Seth Raphael claims Randi's Million Dollar Challenge

At the MIT Media Lab in April 2008, Hi-Tech Magician Seth Raphael (magicseth.com/) challenged James Randi (randi.org/), claiming his computer can read minds. Randi accepted the challenge and then watched as Seth's computer succeeded in passing all of his tests. Witness Randi handing Seth the first good faith check for $10,000. Seth performs all of these miracles in live shows for companies across the world.

[@evan937]

I think the biggest question most of us are all thinking is what the hell is wrong with that man's hair?

[@scally__6779]

Don't look up elapesia or you'll be none the wiser...try looking for alopecia - most people just shave their head.

[@belltopcone]

Scally __ Thanks Scally :-)

[@Malakawaka]

+Chi sey 😆😆

[@ExpatScoti]

Misdirection.

[@bveracka]

Misdirection, haha that sure is fitting! And it's one very screwed up hair style.

[@Sevenstarz1216]

Let's all bow our heads and take a moment of silence for our brothers and sisters who warned us in the comments. We stand on the shoulders of giants. Thank you for your service.

[@JoeZUGOOLA]

They fucked up a perfectly good joke 😅

[@ApartmentKing66]

@@JoeZUGOOLA Or saved us all 27 minutes of sitting through one.

[@antonelabakavic4045]

Yes. For all of those who lost almost 30 minutes of their lives, so we could be saved

[@kennethmelnychuk9737]

Good thing that I fast forward to the end

[@nailbreakzhammer9716]

Fun fact if everybody switched our smart tech off and refused to switch it back on until our demands were met , the virtual crippling of their big data economy and digital infrastructure would bring the cabal to their knees . It's all about big data , data collection is worth more than oil , the future is gene therapy doing away with millenia of medicine the jabbing will never stop , but they couldnt achieve it if everybody refused their tech , hell even just for a day or a week even switch it off when you go to bed would be a start ,we hold all the cards.

[@InsidetheCasino]

I met James Randi at the Flamingo in Las Vegas in 2019 while he was having coffee with Penn Jillette. My daughter had spied Penn at the small lobby cafe we were in line at and pointed him out. I immediately recognized the old gray-haired man he was with. Penn had just wheeled him by in a wheelchair to the patio of the cafe. I saw a lull in their conversation and got the courage to introduce myself to them both. While Penn excused himself to get the coffee, I got to chat with James a bit and expressed my enjoyment of his debunking videos. He was a very gracious and soft spoken man. I didn’t visit but more than a couple minutes, as I didn’t want to intrude on the two close friends time together. Later that night, at the meet and greet after the Penn & Teller show, I reminded Penn that I had met him and James earlier that morning. He said he remembered, and that James appreciated me talking to him about his debunking stuff and that it meant a lot to him. That’s my story of meeting James Randi and Penn together.

[@Stuartdouglas19]

I can't believe I fell for a 10 year old April fool. Very well played. Best part was when he took out the envelope to prove he couldn't cheat either

[@chrlpolk]

I saw this years back and it just popped up on my feed. I remembered that is was a trick, but what was the ending? I watched through it again and was like that’s right, April Fools 😂

[@Greg-yu4ij]

I was thinking no way, even if supernatural powers exist nobody’s ever gonna prove it, and claim the million dollars. So I’m not wasting 27 minutes on this. Read the comments, saved minutes.

[@brianmueller7913]

Why shouldn't you "fall for it?" You undoubtedly trusted Randi as a "man of science," when he is nothing more than a retired magician, or should I say a con man or liar.

[@triple_x_r_tard]

@@brianmueller7913 randi was quite well-spoken and pragmatic. are you trying to make an appeal to university degreeship? or do you actually believe you can cast magic spells?

[@Badfinger4]

@@brianmueller7913James Randi is the farthest thing from a con man or a liar as you accuse him of being.

[@whomee2]

Thanks to reading the comments, I skipped ahead to 26:35 and didn't waste half an hour watching this...

[@fielding68]

+whomee2 Wish i'd done the same mate.

[@fdakis]

+whomee2 Ha! Thanks for saving me the time man. I was a few minutes in before I read your post.

[@dogfather761]

Thanks dude

[@robmccabe6993]

+whomee2 lol thankya

[@THE16THPHANTOM]

+whomee2 hahah.... thanks

[@merrick3627]

I feel absolutely betrayed by this video

[@tomjones3013]

me to. I just wasted 27 minutes of my life.

[@catfish24]

He's bald He's not bald He's bald He's not bald He's bald He's not bald.

[@Quark.Lepton]

James Randi was a friend of mine, and I know a lot of people rightly claim that honor, but I will never forget how generous he was to me and how, in some inexplicable way, I always felt better knowing he was around, doing what he did best for the betterment of all. Having passed away almost exactly one year ago, I feel a void and an uncertainty about the future of science in this chaotic, profoundly, ignorant, violence-prone country because we have lost one of our greatest champions of science, truth and education. All that considered, James Randi and his remarkable life’s work, indeed, left us in a better place than we could have ever achieved without him. RIP old bean.

[@havocproltd]

HOLY KATZ! I was not aware that the Amazing Randi had passed. Godspeed, Mr. Randi.

[@TL3721]

Hey Sa, I don’t know Randi personally, but I feel exactly the same way about him as you do. It’s not often these days to come across a truly authentic person. He’ll always be an inspiration for me.

[@PropagandaFacts]

i never heard of the cat but i can feel the emotion and passion in what you write...thank you for introducing me to a guy with your incredibly well articulated description...i can tell i wouldve liked him

[@nicholasmuro1742]

His was the 2nd book on magic I ever read. The first was about Houdini. I never wanted to be a magician. Just wanted to know how it worked. I guess it's the mechanic in me. He exposed it, I loved it.

[@firecloud77]

*"James Randi and his remarkable life’s work, indeed, left us in a better place than we could have ever achieved without him."* His spirit is in a much better place right now, I'm sure much to his utter shock and amazement.

[@AngelsOfCydonia]

Well there goes 2 seconds of my life I'll never get back.. Thank you comment section.

[@Beefeater911]

Your mom agrees

[@davejones5640]

@Jay Gan you still got burned.

[@seniorsabali8759]

🤣

[@paull4230]

If you cut out alcohol and fast food you will get those two seconds back.

[@ScribblebytesWorldwide]

Time is a virtue.

[@AbdelAziz0205]

Seth's hair is still loading.

[@marmccown3537]

lmao!

[@martincooper8559]

Lmfao!!! 😂😂😂😂😣👌👌👌

[@antonelabakavic4045]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 the best comment!!! You deserve million likes

[@solnocturno]

Lmao buffering......

[@gustavogodoy9626]

The twist is that the paranormal was in his hair like Samson's Strength

[@paulthompkins4150]

Magic Seth went on Penn and Tellers show FOOL US and completely blew their minds. He's truly AMAZING.

[@mouseman225]

Thank goodness that was all an April fool's! Initially I was thinking "well, all it takes to win a million bucks is to use technology that grandpa doesn't understand" 😂

[@JESUSisGOD-vy6ps]

Please answer

[@rayluna1432]

Same thought lol 😂

[@joetheman74]

Obviously you children have never seen James Randi before. He was a very intelligent person with a long career in debunking paranormal psychic nonsense. He was not some ignorant old man that doesn't understand tech. Yet what am I to expect from obviously YOUNG inexperienced children that know nothing of the world yet.

[@naomibarrenger2295]

​@joetheman74 stop talking to young children on the internet then

[@MADmosche]

@@joetheman74*whoosh*

[@Revelationxxx]

It's all an April fools joke... this video was posted in september. I've just wasted 27 minutes of my life.

[@mikeill4144]

gone forever

[@45rpm.]

+Slows I knew there was something fishy going on, I was like woah test it properly with the double blind n everything.

[@zapzee3298]

+Slows trollolololololololo! u mad? XD

[@Revelationxxx]

+Cecilie Hansen not remotely mad... are you trying to be funny?

[@zapzee3298]

Slows yass!

[@The-Real-Term]

To all the people crying that this was a waste of 27 minutes and they want it back it's your own fault for being a rookie of the internet, I'm a professional KZbin viewer and that entails always having a second monitor with porn playing and simultaneously watching both monitors to never risk wasted time. I have completed KZbin 3 times now but in return I suffer from carpal tunnel in both wrist and one ankle and exhausted over 14,000 boxes of tissue paper.

[@h8tingit]

lol 😂😂

[@87arranprestwich]

fucking funny shit hopefully one day I can complete youtube

[@MegaTriumph1]

So you are saying your in pain and can not acess the button to quickly get to another channel. To bad for you.

[@TranslationsRussian]

Save money on tissues by re-using an old sock!

[@interestedglaswegian3796]

WHAT DOES "COMPLETED KZbin" MEAN

[@bazonics]

Well, that was 27 minutes of my life I'll never get back.

[@ExDubxC]

10 years. . . 10 YEARS OLD VIDEO and they pranked my ass. love it. much love Mr magic Setch

[@chadakaira]

Please tell me part of the gag was this dude's fucked up dome?

[@DamienStorey]

It was aired on April 1st ...

[@Wertsir]

Yeah, but was the HAIR a part of the joke, or does that guy just have it that way naturally?

[@Bbknuckles]

chadakaira nada he's battling cancer

[@seafoxx777]

Those were sensors, not hair patches.

[@bert.hbuysse5569]

Trust me, if you have an MA from MIT you don't have to worry about your haircut any longer.

[@eldritchmen765]

Why does that psychic look like he should be praising Atom in the Glowing Sea?

[@magnussteinbru5298]

Eldritch Guy Haha! Nice Fallout reference, bro.

[@TheJudgeraye]

nice! i couldnt believe that when i read it

[@martinigasolini4062]

Eldritch Guy Lmfao

[@MsSaxoBeat257]

Eldritch Guy omg what an awesome and perfect reference! Haha

[@ingainloggningsnamn]

Wasn't that amazing, tbh.. Don't get me wrong it was good but it's not like I haven't seen better ones.

[@luisvillarreal5262]

Audience member: I’m suing you for a million dollars. You will be hearing from my lawyer for wasting 27 minutes of my time. 😂

[@worldwithouttime]

Awesome! Never met Randi but had some email conversations with him. He was my hero growing up, I'm a proud skeptic and scientist as a result.

[@Protokollon]

You guys got me good. But I wish you would've kept the April's fool joke to 5 minutes instead of 27 ****ing minutes.

[@moth4256]

i think it was a good joke, pretty entertaining

[@robthom09]

Thanks for the heads up. Based on title, I didn't watch this video at all, and went straight to comments

[@philipolson4842]

I made it twelve minutes, yup five would have been about right.

[@geekypleer1202]

They got me for six minutes before I knew something was up.

[@johns3491]

The longer the prank, the better the joke 😁

[@ewiem4351]

Amazing Randi should get a prize for looking exactly like he did in the 80s What's my Line TV show. He hasn't aged a bit. Maybe it''s the beard?

[@williamallman299]

He does look for being in his 80s, doesn't her? But the show was "That's My Line", aired in 1981. "What's My LIne" aired in the 50s and 60s.

[@IsmailofeRegime]

Back then he was a balding, grey-bearded and bespectacled man. He already looked older than many his age. People in their 50s also tend to dress differently in their 80s, but not Randi. That's why his age progression is less dramatic than most people's.

[@dhurdysixx3636]

yeah he never been young lol

[@donwald3436]

RIP Randi we need you more than ever!

[@Critical_Sam]

AMEN!

[@quadlink]

RIP James Randi... legend

[@natewhitelaw3759]

I'm actually so much angrier than I should be

[@blixx8931]

I'm really fucking angry

[@KingDecahedron]

punch someone - you have an extra fist in your beard !

[@KingDecahedron]

chill - we will make better joke !

[@blixx8931]

Deca Hedron mostly angry at that dudes radiation sickness hair.

[@craigmills9674]

like Jim cary as fire Marshall bill.

[@lucktr8]

I h8 when I don't read comments first

[@minddrift7152]

Same....

[@Tintamar5678]

I know right... 27 minutes long I could have watched something else. I thought he was giving in way to easy. Like why wouldnt he whip out his own deck of cards to use etc...

[@leopiccione8523]

Tintamar5678 I think less of you for your spoiler. No need to comment on everything

[@GlennMichaelThompson]

@@leopiccione8523 Spoiler?!? No, it's a lame joke that wastes time.

[@NikKirk00]

I just watched that entire thing. What a waste, next time I'll read the comment section first lol

[@lawlmatty712]

This was such an absolutely entertaining prank to watch! What a wonderful perfomance!

[@kylekinkade9211]

The 3 that stood for the ovation really took it hard that day!

[@SuperCamday]

When you drop a lolly on the carpet and you pick it back up

[@AwoudeX]

this made me laugh harder than it probably should

[@marisaramey1995]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@derekg5674]

You sir, win my attention.

[@Graszhoppa]

I laughed so hard i farted

[@enlightenedmcgee]

I can’t believe you said this. 🙀😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@peachyspalace]

SPOILER: Oh for fuck sakes I just wasted 30 minutes of my life, its all fake everyone, it was an April fools prank.

[@skipper3256]

i should have seen this before 30 minuts.

[@jackoffs6996]

im mad too

[@MathTutorVideos]

Oh my god. I feel like such a fool for going...huh that's impressive lololol. I got trolled so so hard.

[@heartofjustice6041]

lmao good thing i only wasted 1 min reading this

[@scottsound4711]

Ha ha

[@sarahmurphy190]

Cant believe i fell for it... watching in awe for the whole video, very well played fellows. 😅

[@John-zn4lp]

I guess Seth forgot to completely charge his shaver the night before.

[@jodydennis5415]

The only reason I'm not mad about wasting 27 minutes of my life is because of my respect for James Randi

[@A-Milkdromeda-Laniakea-Hominid]

Still angry, James should know better. April fool's day pranks is hardly something he should be encouraging in a skeptical educational foundation, and on top of that this muddles the integrity of JREF... How many people only read the title, or didn't watch the final 10secs? There's bound to be people who now think there's been at least one winner ergo supernatural may be real after all. It even sounds like a breakthrough when the guy said, "I won't be needing your million dollars (just your admission will make me 100x that.)" Very disappointed personally.

[@niwempleh]

@@A-Milkdromeda-Laniakea-Hominid using a computer disqualifies you from the prize, because the computer is just technology and explicable. I knew something was up because you cannot read memory of a computer that is off by touching it. Common sense and if you even watch just one other of his challenges, they are not even close to getting it right let alone spot on 3/3.

[@A-Milkdromeda-Laniakea-Hominid]

@@niwempleh Yes I would agree, it's impossible, but no more so than psychics and tea leaf readers lol. My mild anger was specifically about having a headline that says "Randi's prize claimed" and 30 minutes of James acting like this is something! I'm better now, but at the time I was choked lol.

[@A-Milkdromeda-Laniakea-Hominid]

Because this was sooo fun. This was amazing, a prank totally worthy of James Randi...

[@Jelissei]

@@A-Milkdromeda-Laniakea-Hominid I think it's actually a good way to show people who kinda believe...maybe want to believe that such things exist, that they don't. And I loved the methodical presentation that turned out to be very dry humor.

[@MrStrgslr]

April Fools Joke lmao is that why the dude's hair was all fucked up?

[@BrekMartin]

Zootown Montana Look at the MIT media manager's head gear right at the start of the video, the monitor in the front seat of the audience showing Seth everything on the computer. It's a lesson in deception.

[@acoorg]

Brek Martin h

[@BrekMartin]

Anand bopaiah ??

[@VestigialHead]

+Zootown Montana Nah James Randi's hair always looks like that.

[@neal5807]

Brek Martin that’s the teleprompter

[@realbangbang]

This was by far my favorite prank ever to watch on KZbin

[@KARREN-KRASS]

The audience didn’t don’t realise it was an April fools joke. They did didn’t seemed impressed enough.

[@toddallen7862]

I think we just got Rick-Rolled

[@chukschuks6465]

I know right.

[@tonybrooklyn]

***** hahahahahahah

[@jakefrankrone5850]

Everyone's talking about the lady's hat, what about the guy with patches of hair on his head. He told the barber "Just give me the insane look"

[@Powersd451]

"say no more"

[@Liquid_Mike]

Jeff Spicoli I said a "wall street tycoon!"

[@Zelk360]

I got you fam.

[@hahajahjah]

Spicoli!!! (classic dude) I was thinking he asked for the Hiroshima look... What? Too soon?

[@IntrinsicPalomides]

You may find he has a medical condition called Alopecia.

[@coolnamebro]

I see someone expecting to be taken seriously with a tea towel draped over their head, I click away.

[@LotsofStuffYT]

I am so glad I watched the whole thing. What a great ending. Thanks.

[@templar19]

If the hair didn't give it away, maybe the fact this was filmed April 1, 2008 will.

[@KasperThoresson]

Floyd Palmer It doesn't say anywhere that it was filmed on April 1 though

[@templar19]

Kasper Thoresson Go to the Wikipedia page on it.

[@KasperThoresson]

Floyd Palmer Who does that before watching a video xD

[@templar19]

Kasper Thoresson Who says I did?

[@KasperThoresson]

Floyd Palmer This makes no sense.

April Fools joke still catching suckers 8 years later.

[@nelsonlane4862]

This is why I love comments.

[@musek5048]

if people were fish, we'd be fucked.

[@nomesdoggie5871]

Thanks for the heads up.

[@theincrediblecraigo8466]

hes relieved he wasnt embarassed on the first test

[@LarryFinn]

Aside from Seth's hair, has anybody wondered what's on that ladies head at the beginning?

[@kempoficht]

Yeah i trew out my carped.. looked a bit like that

[@GPBleakley1]

Wee Willy winky night cap

[@llvllidget]

I mean at what point do you just say,"fuck it" and shave the rest of that shit off your head?

[@cmkinusa]

yeah seriously, why the hell does he keep the batches of hair? So he can donate them when they grow long enough? :/

[@chrisr6950]

lmao i kept staring at it like wtf is that shit

[@Jay-Kaizo]

I would've loved to have known James Randi personally. Such an awesome human

[@meridianheights6255]

When I was a teenager, I lived in Plantation Florida a few blocks from the house he lived in, and didn't know who he was back then. It makes me sad to know how close I was to meeting him, but missed the opportunity.

[@jarvisyoung8350]

Did know him. He was a lot of fun as well as extremely intelligent. We actually loved to annoy each other.

[@deanevangelista6359]

I tried to claim the million dollar prize, but I was reminded that it’s “psychIC, not psychO.”

[@Matt_Zink]

I’m honestly not even tripping I was so happy to find out Randi is still the thug of thugs

[@alulim7]

I specifically didn't read the comments because I didn't wanna ruin the suspense. Now I've ruined 27 minutes of my life.

[@atme365]

SAMEEE ugh

[@bluelambo5]

LMFAO I'm outta here. I read the comments 😂🤣

[@cajunpipesmoker1519]

Al El me too! Lol

[@Koo8705]

I didn't either

[@li33e]

So many pepole have the same pic

[@heysolley]

Thank goodness I read the comments before clicking on this.

[@markusbaker1161]

Seth’s hair looks like it’s straight out of fallout…. This was fun 😂

[@Omenshaper]

Him at the barber: Just fuck my shit up.

[@krownedkhaos4281]

Longest troll video I've ever watched. This man is truly a genius. Next time I skip to the end. Lol

[@sparkythancztwise]

truly an asshole more like -- I'll be skipping to ends, or just skipping more videos

[@ex0ja]

Glad I skipped to the end right away

[@jameslawson7383]

So did I, and I'm surprised more people didnt, considering what the subject matter is, and the length of the video.

[@christopherburk9207]

Makochild The Destined I skipped to the end right away cause I new something wasn't right.

[@stuartmazzeo2516]

i'm half way through this video and am asking myself, "Why are computers needed for this. He needs his computer to see?

[@brendanwilliams8235]

How many people just learned that when Magic Seth comments on his own video it says it!

[@jeremysmith9694]

i think the real question is, what the crap is wrong with his hair

[@thedevilinthecircuit1414]

Rest in peace, Amazing Randi.

[@g.h.1726]

I hadn't heard he had passed... just a week ago... loved his attitude towards scammers.... an honest liar was awesome, my wife even really enjoyed it

[@Rocko1990]

Aw man I didn't even know he passed. What a bummer. Cool guy.

[@funkysamurai2012]

Noooo

[@debramoss2267]

He said to say he was wrong 😳

[@The_Indian_Secular]

@@Rocko1990 he is alive and kicking

[@tvtreasurechest6155]

7 years later and I am like,"yes, why didn't you just shave your head?"

[@gavinator354]

Wow. Extremely disappointing from both parties. Seth you need to include the truth of this video in the description and James should never have agreed to this. What a waste of time. Someone please upvote this comment so everyone can see at 26:40 it is an April Fools prank...

[@keira_churchill]

The whole point of an April fools prank is that you don't announce ahead of time that you're about to play an April fool's prank. I brought some balance to the force with a downvote on that silly suggestion.

[@gavinator354]

Keira Churchill Too true! But considering this was posted on September 8th, and there are usually 364 days out of the year that it is NOT April 1st, I feel my warning is valid. I have downvoted your reply to put back the balance you disrupted. ;)

[@WachdByBigBrother]

Maybe people will start to recognize sarcasm, jokes, and trolls better after this.

[@MugsBaloney]

booooo

[@Killacorn]

thanks for ruining it!

[@AtomicFolly]

It's an April fool's joke. I hopefully just saved you 20+ minutes. If it was more clever it'd be worth the watch. I unfortunately will never get that 27:01 minutes back but hopefully you comment viewer can save yourself before it's to late.

[@RyanJBroady]

you hero

[@ambyvlogs]

Adam DeNio thanks I stopped in 10 seconds

[@nick9399]

Came here looking for comments about his hair, this is much better thanks.

[@dadocitto]

Son of a bitch. I read this comment at 25 mins and 23 seconds. I hate my life!!!!! I think I was more upset by reading this, since I was so far through the video. I would have just rathered found out myself! Thanks jackass 😂😂. You would have been a savoir if I would have read it within 2 mins of it playing !!

[@cstutz1]

Damnit! I should have read the comments! The while time I was like...there is no way this is real 😂

[@picnicsinspace198]

If I were an actual psychic...I would NEVER come out with my powers for a tiny amount of money like that.

[@jacknasty6940]

He clearly angered his barber 💈

[@runi5413]

I guess jumping into a vat of nuclear waste didn't give him psychic powers after all

[@V0YAG3R]

Toxie, the Toxic Avenger.

[@matthiasm.5822]

cancer he got cancer

[@Wugayani]

Runi LOL

[@robertw2930]

Tony?

[@SargeScum]

I am living on borrowed time... These 27 minutes were expensive...

[@COOPSTOP]

Sarge Scum I can't get this 27 minutes back either, that whole time, I really thought someone got it...wow

[@datniggaruffbeatz]

Sarge Scum Damn Right!!!... Lol

[@dennisriblett4622]

SKIP TO THE END ...[not you, the vid]

[@Furral]

It's entertainment. If you're actually worried about how you're spending your time, KZbin is not the place to do it.

[@VectorNodes]

Oh fuck me this took way too long

[@MrFrmartin]

The moment you wished you looked at the comment section before watching the whole video

[@TheOneHereNow]

Really wish I would have stop by the comments sections before I watched this whole video.

[@garychap8384]

Meanwhile... back at Hogwarts...

[@scott1821]

Well that's 27 minutes i wont get back...btw, to avoid you wasting 27 minutes of your life, its just a joke on here, they are playing an april fools trick on the audience. Dont waste your time watching it all.

[@TrojanHorse1959]

THANK YOU SCOTT! Much appreciated!

[@hideross6402]

Thank you for the heads up

[@hulkjelly6876]

Thank you

[@thejamunit2835]

Thanks!!

[@drwinston]

Count me in too. Thanks Scott.

[@maxwelllane3012]

How can I just be watching this in 2022🥺

[@magsgreenslade3132]

Well done both of you, well done! You had me until the final moment. Bravo!

[@billschlafly4107]

Hook line and sinker was I.

[@billschlafly4107]

By the way, I didn't think there was any supernatural forces involved despite the guy's weird haircut. If true, it was only a trick and I was shocked that The Amazing Randy would accept a challenge with computers involved.

[@butelezi00roman]

Ted Soto agreed. This is just technology..should never have won. I can't believe Randy fell for this. Maybe he has no clue when it comes to technology. Geez what a waste of my time..just watched the first trick.. psychic my foot!!

[@GabrielKleinert]

butelezi00roman I'm... guessing you missed the fact that this was an April Fools joke. Randy wasn't fooled at all- you were.

[@butelezi00roman]

Oh thank goodness. I did not even get through the first "trick" that is how disappointed i was.We have enough of these predators targeting and profiting from vulnerable people.

[@jordanhalmosman9957]

You're not alone. All this was, was James Randis' arrogance in offending people who love science and technology, but who also keep an open-mind to the paranormal and hope for solid scientific evidence of it. So I'm extremely offended by it.

[@dashd4sh117]

I FELL FOR THIS 8 FULL YEARS LATER

[@caddywampa6602]

You fell for this 13 years later. And so did I. This was 2008. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Million_Dollar_Paranormal_Challenge

[@herrklockow5879]

Same! Arrggggg

[@stinksmccallister6783]

"My computer can read your mind. You're thinking, 'What the fuck is happening with this guy's head, man..?' See, magical!!"

[@nope9698]

They were all so shocked it didn't hit them immediately.

[@kwameeblackmon4310]

Hahahahahahaha THAT WAS AWESOME!!!!!!! I totally fell for it.. Nice!!!! didn't see it coming at all Lol Great work guys.

[@ethancooper2379]

I gave this a thumbs up under the assumption that it is sarcasm, if it is not, please let me know and i will reverse my vote.

[@PapaDan95]

The sounds of disappointment in the audience when the joke was revealed.

[@breezywriter6572]

By looking at the like to dislike ratio, I can read your minds and what my psychic abilities are picking up is that many people are pissed about this April Fool’s joke haha and it’s great. I love it 😄

[@jamesb8305]

This never gets old.

[@ZValenT]

The best April fools joke that lasts 27 minutes by far. James Randi was a good man

[@grigorirazumovski1012]

That would have been a much lamer april fools prank

[@user-ks3fn1st9u]

world need more persons like james randi

[@NickC_222]

Man, you suck. Way to ruin the payoff. What a buzzkill.

[@dench2695]

Thanks for spoiling. Congrats.

[@ZValenT]

@@dench2695 Cry about it 'Dench'

[@TheConza10]

well there is 27mins i wont get back then

[@konstantint1588]

you won´t get back any number of minutes in any situation. Even if you had enjoyed this video there would be no way for you to get back time. Therefore your comment is utterly useless and nonsensical.

[@fabsiefabsy2979]

you are the type of person that would correct an espn reporter for saying he caught some good air

[@jimothyhallsworth7540]

fabsie fabsy Making yourself look a fool.

[@konstantint1588]

fabsie fabsy(I will neglect your grammatical and orthographical errors for once.) He certainly has the right to say whatever he wants to, but so do I. And freedom of speech does not guarantee that you won´t be criticised or held accountable for what you´ve said. Criticisig a comment that has been posted on an open platform does not infringe upon any rights that person might hold.

[@loserscantseecomment]

+Konsti SomethingMore I think what he's trying to say is you're making a fuss over nothing. "Your comment is useless and nonsensical" big whoop. Who cares if it's useless? Did you not understand his figure of speech? Essentially what Connor Faulds is saying, is that this video was a waste of time. It's either A: you understand the statement and your just being controversial, or B: you haven't an idea as to what he means.

[@chrisminblkdiamond]

Quantum computers can predict everything you will wear, go, eat, and do with 95% accuracy for the next 30 years of your life.

[@thedangersofoxygen135]

I'm pretty glad I didn't read any of the comments. This was fantastic

[@Altorin]

why is she wearing a wizard hat?

[@Altorin]

and why does he look like he lost a fight with a hair clipper?

[@Altorin]

+Altorin what am i even watching?

[@DarrenHalesing]

his computer should have told him to stay home if he couldn't figure out his hair is wrecked

[@ajnode]

The further you get in the world of academia, the stupider the hats become.

[@LotsaJelloChannel]

THE FUCKING HAIRCUT ON THAT GUY

[@keithcoupel2271]

The magician should be scanned randomly throughout the act

[@tyr0n313]

How many people didn’t watch to the end to see this was an April fools joke?

[@ATumblelinaTruth7777]

Love it Randi proves again how gullible we can be

[@TheRenekruse]

No he did not prove shit, everyone already know that people can lie, all he did was show that he is not to be trusted which is counterproductive.

[@myspacebarbrokenevermindif9892]

René Kruse it was an april fools joke you fucking clown, how does that make him untrustworthy?

[@readein]

Lol watch the entire video. It was a joke idiot.

[@TheRenekruse]

It was a joke the same way, it would be a joke if someone married someone and told them they would be faithful and honest then lied and cheated for a year and said HAHA I fooled you when I said I would be faithful to you, but we got married on April 1 you fool!. Before you call it a straw man, tell me how misleading and how much of a persons time you have to waste before it stops being a joke. The only April fools are the fools who take part in the stupidity.

[@readein]

Lol you're so mad that you were called out. Your comment shows that you didn't watch it all, so stop acting like it "wasted your time." You were fooled; get over it. Your angst is showing bro. I'm sure you wouldn't have spent that half an hour doing something productive anyways.

[@itsroger]

I'm so glad i didn't read the comments before watching the video :) Excellent!

[@redavis6581]

+Rogers Digital World Yessss!!!!!!

[@sionerichter1507]

Agreed lol

[@AdamsBrew78]

+Rogers Digital World I didn't either but I had an idea something was fishy by just looking at the number of downvotes.

[@runcaz7802]

Same here. Got me good.

[@no_handle_required]

I wonder how many people actually thought this was a real test.

[@TKTrooper]

Looks like Raphael has been testing that mind reading compute on his own head waaaaay too much HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[@lavaunjohns7796]

Okay, I just couldn't get past Seth's crazy hair. Very funny video.

[@kevinpotts123]

I'm glad to see he's still doing good stuff with his money after his island full of dinosaurs idea really didn't work out well.

[@benzy59]

@@Jedi_Are_Scum it's not about wether he can figure it out or not, it's about wether it passes the test, and you can find info of all of the tests done online and see clearly that no one even came close to passing the test, psychics are the scammers not Randi

[@kevinpotts123]

@@Jedi_Are_Scum Yeah dude, it was a joke about how he looks like Richard Attenborough from Jurassic Park. Sorry if it confused you.

[@-God-Loves-Me-]

ANYONE THAT CAN PROUDLY WALK AROUND WITH A HAIRCUT LIKE THAT IS A FUCKING SAVAGE!!!

[@liuzhou]

Hope you never get a disfiguring medical problem, you idiot!

[@suburbanhobbyist2752]

Wow I'm getting old. I fell for this twice.

[@oglaucio]

This just popped on my feed...as a software engineer, I watched it while reverse engineering it in my mind. Interestingly enough, you can reproduce the first two tricks with some clever software. First one you could use the webcam with CV to identify the time the eyes focus on a specific card while showing the deck. Then start narrowing down and presenting in different orders to increase accuracy. The second one you could tap into the OS's screen reader (or the webpage html code itself), save the metadata content of the flickr image, and have the hard drive (or fan) vibrate in morse-like language that, by touching it, he'd be able to get a general idea of the image contents. As we know, any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. Really cool prank though! Cheers!

[@mrmr2488]

Pause at 14:52 and set it to .25 speed. Look in the lower right hand corner of your screen. Hit Play. You will see that he has a screen embedded into the pad. This pad is likely screen sharing with the laptop, showing exactly what picture he is looking up.

[@ChrizzBeatz]

@@mrmr2488 lol wat??

[@jameswalker3729]

The card trick could simply be that the cards have transmitters embedded in them, RFID chips if you will, and placing one card further away from any of the other cards would single that card out as the one. I mean, look at what they want to do with your phones now. They want everyone 6 feet apart so as to be distinguishable from other people.

[@mequavis]

whole time I'm thinking, So, you say you can't read minds... But your computer can, and then you can mind read your computer. lol Crafty... lol

[@musek5048]

reminds me of when Joe Pesci did a handstand on toilet after getting his head set on fire in home alone 2.

[@Professional_Youtube_Commenter]

That was joe pesci? Fml. How did i not know that.

[@311luis6217]

this is the best comment on all of youtube

[@prof_as]

Hsha

[@pegasusted2504]

Awesome, just plain awesome. I especially love the way they pulled it at MIT and had people over who consider themselves to be fairly intelligent and I would imagine they wouldn't consider themselves easily fooled :~) Brilliant. Made my day. I was particularly confused as to how he could read the contents of volatile memory when the laptop had been turned off considering volatile memory is memory that the data in it is gone when electricity is no longer flowing through the chips.

[@diskippa8451]

He has a chip implanted in his brain that’s connected to the laptop.

[@Ted_Stryker]

​@@diskippa8451 Lol You did watch until the end, right?

[@carloscortez6024]

Well, it is a laptop and it has a battery that could keep giving power to the memory if configured to do that

[@pennybourban3712]

Google reads my mind every day so that part made sense but not him communicating with the laptop when it is turned off. I love the Amazing Randi.

[@nicholas_james]

MacBooks running MacOS were definitely configured to store recent app data in RAM at shutdown, even back in 2008. @carloscortez6024 Even so, reading that data with the palm of one's hand... good one!

[@cliftonwk]

I wouldn't be putting any device on my head after seeing Patches O'hoolihan over here

[@joeguzman3558]

Every time anyone uses a computer or tablet for a magic trick it's going to be boring

[@RT_MOTO]

i should have read the comments 1st...27mins of my life i wont get back..

[@TheRockadash]

I did as well

[@redavis6581]

+RT MOTOVLOGS - Take this twenty seven minutes as value. Take it as understanding.

[@redpillpusher]

+RT MOTOVLOGS thanks for the tip i went straight to the end. only needed about 10mins.

[@chrismc3744]

+Eaton Beaver Take these 27 fuck you's as an understanding. They are valuable. You can sit on them all day.