James Randi in Australia

[@anthonyn8668]

No need to apologize for the bad audio, it's great that you take the time to download any videos at all....ESPECIALLY James Randi! Please PLEASE keep them coming, much appreciated.

[@peyotecowboy3199]

+Anthony N I'd figure the bad audio is since it's from an old show. I agree it seems fine to me too.

[@BaldingEagle51]

17:59 Dowsing participants are informed of the experiment under Scientific conditions. 20:08 Participants accept the conditions. 21:44 Water dowsing begins. 33:40 Dowsing results are in.

[@davepowell7168]

@33:40 we hear the success of water dowsing prior to negative bias voiding the result

[@mikewazowski350]

Dowsing is a lie. I lived in Florida and my parents needed a new well. They got a dowser to come out to tell them where to dig. When the dowser was there I laughed at his antics and he challenged me. I told him that Florida is, on average 6 ft above sea level and being there was a large lake 100ft away we could dig anywhere and get water. He claimed there were underground rivers. I pointed to the ground in a place he said there was no water and told my parents to drill there. When the well guy came out he told my parents that they wasted their money. Dowsing is a farce. He drilled in my spot and put the well in, where it has been for 40 years, providing water.

[@elmoblatch9787]

That's a great story. Thanks for sharing.

[@getmeoutofsanfrancisco9917]

Dowsing is such quackery I don’t even know where to begin. The fact that people still actually believe this nonsense is beyond me. Im not sure why Im surprised by human antics anymore. Never fails.

[@mikewazowski350]

@Cathal Ó Braonáin my parents, my mom specifically, brought this dowser over. I came home from school and he happened to be there. When I found out, I challenged him because I knew dowsing was phoney.

[@googleuser2609]

Lol

[@jedmccullough7959]

Duh.

[@patrickwilkin441]

James Randi was an amazingly kind, thoughtful, and honest man. He is missed.

[@losttribe3001]

How lucky were we to have him in our lives? He’ll be missed.

[@12staunton1]

Your comment is the first I have heard of his passing. I was wondering why I had been getting recommended this James Randi content recently.

[@rage9715]

@@12staunton1 Jim Al-Khalili @jimalkhalili How have I only just heard that the great #JamesRandi has died yesterday? Have I just been too busy to notice or have the media not covered it? Very sad. One of my heroes. #RIP twitter.com/jimalkhalili/status/1319548573801943041 Don't worry it wasn't just you.

[@SKANK_HUNT49]

Hes burning 🔥 in hell

[@tuffyyakim1983]

@@SKANK_HUNT49 I Doubt it 😆😂

[@cygil1]

Lucky for him that he didn't survive to the #metoo era.

[@jojevismclain2475]

James randi has been 200 years old for 400 years

[@gruberjens4354]

Jojevis McLain James is the Merlin of our days 😂

[@eppiehemsley6556]

That's magic.

[@arbur4746]

if that's not a miracle I don't know what is? lol

[@tannerdylan5972]

I hope he stays around for another 400

[@tannerdylan5972]

@@DerekHaasHaas I like to think that he became a ghost and is now severely messing with all people like uri geller till he can drive them into a padded cell.

[@tophat4618]

Its nice to look back at old television with the quirky music and live documenting

[@bashkillszombies]

"The only thing you can do and the only person you're going to convince is the younger generation." - this show made me question everything, from religion to ... EVERYTHING. This very show airing made me a skeptic and atheist, and he was right, it was on daytime TV in Australia and most kids at my school were talking about it. Rationalism is growing, maybe one day religion will be extinguished too?

[@con3521]

We can only hope.

[@davidstorrs]

God I hope so. ;> Love your user name, by the way.

[@amark350]

then the baby went out with the bath water

[@lukedominicodonnell2347]

I suggest a little research into Quantumdynamics V's thermodynamics. All things are not as "BASIC" as Randi made them out to be.

[@TrevortonOffroad]

​@@lukedominicodonnell2347 Enlighten us Luke... since you've 'done the research'. You can be the first person to discover how the magic wands work and you'll be famous and rich beyond belief. Ever hear of the term Occams Razor ? Perhaps the magic wands don't really work at all and Randi is right, this IS basic science. So go ahead and give us all some big convoluted explanation about the molecules of water attracted by magnetism, throw in the word 'quantum' three or four times. And then after you're theory we can test your claims... And guess whats gunna happen when we test your claims Luke, guess whats gunna happen. We all know what happens when we put dowsers under the microscope. So keep comin' up with those theories of yours. So go ahead Luke... scientifically explain dowsing to the world.

[@joewatts9283]

Dude in the white shirt with the tie was having the time of his life. I love it

[@LisaBeergutHolst]

38:31

[@robertleeluben]

I'm not strong today... The stars are in the wrong alignment... That skeptical guy over there is sending out bad vibrations... The spirits are quiet today... What's your favorite psychic excuse? Had to edit this while watching to add "The residual effect" excuse.

[@kane0387]

What is amazing is Uri Geller on the tonight show with Johnny Carson. You can find the whole thing on youtube. As Carson consulted Randi, who said "do not let him or anyone from his team touch the props at anytime before the show" As you can guess, Uri shits himself, says he doesn't "feel strong today" you would think that would have been the end of his career, but it actually made him sell out more shows. He is 100% a fraud though. I have also read James' book on him, interesting reading. He could duplicate every trick successfully himself. Apparently, it's not that hard to figure out which jars have the water inside them.

[@TrevortonOffroad]

LOL, ya gotta love it. James Randi is the best. Stay skeptical my friends... "The easiest person to fool is yourself" - Richard Feynman “It doesn't matter how beautiful your theory is, it doesn't matter how smart you are. If it doesn't agree with experiment, it's wrong” - Richard Feynman

[@arbur4746]

I agree with some things you said.. but it's a wonderful universe we are living in? (Randy's words from the video)We all die and end up in darkness and will be all forgotten, universe will cool down and end up in darkness and will be forgotten... and its a wonderful universe we are living in? so who lies to themselves, just to be fair...

[@jsg05197205]

James randi is a fraud, this "experiment" is a concocted deception. Richard Dawkins hosted a similar experiment with a similar fraudulent outcome. They are trying to take to power of nature away from you.

[@TrevortonOffroad]

@@jsg05197205 In your comment you make claims with no evidence, just like your magical wands or swinging pendant or chanting to the gods. All bullshit. People laugh at your type. The type that is still living in 1940. People who are completely scientifically illiterate. Go play with your sticks in the backyard Jon and remember that people are nice to your face, but behind your back they are rolling their eyes at your magical claims. Now get out of here and take the "power of nature" with you.

[@acraisal377]

​@@arbur4746It's not dark when you die. It's nothing. Your brain stops working and your eyes too. So no we don't end up in darkness we are gone. And the universe may once day die but none of us will live long enough to see it. If you don't appreciate the time you have then you don't appreciate anything.

[@UncleFeedle]

Good to see this on KZbin. I thought of bringing it across myself, mainlly because I am sick to death of attempting any kind of reasoned debate with dowsers and all their hopeless delusions.

[@JS-qg1ie]

UncleFeedle Never tried it then?

[@thomasbisset4544]

Insert anecdotal evidence here

[@Magpie1701]

Randi is coming back to Australia in December to premier his new autobiographical film and I'll be lucky enough to be there to meet him, I'm so excited Randi is an idol !!

[@shadowofthenighthawk]

no need to call him an idiot, idiot

[@atheistmommy3710]

Magpie Grun I know it was 2 years ago but I envy you so much! I would love to meet Amazing Randi! James Randi is one of my heros of all times. I think of him as highly as of Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens (passed away), Sam Harris, Neil Degrasse Tyson, Brian Green, Lisa Randolph, Ann Downey, Michio Kaku, and Bill Maher ( I LOOOOVE! BILL MAHER!). Few others, too, but those I mentioned I like the most.

[@zarasbazaar]

An improvement over this experiment would have been to have an equal number of people who claim no 'psychic gift' to run the same course. That way it would have been obvious that the dowsers have no greater chance than any other person.

[@Palifiox]

@zarasbazaar. Back in the 1980s the father of a friend of mine bought land near Kingaroy, Australia. The friend happened to be there when a dowser was called in by her father to find a spot for a water bore. She was skeptical and tried it herself. She got the much same places as the dowser and he told her that almost anyone can do it. Personally I think that a bore put down almost anywhere will find water.

[@juandiego9164]

@@Palifiox it won't there are still pockets or veins you have to tap into cause two well systems 50 yards apart can be in two different veins and one will randomly stop pumping water .on my land that's exactly what happened.

[@PurplePinkRed]

Ah Dick Smith! A great Aussie legend with James Randi. Great minds think alike!

[@bluedragonfly8139]

OMG, thank you for uploading this! I saw this years ago and couldn't find it!

[@stiimuli]

39:03 "i knew he had lips up his whiskers." lol These tests need to be done more often publicly for all manner of crazy things people believe. Thank you James Randy for everything you've done over the years.

[@benconway9010]

What kind of tests??

[@leonardgibney2997]

Aren't we lucky to have such people as Mr. Randi who knows everything about the Cosmos and existence. Truly unique.

[@drumphil00]

Loll, the background music while they're "divining" is hilarious! 1960's SCI-FI style.

[@BJ-bi9xv]

😂

[@atheistmommy3710]

Randi is truly Amazing! I thought I have watched everything on Randi, every documentary, interview, appearance, etc, but somehow I missed this one.

[@rjsteeves]

Hey! I can divine water too! Of course, my dousing rod is not so much a rod and more of a ground-penetrating radar, but it works nonetheless.

[@deeprecce9852]

The world will be less violence place with a little more logical, sensible thinking and common sense..James you are a gift to humanity for your contribution..

[@davidnolan1276]

Its a poorer world without this legend RIP wiseone🌹🌼🌹

[@koilamaoh4238]

Sadly This type of new age influence is taking over, thanks to how easy social media is to access, easier to con people out of their hard earn money; natural selection at its finest.

[@logicallunatic1]

Was looking for this, great upload!

[@Gramercy_Stiffs]

I wish he'd thrown in a ruse that was revealed later. He could have told them where the water was to test their rods, but in secret it was at another position. Would have been great to see them manipulate their equipment thinking water was beneath them.

[@ColinBache]

Loved watching this. Randi, Hitchens - 2 absolute legends alike in many ways. 🤩

[@science212]

You're right, Colin.

[@nikkistixx9750]

James was one of my favorite people in the world. He was a man with unbelievable intelligence and very entertaining to listen to. Rest In Peace Mr.Randi. Thanks for all the years of your presence.

[@AlfredPotterGuitar]

What a brilliant man!

[@miminoman356]

WHAT'S BRILLIANT?! RENDI IS WORKING WITH DEMONS!- THAT'S EVIL

[@terryowings9469]

@@miminoman356 how do you know?

[@patu8010]

It's like the dowsing olympics

[@Magpie1701]

more like the down-syndrome olympics sorry

[@BJ-bi9xv]

😂right!😂😂😂😂

[@muttley8818]

James Randi will be sorely missed. Brilliant show though. Thanks for the upload.

[@dattallaudiophile236]

Jesus, James there talking about probability and ideomotor reaction and shit to those damn farmer wizards hahahaha

[@Alberturkey54]

I don't like the way the results were collated. Instead of whether, on average, the selections were greater than chance as a group, the real question should be whether any one of the dowsers was able to achieve a statistically significant selection. Otherwise any one of them could claim that they failed because of the incompetence of the other dowsers in the study.

[@atheistmommy3710]

Alberturkey54 I think they did tell each one of them the individual results, but for some readon skipped that part. I agree though, I would like to see their reactions while being told how miserably they failed.

[@gabe-po9yi]

The people who claim to be able to divine water and precious metals should be millionaires, but it doesn't look like they are if they're salivating over $10,000 - even in that day.

[@fivish]

None of these dowsers will accept that they have no powers at all.

[@CovidConQuitTheCensorship]

They're all shonks. Of course they know it's a scam but won't admit it because they wanted to continue conning farmers

[@juandiego9164]

World needs more people like James Randi

[@Pablo123456x]

20 people have an appointment with the homeopathist.

[@bopp3279]

James Randi is a bloody legend mate

[@ross817]

I wonder if the water diviners genuinely believe that they have psychic powers. It seems like they'd have to have some huge balls to take on Randi otherwise.

[@elmoblatch9787]

The dowsers are a different breed. They are mostly not trying to commit fraud. They are just hopelessly deluded. They are true believers.

[@CovidConQuitTheCensorship]

Rubbish. They have to maintain the illusion because they con/scam/defraud farmers and future work relies on being recommended

[@BlisaBLisa]

@@CovidConQuitTheCensorship no i think a decent amount of them believe their own bullshit lol

[@SamM-kh2vd]

Imagine having a skill that could make you millions…..but you settle for just enough to get by. Such selfless, honest, caring individuals.

[@speccwolf]

Young Dick Smith has a comforting voice.

[@KathySturak]

15:19 i love this couple, she supports her hubby 100%, love how hubby doesn't know about the steel deviners and got it from the backyard mulberry tree

[@alija-sirbeg]

Very, very sad. First of all, sad from the point of view of the dowsers. They should know the difference between underground water and totally dead, municipal water pumped through the strait round tubes. This water, municipal water is according to the genius Viktor Schauberger, not only dead but also can be very bad, angry water which has lost all its qualities, and energy which helps dowser to detect it. Dowser is not detecting water, but energy radiating from water. Watch a few of Emoto's experiments with water. Second, to talk about doubting Thomas and the TV team, would be much, much sadder.

[@katkit4281]

Tell me you are an uneducated science illiterate without telling me you are an uneducated science illiterate lol.

[@AxCxfortheWin]

LOL!!! The guy says he can find marijuana with his magical sticks!!!! HAHAHAHAAHHA!!! This has made my day.

[@jamesphilipson1289]

All these grown men pretending to have powers and deluding themselves in the way a young child would. Painful

[@Stokedhavok]

James Philipson Exactly...

[@ShaunJW1]

I think he still wears it in some of his latest videos.

[@themarra3293]

3mins in sounds like me messing around with every sound on my 90s keyboard

[@johnathanbusse4679]

The best part of this was watching all the old men aimlessly walking around the field lol.

[@LegionOfShrooms]

Like copperfield used to do when he’d have his TV specials always used the number trick for those at home. Loved that as a kid.

[@KidKaizer]

A LEGENDARY MAN! ONE OF THE BEST EVER.

[@walleye364]

I wish someone would stop silvia brown. My mom and dad was watching her on tv and it was silvia brown said this and silvia brown said that. I was shock that they were buying into her crap.. People tend to over look the wrong answers and look at the right ones. i can guess at the future events and get some right too.

[@TheAngelElectriko]

The living God heard your request. Two years later after your request at age 77

[@TheSoloAsylum]

I can point out water in any place on earth. It's down, thats it. Keep drilling until you hit it.

[@bltetlow]

Tucker = Food, Tumut is a town. So my guess is that a tuckertorium Tumut is a cafe in Tumut.

[@martin5940]

It aways works except in front of THE witnes camera of James Randy.

[@mellifont96]

23:32 the look on the reporters face lol

[@annnee6818]

Cool programme. Thanks for sharing!

[@vivaecia77]

OMG Dick Smith AND The Amazing Randy? Awesome!

[@amyabarca4440]

I get the outdated film but the noise effects are annoying and distracting.

[@jimreily7538]

This is as old school Aussie as it gets

[@outseeker]

Dick Smith ever looked this young?! :D

[@TaiwanisMoving]

16:23 "If you've had success at this game..." he gave up the con right then.

[@colinbrigham8253]

Thank you sorting the wood from the trees🤗

[@puppetsock]

Whatever is a tuckertorium tumut as on the shirt of the guy with the yellow shirt?

[@frankkelch4553]

Interesting sound effects...

[@Siraj75]

It's the synth pop sound of the early 80's

[@bozenaostrowska3862]

Did James did an apostasy?

[@galenseilis5971]

They should have put confidence intervals on the results.

[@queballaus]

the main guy kinda sounds like Kirk Cameron. Ironic.

[@ReverseTranscriptase]

“2+2 == 4 or so I hope.” Oh little did he know.

[@TheLoserKingdom]

Ideomotor movements, simple really.

[@azimalif266]

is he the inspiration for the sceptic on "Now you see me"?

[@bashkillszombies]

They should have gotten their wives or family to change the boxes, or turn the taps, that way they would have to accuse their own missus of lying.

[@BlisaBLisa]

that would have opened the experiment up to tampering, a random guy has no incentive to help the dowsers cheat but their families do

[@Simonjose7258]

I can do "it" anytime any place any day of the week. I'm doing it right now!

[@jedmccullough7959]

I think just like him sadly I live in a world of people who prefer fairy tales to reality.

[@amywhitaker1862]

The water dowsing was 22% accurate which is over twice the amount of simply chance. Interesting

[@stitcha123]

36.00 'arrrgh we're fucked'.

[@mk1cortinatony395]

The dowsers themselves dont even look shady or deceptive. I think they actually believe in what they do. Just like a religion, crazy really.

[@josipv6438]

Haha nice one, they believe in materialism, they just want money and they found the fallacy to obtain some. This is actual comedy.

[@Te3time]

@@josipv6438 idk some of them just seem like crazy old people

[@johnathanbusse4679]

HE GAVE HIMSELF UP WHEN HE SAID "THE WOOD IS HOW I WAS TAUGHT"

[@tomg5187]

Fantastic. Disturbing what human beings will believe.

[@theoliviaarchives4794]

These guys believe in what they do, you won't change their mind.

[@LegionOfShrooms]

You could see the guy with the wood straining to pull it outward.

[@tuffyyakim1983]

29:25 🤣 omg.. it really did work!!! Lol

[@edfrees]

Epic music.

[@jonnyueland7790]

Even our local electrician that uses advance metal detectors to find buried cables has dowsing rods in his van. He told me when the cables are to deep to find, he then can rely on the dowsing rods. He gave me the rods to try and find the cable we where looking for, and sure enough, I did get a hit. And when he tested with the detector it was there!

[@MrRazorblade999]

Pure luck obviously

[@markewings7525]

Yeah lucky for him you're a gullible moron

[@ac3tate909]

LOL Simple minded people outnumber those with functional brains Finding a fellow dimwit is easy

[@waukivorycopse2402]

I have a bridge in Brooklyn for sale if you are interested?

[@r.b.4611]

Did you see the KZbin clip "*Name here* claims the 1 million dollars"?

[@klystron2010]

Aquaman can do this without sticks.

[@user-zu1ix3yq2w]

Holy shit. He found the brass.

[@intrepidelica7059]

I hope they didn't call him a Seppo....

[@jOhNbLaZe415]

Claptrap and flummery I say!

[@gabiausten8774]

It’s so interesting that we just don’t wanna accept reality, that we look for escapes, exceptions, shortcuts.

[@juandiego9164]

It's basically admittimg that theyre dumb/ or are frauds. big reason religious people have all theyre sayings that don't answer anything but it sounds good. Just like these these men having there reasons.

[@GlasgowGallus]

Absolute legend...👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@neilhobson3624]

You’re not wrong there mate. James Randi is a great bloke👍😀. He does some really good work 😀.

[@MarCuseus]

They are amazingly talented at divining one thing: bullshit

[@Te3time]

lmao I love how they keep cutting back to the guy listing everything he can detect or whatever

[@loadingimage4701]

10:41 😂😂😂😂😂😂 best part

[@waveman0]

dowsers are among the most auto-deceptive people out there, they believe in their abilities wholeheartedly and always claim they have almost always have a 100% success rate. Then whenever they are put to the test in proper double-blind tests (and invariably fail) they always come up with some excuse as to why they failed and will still believe in dowsing. Even when you show them how they are fooling themselves they still won't believe dowsing is bullshit or how they cannot do what they claim that they can do they will still go on with dowsing and swear black and blue that it is real. Every time dowsers have been properly tested it has been found to be bullshit.

[@BlisaBLisa]

i dont think its really possible to "prove" to them that it doesnt work, theyre playing pretend so they can come up with any explanation they want in a way a scientist couldnt. its like when youre a kid playing pretend with your friend and every time you "kill" them in a sword fight or whatever they'll say something like "actually i had a forcefield around me this whole time" lmao

[@waveman0]

@@BlisaBLisa agreed mate, it's called confirmation bias. Here in Australia the government even spent money on studying dowsing (for mining and finding water) getting the best dowsers they could find and testing them, guess what, they all failed. James Randi also tested it and showed how it is BS. He also never gave out his US$ 1 million dollar prize to any dowser.

[@slaugmromni6743]

Getting it right is confirmation of the charlatan's power. Getting it wrong is even stronger confirmation of the charlatan's power. That is a truly incredible defense mechanism.

[@susanoconnell777]

I think that might have been an April Fools' joke.

[@JESUS.IS.LORD.AND.GOD.FOREVER]

Me sitting here trying to bend a spoon for less than 1 minute and thinking to myself while attempting to, that it would be such a useless trick even if it had worked 😆😂😆😂 then puting my spoon back in the drawer.

[@BlisaBLisa]

bro u are too deranged to be looking down on these people lmao

[@lapaleves]

so, it said there was 20% success against 10% random chance when checking for water. that seems statistically significant, doesn't it? any more info on that?

[@corydude2008]

Rip Randi....but wow Randi can talk fast as hell lmaooooooo

[@ThatCanadianGuy-e1p]

It's now a million dollars, an no one's won it, paranormal powers 0, rationality 1million lol.