understand. It's always effective in getting a rise out of people.

[@MK-kq2mi]

The world is a much better place because of James Randi !!!!

[@jamesmeritt6800]

michael kehayias: how?

[@SuperJoshuaAguilar]

The thing that keeps me skeptical about Psychic powers is that there is no way for your brain to "touch" objects. You can move your body with your mind because it is attached. How could we move things with our mind without touch? What makes us so special that we can influence objects with thoughts? We're just another animal, smarter but still another animal. Once you remove the illusion that humans are something magically greater than other beings, you realize it makes little sense.

[@maxlarsen]

Ok some qestions have you ever felt heat or air? i bet you have if you have, have you ever feelt it from a human body without touching him/her? i bet you have, that is a form of energy created from the body not from the brain, but remeber the brain controlls the body and there is more forms of energy in a living creature then just heat. Have you ever been alone walking on the streets at night suddenly you feel behind you that someone is watching you ?, you dont smell him you dont see him you dont hear him he is 300 feet away from you, but still you do feel that someone is there, that is also one UNEXPLAINED energy that "Scientist" havent prooved yet, well if you have felt that, then you now also know that the "scientists" doesnt know "everything" about the world and i can ensure you they dont, humans always belived that they know "everything about the world" still they explore new things everyday.

[@vroomer07]

max larsen You can feel the body heat of another person without touching them because of convection and thermal radiation. www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/591461/thermal-radiation There are studies about that "feeling" you get when people are watching you and one possible explanation is that our instincts assume that we're being watched as a defensive/survival tactic. That feeling tends to happen more when you are feeling vulnerable or exposed. Claiming that it's caused by some "UNEXPLAINED" energy is completely unfounded. There are many times when I feel like someone is watching me and no one is around and I think most people have similar experiences, they just tend to remember the times when they were correct. www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2308318/Think-someones-staring-Youre-paranoid--hard-wired-brains.html

[@kempertan]

LOL! This guy is hilarious. If you want real psychics try: www.oranun.com :)

[@bendover6538]

You can touch people with your words

[@SuperJoshuaAguilar]

Ben Dover i cri

[@DC-zn6oo]

Relationships. I want it to be broken

[@militantpacifist4087]

Not even Randi can do that so you’ll have to cope with them. 😂

[@kathyuk28]

If a person has not experienced any psychic gifts first hand, they remain jaded.

[@kyji5843]

What is the Dependent variable and independent variable of his experiment?

[@mael-strom9707]

If you believe in telekinesis raise my hand.

[@mael-strom9707]

@robert warner That wasn't my hand, I had my foot in my mouth whilst practicing yoga ...twice lol.

[@SpaceCattttt]

It doesn't surprise me that people tend to favor irrational explanations. In my experience, people like to see the world in black and white, and they also like fast answers to all questions they may have. So if, for example, science can't provide instant rational answers to everything they'd like to know, they simply go with the irrational ones that religions claim to possess. Black and white. Good or bad. You can't tell me what I need to know, so I'll just go with the other option, no matter WHAT it is. It makes me feel good. God, people are stupid.

[@miks8]

Beautifully stated in the end.

[@dcpigpen]

video ends. looks at joint. back at screen. back to joint. "...nah, i'm good."

[@voodooshizzle]

7 Billion People have these abilities? Should be SUPER easy to prove. I'm waiting.....

[@UnstableAlpaca]

Its amazing the amount of hate I get when I prove things wrong. I lost friends because I proved their favorite singer is simply auto tuning his voice, I lost a friend for stating history shows men have played a bigger role then women. I don't understand why you kids cant stand the truth and take it out on the guy getting the facts then the facts themselves.

[@UnstableAlpaca]

Not everyone is happy living in a bubble like 90% of the world. All trying to stand by false facts made in there own heads to comfort themselves. I know people not being able to accept the truth is holding the world back and I hate it... I cant stand the fact that humans are better sheep then sheep are. So worth it? I really don't know no more.

[@DamazViccar]

The company of a few intelligent, mature people is better than that of sheeple. As long as it's not you severing the relationship, their idols just meant more to them than your friendship. Move along.

[@joseneron8417]

Thou shall not be dogmatically close minded

[@cloud_monkey422]

Unstable Alpaca pretty much anyone in music around 2005-06 ish til now uses some kind of auto tune or pitch perfect or some kind of software to make their voice diff Now days it’s about looks and personality “entertainment” and not skill I’m curious as to what singer it was though lol

[@reh3884]

A "bigger role" in what? The world? It's easy to having a "bigger role" when you're opposing others.

[@porridge57]

Did Randi ever talk about Richard Ireland? I would be very interested in his take on Ireland.

[@Link7029]

excellent video!

[@thatsinpossible4967]

7.1 Billion People have innate psychic ability.. and this guy believes ZERO people do. That's how astoundingly ignorant James Randi is.

[@gwydion237]

thatsINpossible 7.1 Thousand million people! Prove it! In fact, prove that just *one* person has psychic ability. I'll bet that you can't, that's how astoundingly *moronic* anyone who believes that nonsense is!

[@akrocuba]

LOL....where the hell did you get that from and how do you prove it? people like these are all frauds. It is all misdirection and working with people who believe in nothing so it is easy for them to believe in something.

[@thatsinpossible4967]

Simply putting it in "competitive" terms so it has a small chance of resonating with you Randi fans: In a belief-based existence where there are NO LIMITS (which is ACTUALLY the case).. those who BELIEVE most.. "WIN" (so to speak) and end up with the most abilities and creative power - since the ONLY REAL LIMITS are inside one's head. James Randi is pushing a sad agenda of SKEPTICISM & HUMAN LIMITATION.. and thus diminishing and minimizing the practical potential of all those who believe him. Anyone can have miraculous abilities.. but YOU MUST have enough open-mindedness to INTEND for such skills to develop. - I have 1 or 2 at this point, but there are others with so many i feel silly directing any attention my way.. until I can become MORE of an example. That IS coming - but I have been "awake" only 10 months.. so I am a baby compared to many others awakened 5-15 years ago. There are hundreds, if not thousands of people, simply on KZbin.. doing IMPOSSIBLE things - but doubters are SO BRAINWASHED into believing how limited they are, they simply cannot SEE or ADMIT what is RIGHT BEFORE THEIR EYES.

[@fredo3161]

thatsINpossible What the fuck are you talking about?

[@thatsinpossible4967]

Stephen DeJohn All humans are psychic. Especially young kids born last 20 years with better DNA who have (yet) to calcify their pineal gland micro-crystals with fluoridated drinking water. - Those who don't realize this will be left behind both intellectually, spiritually, and in skills and awareness.

[@SiriusMined]

@SiriusMined I'm referring to Geller, not James Randi :-)

[@shisune1]

I'm one of your supporter sir :)

[@terrypussypower]

Yeah, isn't it depressing sometimes, reading the comments on YT ? Realising just how uneducated and ill informed some people are. That's why I like James Randi, he explains things in such a no bullshit way that most people should be able to get what he's on about. But sadly, not all. Their loss !

[@ResettisReplicas]

Uri should've let Pokemon use his name for Kadabra; it's the closest thing to validation he could hope for.

[@LetsTalkOnePiece]

I hate him because he is the reason no new Kadabra cards are being made, now I have several Kadabra shaped holes in my collection.

[@huanphamvan909]

Exactly what I thought. Thanks.

[@gabrielcoronado6395]

I agree with Randi. I admire Carl Sagan and recomend you to read Demon Haunted World. But when Geller came to México, my sister and I took spoons in our hands while Uri was on TV. Suddenly the one that she had started to bend! We were so young and that scared us to death. I saw that, I swear, and I can’t explain it until today.

[@Vermin298]

@mkmkmo who are you talking about? James or Uri?

[@alittleinall7745]

congratulations Mr.Randi,I enjoyed this video at most!your explanations are sensible and you´ve got the guts to debunk these so-called psychics,dowsers and all sort of ´´deceptive people´´.Great Mr,Randi!

[@AryehAmitz]

Great stuff.

[@darkl3ad3r]

"I want to be... if I can, as sure of the world, the real world around me, as is possible. Now you can only attain that to a certain degree, but I want the greatest degree of control. I don't, I've never involved myself in narcotics of any kind, I don't smoke, I don't drink because... that can easily just fuzz the edges of my rationality, fuzz the edges of my reasoning powers, and I want to be as aware as I possibly can. That means giving up a lot of fantasies that might be comforting in some ways, but I'm willing to give that up in order to live in an actually real world, as close as I can get to it." Pot heads, alcoholics, and other drug addicts absolutely blown the fuck out. Respect to James.

[@nickb1973]

2017 We need You Back

[@longliverocknroll5]

When did the uploader say that this video was theirs? It very clearly states at the beginning that this is an exert from Nova program televised on PBS.

[@militantpacifist4087]

Hopefully after he passes away, there will be more people like him that exposes these fraudulent people and their bullshit. If there already are, then humanity is going in a good track.

[@sumitthapliyal1]

very good one

[@cottonshot137]

Randi bends that key so easily in front of us and tells us and yet I still can’t see how he does it lol

[@RetardPwnage]

6:57 Uri knocks the table, he can see which tiny cylinders move easily and which don't. Randi got the shows producers to glue the bottoms of the cylinders and let the glue dry before popping them on the table, this stops the cylinders easily sliding around or wobbling. Hence the trick was ruined.

[@motnosniv]

Johnny Carson was an amateur magician when he was younger. He knew about trickery.

[@neumann1940]

I wonder what is his opinion about Mirin Dajo

[@AddressUnknown666]

I especially love how he fidgets with the spoon for like a whole minute before actually bending it. There's a friend of mine who is 2 meters tall and once bent a fork with his fingers in like 10 seconds.

[@GuitarGuy057]

Ten seconds is far too long.

[@Sener]

Can someone explain the drawing one?

[@klutterkicker]

Wanting things can make them so? WHERE have I heard that within the past half a decade?

[@screamingpiano]

Amazing!

[@kindofmagicmike]

I like how that one guy is just smoking a cigarette in the studio

[@DD2225]

If I remember right, Randi told the producers to put some rubber cement on the bottom of those little containers to throw Geller off when he was on the Tonight Show. Looks like it worked.

[@capoman1]

I love the Johnny Carson segment. Had he and going there on the table. Uri could have chosen to do one of those as a trick. He had done that trick repeatedly on other talkshows. WHY would Uri shy away from spoon bending on this day?

[@sinmore11]

Skepticism definition: DOUBT. Synonyms: agnosticism, apprehension, disbelief, distrust, dubiety, dubiousness, faithlessness, hesitation, indecision, lack of confidence, leeriness, questioning, reluctance, suspicion, uncertainty. You can have your own opinion, not your own not your own facts...

[@kendohmassif]

Uri Geller did not claim he was performing magic tricks, he claimed he had a super natural gift, actual real magic powers. He claimed to be a an actual real Pyschic. James Randi is not saying he has no imagination, he said nothing like that. He was simply saying he wants to be aware of the real world as possible, you don't need to believe in the paranormal or take drugs to have an imagination. He was a magician for years that takes a huge amount of imagination.

[@miks8]

Yes you are right, indeed. I will repeat what I wrote to someone before: Person who is skeptical, but not open-minded = cynical Person who is open-minded, but not skeptical = gullible Person who is skeptical and open-minded = rational

[@mehyouwantsometlove4003]

This guy deserves more credit than hes getting. We need more people like him debunking all these ridiculous fantasies that cloud up peoples judgement. Think, if people go to a magic show and see something that makes them believe something that it irrational, then whats to say that same way of thinking wouldnt get in the mix of everyday life and rational thought?...Its things like this that a long time ago started a fantasy revolution that is still very strong today. But I honestly think that no matter how many fantasies get debunked, people will still believe b/c its somehow comforting to them.

[@kevingodding9316]

if you could ready bend spoons with your mind why do you need to be touching it at anytime

[@hanacodaiko]

2:13 and 7:25 Awww, the 70's, where it was perfectly normal to casualy smoke live on stage! :D

[@Coldfirephoenix]

For anyone interested: under this video, you see half a conversation between me and a self-proclaimed psychic. She decided to erase her comments, after trying to "read" me, and indicating that she had now powers at all. Funny enough, she started by saying she would LOVE to take randi's test. Very good example of how people can actually convince themselves of something, despite every evidence to the contrary. And very fitting under this video.

[@narcovice]

gellar moved the watch on the table

[@gysgtholpp]

The metal gallium looks like silver but has an extremely low melting point it will melt in your hands

[@napamodesto8001]

This guy should have his own movie.

[@entropy444]

id love to see how derren brown does his tricks they are beyond amazing

[@apseudonym]

@SeppLainer Good point.

[@benjaminbuhl7173]

"And then there was Mr. Geller's appearance on The Tonight Show…"

[@ejscorp]

Psychic powers sure need a lot of physical contact...

[@CrypticSlade]

At 2:59 when he says "an-and keep stroking here" he knows that he accidentally implied that the other guy could do it too so he subtly tells him to stop at 3:03 when he says "Don-Don't you see the crack is becoming bigger..." xD

[@Terry-404]

Just because my car radio is hard wired to AM, doesn't mean FM doesn't exist.

[@DaReaperZ]

No. Because other radioes have FM. What was your point anyway? He failed to show his powers, thus we can conclude he has no powers until he proves that he does.

[@Pawtacle]

"Drugs are for those to who the reality is not enough, alcohol for whom it is too much." Apparently, for Randi, the reality is just the right amount.

[@QuantumFluxable]

Could've made the key/spoon out of gallium or something as well though, then it would actually melt at around body temperature.