James Randi Stops His Pulse | Carson Tonight Show

[@hunter999888]

James Randi was the real deal, his commitment to rationality and the truth is sorely missed in this fake age we seem to be rotting in.

[@thetruthchannel349]

*That guy would have been the first person selling fake non-clinically tested 'Vx's 2 years ago.*

[@Gary_Hun]

I highly doubt he would have screamed "charlatans!" at doctors stating vaccination is the only option to stay alive during the big madness.

[@stephenl7048]

My despair has found the exact word. Rotting. Thank you so much for your comment.

[@keaton718]

Richard Dawkins is just as committed, but Dawkins isn't a showman or entertainer. He talks like an Oxford professor giving a lecture which a lot of people don't find very engaging.

[@RoyAH.]

Wow, first quarter in college. I figured it was ‘87 just from the memories of the the show. Thanks for the continual uploads!

[@flyguyry1]

What does first quarter in college mean?

[@RoyAH.]

@@flyguyry1: Fall, Winter, Spring, and Summer.

[@kentuky1233]

Johnny was such a class act. When the nurses showed up and Randy didn't introduce them I knew Johnny would greet them. What a wonderful guy he was.

[@benn239]

I can channel him if you want to get in touch. $350 a session. Anyone you want, Aristotle, Confucius, Hitler's masseuse, James Randi.

[@savageraccoon787]

​@@benn239lol

[@ZagnutBar]

By many accounts Johnny was NOT a wonderful guy in real life. He was dark and brooding and held grudges. What you are watching is his television personality, not who he really was.

[@derekfuiten204]

I moreover get the vibe that they were told to introduce themselves to Johnny. But notwithstanding, he was a class act.

[@keaton718]

@@ZagnutBar Johnny apparently loved to get drunk and brawl in bars and such. If they had smartphones back then he'd probably have been cancelled, lol.

[@FIREBRAND38]

We're all worse off with his absence. He was an incredible example of rational thinking.

[@benn239]

I can channel him if you want. $1000 a session.

[@donwald3436]

@@benn239 The JREF million dollar challenge is still available, literally 1000x$1000 if you demonstrate it.

[@FIREBRAND38]

@@donwald3436 Sorry, I know you wanted to contribute but the JREF formally retired the paranormal challenge in 2015 so it "literally" doesn't exist anymore.

[@cagneybillingsley2165]

where he goes, he must debunk

[@aaronmyers2382]

A remote viewer proved it to be true using CIA method ARV but he wouldn't pay up. He needed 100% success. Does Steph Curry have 100% 3 point shot success. Pick and choose lol.

[@Cylume.]

Amazing!

[@Paul-bd4dm]

Brilliant man r.i.p

[@daleproctor3723]

Thanks to the Amazing Randi and learning skeptical thinking from him I'm not a member of some UFO cult today. LOL

[@thetruthchannel349]

*Lol- skeptical thinking is just as useful as optimistic thinking. They are both equally absurd and useless.*

[@daleproctor3723]

@@thetruthchannel349 If you actually care about what’s true or not and want to have a firm grip on reality then skeptical thinking/critical thinking, i.e. ensuring that you have sound reasons for your conclusions, is very useful and prudent. To think otherwise is ignorance and perhaps motivated by the recognition that one holds beliefs that cannot withstand rational scrutiny.

[@thetruthchannel349]

@@daleproctor3723 *Skepticism and being critical are not the same thing. The Skeptic filters knowledge just as the Optimist does. Knowledge cannot be viewed through any filter without being colored and the outcome being biased.*

[@thetruthchannel349]

@@daleproctor3723 "withstand rational scrutiny" *Define Rational Scrutiny.*

[@thetruthchannel349]

@@daleproctor3723 "To think otherwise" *Hmmm.... to 'think otherwise.' What might be some reasons that you can think of which might validate one THINKING OTHERWISE? I can think of several reasons that one might begin to THINK OTHERWISE.*

[@jillkjv3816]

Was that George C. Scott sitting next to him? I'd like to see that interview.

[@WahrheitMachtFrei.]

Squash ball in the armpit, presses the brachial artery.

[@earlgreco8636]

I never understood why James Randi had to spend a lot of money defending against Geller in court when he has all his fraudulent tricks down.

[@BrianSmith-yq7ys]

Geller ended up paying allot in legal fees

[@mojabaka]

If Geller lost, he would have to pay back all of Randy‘s legal fees.

[@Prof_Tickles92]

Because Gellar would have his lawyers drag out the case or delay the court date as long as possible which meant that James had to pay more money to retain them.

[@paulamiles9559]

Randi's book, The Faith Healers, is soooo good. He was joking about the National Enquirer but my Dad was an editor and publisher, and he said pulp rags were just as reliable as slicks.

[@thejimmymeister]

I don't know about back in the day, but having been a professional journalist for a time, I can say with certainty that much of what makes it to "respectable" news sources these days originates in rags. It's one big recycling industry with little to no fact-checking.

[@barbaramattson817]

I DID THAT. I'M DEAD NOW. BUTTT I'M FEELING BEDDER NNNAAAOOOOWWW!!

[@josebuenfil7559]

Gracias

[@donwald3436]

RIP Randi we miss you and need you more than ever.

[@broadcastdeez]

thanks for posting. i try and watch everything with randi but never saw this one.

[@bombonalvarez3802]

For an average person it is easier to believe something that doesn't require thinking.

[@williampitzer5534]

Damn. They're all gone now..☹️

[@RichieRichMD]

For a rational in-depth explanation debunking all supernatural and pseudoscience claims a book by Professor Carl Sagan titled “The Demon Hunted World” is a must. “Life is but a momentary glimpse of the wonder of the astonishing Universe, and it is sad to see so many dreaming it away on spiritual fantasy” - Carl Sagan

[@happymystic]

Thanks bro. I'll look it up.

[@adamschwartz3449]

George C. Scott looked really unhappy to be there.

[@Ron-d2s]

I thought it was a tennis ball in the armpit.

[@markbirchette8740]

Everything is rampant in Californicate in 2023, except sanity...😆

[@seattlewa8500]

I am sure that whatever sh!thole you live in, it is all insanity.

[@bunnybismuth]

Move to Somalia

[@luckykhouphongsy59]

The amazing gangster randy

[@lanatrzczka]

2024. My sister got taken by one of these people. No too much money lost. Fortunately she considered reason later, and allowed it to be a performance act.

[@stdew07]

RIP Legend. Atheist Icon ❤️

[@steveconn]

If he's on the Tonight Show he must be an expert on the universe lol

[@jillkjv3816]

If he really was an atheist he isn't RIP sad to say.

[@jonasastrom7422]

Was he?

[@masterjose8483]

​@@jonasastrom7422 he was an atheist, icon I don't think so

[@jimreily7538]

​ He never said either way if he was an atheist or not, because he said that was beyond his capacity to prove or disprove. He only dealt with things, people and such, that he could prove or disprove.

[@MrSteve280]

People's belief systems are probably THE critical element of human nature. Facts, or anything in conflict, can seldom compete against them. That's humanity's Achille's Heel.

[@mattr.1887]

Can belief ever be a good thing?

[@MrSteve280]

@@mattr.1887 I'm a silverback and only now becoming aware of how we all have, and stubbornly, cling to our beliefs systems. They give us our identity. I guess reality isn't enough.

[@robertriley1569]

Very lively act...

[@Petrolacosaurus]

5:40 this is a common informal fallacy called ad ignorantiam or appeal to ignorance. Just cuz a claim has not been proven false does NOT make a claim true. This fallacy js common with a lot of conspiracy theorist and spiritual charlatans

[@jszlauko]

Yes, and is a favorite with theists, as they say "well, you cannot prove god does NOT exist!". They can't understand that there's a huge difference in saying "I don't believe X is true" and "I believe X is false". Any claim made by someone needs evidence to support it for it to be accepted as being true.

[@vincea2996]

Lowering your heart rate is super easy, just take deep breath, and then limit your breathing. I do it all the time i can drop my heart rete to 40-42 range .

[@harvinderrishiraj888]

what about stopping it all together?

[@kishoredoodnath3862]

Randi did not reveal how the trick is actually done. It is done using half a tennis ball in the armpit. Watch closely and you will see that as Randi draws his upper arm towards his body, his pulse in that arm disappears.

[@JohnvanGurp]

Yes, it’s noticeable! Thanks.

[@johncollins7062]

It is interesting he uses the phrase "physiological stunt"; ,and, almost, immediately calls it a "psychological effect".

[@NxDoyle]

He called the stunt physiological and the effect of the stunt psychological. It may be interesting, but you neglected to explain why.

[@davidmcneil2296]

2:59mis James Randi saying he has heart arrhythmia?

[@michaellinner7772]

Randi was great. I was sometimes surprised that Johnny was fooled by supposed "Yogis" like Uri Gellar since he was an accomplished magician himself.

[@TomNoddy]

I don't think that Johnny was fooled by Uri Geller. He had fooled Tom Snyder and some scientists at Stanford but Johnny was skeptical and Geller's "powers" didn't work on the Tonight Show. After that, Johnny invited Randi to demonstrate key bending and to discuss why scientists should invite magicians to attend the sessions when they are testing such things under "controlled conditions". kzbin.info/www/bejne/sHWagJp3maiCmNU

[@darrellhorner500]

JOHNNY WAS NEVER FOOLED! AS A MATTER OF FACT JOHNNY SET URI GELLAR UP ONE NIGHT ON THE TONIGHT SHOW AND GELLAR'S TRICKS DIDN'T WORK. GELLAR MASE EXCUSES FOR IT. YOU DIDN'T FOOL JOHNNY CARSON!!

[@1158scott]

​@@darrellhorner500 Yes, totally correct. Randi advised Johnny how to keep Geller from pulling his hoaxes.

[@seanking6184]

Why do you think Johnny had Randi on his show like 30 times? They were both magicians and skeptics and personal friends, he didn’t believe Uri at all hence exposing his ass on the show 🤣🤣🤣

[@RichieRichMD]

Carson was a non believer and a skeptic, he exposed Geller for the fraud that he was.

[@garycolton6522]

James Randi was a remarkable man and I always endorsed the work that he did exposing con artists who take advantage of people at a vulnerable time in their lives. But that said ordinary people do have extraordinary experiences of the paranormal myself included. I believe that established science should take the subject more seriously and not leave it to the amateur investigators who provide fodder to the charlatans who pass off sleight of hand as psychic talent.

[@racheldeborde8237]

It's amazing what people believe... 2 nurses should have gotten Oscars, for their acting skills, and Grammys for their sense of rhythm. Ha ha ha...

[@Sideshow-Bob]

the fact that you are skeptical about it would have made Randi very happy

[@amandahuginkiss4098]

He explained it in more detail in other videos. He places a ball in his armpit and squeezes. It cuts off blood supply. this is one of the few times he's ever explained a trick. Usually he just says - this is a trick but doesn't give away the secret. The nurses were not faking the pulses they felt.

[@harvinderrishiraj888]

@@amandahuginkiss4098 " He places a ball in his armpit and squeezes." Done. Fook all happened.

[@thetruthchannel349]

*Riveting.*

[@robertg786]

Apparently he tried this stunt once too often. He's really dead now.

[@leedaley3404]

Randi didn't debunk the paranormal. He just proved there are a lot of con artists out there. He specifically says here that certain aspects of the paranormal like ghosts are unfalsifiable.

[@Sashazur]

I’m sure he believed in Occam’s Razor - the principle that the simplest explanation for something is usually the right one. If you can duplicate paranormal things with magic tricks, and you also understand that people could be lying or hallucinating, then there’s no need to assume that sometimes instead it’s actually real.

[@leedaley3404]

@Sashazur OC is simply choosing the theory that has the fewest assumptions.

[@katkit4281]

​@@leedaley3404 That is because in a science you cannot disprove a double negative. Something that doesn't exist cannot leave evidence showing it doesn't exist.

[@leedaley3404]

@@katkit4281 Exactly.

[@BrianSmith-yq7ys]

I did a physic reading over facebook live a year ago. Nothing was said that really took be aback however as soon as the reading was over my hair dryer turned on by itself. Considering i live by myself thats a pretty compelling trick

[@kenhaley4]

Did the psychic predict the hair dryer would do that? Otherwise...not very compelling. Weird things happen. Uri Geller did a similar thing on live TV. He told the TV audience to examine a broken watch or clock, and will it to start working again by just "believing", and to call the TV show if it worked. Several astonished viewers did call in, and said their clocks or watches did indeed start working again. Amazing? No. The fact is that some watches or clocks will restart for a few minutes after having died, just by picking them up or jostling them. Most won't of course, but out of thousands of viewers, he only needed a few to "prove" his point.

[@BrianSmith-yq7ys]

@@kenhaley4 umm no that was not a coincidence that’s the only time in 15 years something in my house turned on by itself and I was a audience of 1 not 1 million. And no she said nothing about my hair dryer

[@kenhaley4]

@@BrianSmith-yq7ys Well, so if not a coincidence, how do you explain it?

[@BrianSmith-yq7ys]

@@kenhaley4 something was trying to tell me it was authentic experience and not a con

[@kenhaley4]

@@BrianSmith-yq7ys By turning on your hair dryer? Seems like an odd way to communicate. What or who do you think it was?

[@mojabaka]

So nobody ever had the idea to use an EKG?

[@prophecieswithsamsondavidg1297]

Amazing, I didn't know that Johny Carson had some days meet together with Kathryn kuhlman. Please do you realize that the anointing of God's servant that the world is waiting will have to do with the same anointing that was used with Kathryn and pastor Benny Hinn?

[@thetruthchannel349]

*Kuhlman had an interesting history in early Hollywood. The church she built used lighting and stage direction techniques which were cutting edge at the time and Hollywood studios actually took some of the methods and things they were using at her Church to implement in tv and film production.*

[@kevink9938]

kathryn and benni carry a false anointing that every disciple of Jesus Christ should beware of

[@OneEyedOracle]

Two Words "EDGAR Cayce"

[@bunnybismuth]

Total fraud

[@OneEyedOracle]

Just because one guys pretends to be a yogi does not discredit all the yogis, nor does one botched operation discredit all the surgeons, channelled from my higher self

[@freemagicfun]

True, but there are surgeons that have been proven to be real - there are no yogis proven to be real. Randi offered a 1 million dollar prize to anyone that could prove some psychic power. No one ever made passed a preliminary test. Not one real one ever came forward. That says a lot. 😎

[@OneEyedOracle]

@@freemagicfun Edgar Mitchell, you know the scientist that walked on the moon and started Institute of Noetic Sciences? IONS have compiled results from thousands of peer reviewed studies and experiments by industry experts in the field of consciousness. They have proven beyond a doubt the BIG FIVE. Telepathy, clairvoyance, precognition, channelling, and psychometry. Where do you think intuition comes from? If you wish to live in a dark world do so, but dont drag others into it. Our race is beyond profound, though some have no faith in it. Randi is a palour trick, and made a good living from it. He was even on the tonight show. Look into Uri Geller is you want proof.

[@OneEyedOracle]

They proved that mindfulness can change the chemical structure of water. Basically our thoughts can change the chemical nature of water. That to me is psychic power, and they did it with yogis, and Budhist monks, who can also drop their heart rates at will, look into Wim Hoff the iceman scientific experiments and explode your mind

[@thetruthchannel349]

*Correct. Randi simply was chosen to make a career out of fooling the poor dumb American into NOT questioning & also to accept those like Randi who came with a sense of 'Rationality.' All goes back to a program the Pentagon started in the late 40s towards the end of WWII - MANUFACTURED CONSENT and DISSENT.*

[@amandahuginkiss4098]

the one who is making the claim should be the one proving the claim is real. Randi himself said the same as you many times. He never said this stuff isn't real - he was just looking for proof and showed a possible way these things could be faked. It's like being an atheist. Atheists do not say -God doesn't exist. Theists say god exists. Atheists say - I don't believe you unless you can prove it.

[@andrewarthurmatthews6685]

These ‘nurses’ were his stooges of course

[@Richard-b5r9v]

Too bad that James Randi couldn't take a Time Machine to the Biblical times and prove the belief in God and Jesus as frauds as well

[@JesusismyRock773]

Too bad you don't believe because it will be proven true that they are not frauds when you die. But then, it will be too late.

[@jszlauko]

@@JesusismyRock773 - Too bad you believe in something that has no evidence of being true.

[@rwnljn]

So funny, those that don’t believe in Jesus, are the biggest and loudest complainers. On all other topics, when we don’t believe we just move on and don’t need to express any thoughts. These folks that are non believers are really asking out loud how do we believe. Easy, pray and you will feel the Holy Spirit in you. .

[@Sashazur]

Belief by definition isn’t a fraud. It means you think something is true without hard evidence. Maybe you could go back and prove Jesus didn’t exist, but you can’t prove God doesn’t exist since nobody claims God is a physical phenomenon.

[@CurlyPewbes]

We needed James during the covid 19 mask scam.

[@michaele.stovall6364]

Randi you can tell wasnt really a class act of a guy

[@marymagdalene3004]

He seems like a carnival barker to me. Worse, perhaps, than some of the "psychics" he is mocking.