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FREE FLIM-FLAM: THE TRUTH ABOUT UNICORNS, PARAPSYCHOLOGY AND OTHER DELUSIONS PDF James Randi | 357 pages | 31 Dec 1994 | Prometheus Books | 9780879751982 | English | Amherst, United States Psychic Breakthroughs Today - Uri Geller Flim Flam! James Randi. James Randi is internationally known as a magician and escape artist. But for the past thirty-five years of his professional life, he has also been active as an investigator of the paranormal, occult, and supernatural claims that have impressed Parapsychology and Other Delusions thinking of the public for a generation: ESP, psychokinesis, psychic detectives, levitation, psychic surgery, UFOs, dowsing, astrology, and many others. Those of us unable to discriminate between geniune scientific research and the pseudoscientific nonsense that has resulted in fantastic theories and fancies have long needed James Randi and Flim-Flam! In this book, Randi explores and exposes what he believes to be the outrageous deception that has been promoted widely in the media. Unafraid to call researchers to account for their failures and impostures, Randi tells us that we have been badly served by scientists Parapsychology and Other Delusions have failed to follow the procedures required by Flim-Flam: The Truth about Unicorns training and traditions. Here he shows us how what he views as sloppy research has been followed by rationalizations of evident failures, and we see these errors and misrepresentations clearly pointed out. Randi provides us with a compelling and convincing document that will certainly startle and enlighten all who read it. Rhine, on the Frontiers of Science K. Flim-Flam!: Psychics, ESP, Unicorns, and Other Delusions by James Randi Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. He prefers to debunk by empirical means as opposed to Gardner's thorough intellectual dismantling and Randi hides no disdain, calling the "psychics" and other frauds charlatans and more while explaining how he handled the would be para-whatevers. And, he has yet to be proven wrong. Who best to out a trickster than a professional magician? Razinha May 23, Magician and skeptic extraordinaire James "the Amazing" Randi examines and debunks all kinds of way-out-there stuff, from people who claim they can levitate by means of meditation, to "psychic surgery," to the Bermuda Triangle. He also details a number of experiments he conducted to test whether people with claimed paranormal powers could demonstrate them under controlled conditions. Spoiler alert: They couldn't. Parts of this book, mostly chapters that focus closely on one particular topic, are in-depth, fascinating, and entertaining to read. Although I Flim-Flam: The Truth about Unicorns that Flim-Flam: The Truth about Unicorns one finds the tone of humor-laced curmudgeonliness Randi takes throughout charming or irritating is likely to depend upon one's predisposition. Other parts are rather disjointed, choose odd details to focus on, and display, perhaps, more passion than polish in the writing. It's also kind of dated, as it was first published in the 80s and features a number of subjects that were big topics then, but have been replaced with new pseudoscientific fads since. When was the last time you heard anybody talking about biorhythms? Still, uneven or not, I deeply appreciate the fact that this book, and other books like it, exist, and that Randi is and has been out there doing the things he does. His book about Uri Geller, in which he devastatingly exposed all the famous spoonbender's tricks, was a real eye-opener for me as a youngster. I started reading it as someone who'd always simply accepted psychic claims as well as any number of other dubious phenomena at face value, and finished it as a more mature and significantly less gullible thinker. I say we need more books that can do that sort of thing. Many, many more. Both sides believes and views are fascinating. But the book was just boring. Nothing against the subject itself. Didn't catch my interest with the writing, is all. Wilwarin Apr 7, This book systematically takes psuedoscience from the 60s and 70s and smashes it with the hammer of science. Flim-Flam: The Truth about Unicorns can seem a little outdated, talking about pyramids, the Bermuda triangle, etc, until you start to see the patterns that are still around today. No one may be trying to pass off photoshopped pictures of fairies as real anymore, but there are plenty of people who believe in "power hologram" rubber bracelets, homeopathy, astrology, numerology, fung shui, tarot cards, palm reading, acupuncture, and any number of other hoaxes. This book teaches you to see these things like a magician sees them, to look for the trick, and to see them like a scientist sees them, as a phenomenon that, if genuine, is testable. Spending time on ufology,the Bermuda triangle, and von daniken's aliens as gods theory. If you are a magician or want to be there are some nice things you can probably take away from it though. Jacques Aymar-Vernay. List of books about skepticism. One Million Dollar Paranormal Challenge. Parapsychology research at SRI. Transcendental Meditation technique. William Rodriguez. Home Groups Talk More Flim-Flam: The Truth about Unicorns. I Agree This Parapsychology and Other Delusions uses cookies to deliver our services, improve performance, for analytics, and if not signed in for advertising. Your use of the site and services is subject to these policies and terms. Members Parapsychology and Other Delusions Popularity Average rating Mentions 7 24, 4. But for the past thirty-five years of his professional life, Parapsychology and Other Delusions has also been active as an investigator of the paranormal, occult, and supernatural claims that have impressed the thinking Parapsychology and Other Delusions the public for a generation: ESP, psychokinesis, psychic detectives, levitation, psychic surgery, UFOs, dowsing, astrology, and many others. Those of us unable to discriminate between geniune scientific research and the pseudoscientific nonsense that has resulted in fantastic theories and fancies have long needed James Randi and Flim-Flam! In this book, Randi explores and exposes what he believes to be the outrageous deception that has been promoted widely in the media. Unafraid to call researchers to account for their failures and impostures, Randi tells us that we have been badly served by scientists who have failed to follow the procedures required by their training and traditions. Here he shows us how what he views as sloppy research has been followed by rationalizations of evident failures, and we see these errors and Flim-Flam: The Truth about Unicorns clearly pointed out. Randi provides us with a compelling and convincing document that will certainly startle and enlighten all who read it. No current Talk conversations about this book. Razinha May 23, Magician and skeptic extraordinaire James "the Amazing" Randi examines and debunks all kinds of way-out- there stuff, Parapsychology and Other Delusions people who claim they can levitate by means of meditation, to "psychic surgery," to the Bermuda Triangle. Sure, I'm interest in the paranormal but I also have an open, critical mind to it all. Wilwarin Apr 7, This book systematically takes psuedoscience from the 60s and 70s and smashes it with the hammer of science. Originally published in the early 80's the book covers things that are outside today's new age sphere. Status James Randi — primary author all Flim-Flam: The Truth about Unicorns calculated Asimov, Isaac Introduction secondary author some editions confirmed Dick, Travis Cover designer secondary author some editions confirmed. You must log in to edit Common Knowledge data. Arthur Conan Doyle. Uri Geller. And the crowd was stilled. One elderly man, wondering at the sudden silence, turned to the Child and asked him to repeat what he had said. Wide-eyed, the Child raised his voice and said once again, Parapsychology and Other Delusions, the Emperor has no clothes! He is naked! The last ten years have seen a great resurgence of interest in the paranormal. The Emperor has no clothes! References to this work on external resources. Wikipedia in English 16 Flim-Flam! Harold E. Puthoff J. James Randi is internationally known as a magician and escape artist. No library descriptions found. Book description James Randi Flim-Flam: The Truth about Unicorns internationally known as a magician and escape artist. Those of us unable to discriminate between genuine scientific research and the pseudoscientific nonsense that has resulted in fantastic theories and fancies have long needed James Randi and Flim-Flam! Haiku summary. Add to Your books. Add to wishlist. Quick Links Amazon. Amazon Kindle 0 editions. Audible 0 editions. CD Audiobook 0 editions. Project Gutenberg 0 editions. Google Books — Loading Local Book Search. Swap 56 want. Rating Average: 4. Is this you? Become a LibraryThing Author. Recently added by. For more help see the Common Knowledge help page. Original publication date. Arthur Conan Doyle Uri Geller. Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers. Flim-Flam: The Truth about Unicorns of hoaxes M. Add to Your books Add to wishlist Quick Links. JAMES RANDI FLIM FLAM PDF The foreword is by science fiction author Isaac Asimov. Randi explores topics which he says that scientists and the media are too willing to promote without skepticism and proper expertise. Timothy Ferris wrote that Flim Flam! George Kauffman wrote, "Randi explores and exposes the outrageous deceptions widely promoted Flim-Flam: The Truth about Unicorns the sensation-seeking media. One anecdote in the book is Randi's experience as a newspaper astrologer in Montreal under the name Zo-ran where he cut horoscopes from old astrology magazines and randomly assigned them to the twelve signs of the zodiacpublishing the results.