James Randi Test an Aura Reader

In this video, James Randi, a skeptic, verifies a man who claims that he can see aura. This is a part of Granada Television series called “James Randi: Psychic Investigator“aired in 1991 in U.K.

James Randi Tests Crystal Power and Applied Kinesiology

This video is also a part of “James Randi: Psychic Investigator”. Guest is Soozi Holbeche, a world wide famous crystal healer. In this program Randi is testing the crystal power that she claims to be true.

James Randi and Psychic Crime Solving

This video is also a part of “James Randi: Psychic Investigator”. Guest is Nella Jones, a psychic from U.K. In this program Randi is testing the psychometry that she claims to be true.

Nella has been a friend of EHARA, Hiroyuki, a well known psychic of Japan, but in this video, she is not showing even a part of her power.

James Randi Bends a Spoon

This video is also a part of “James Randi: Psychic Investigator”. James Randi is a magician and he is demonstrating the spoon bending. (Randi is a magician and therefore he is not giving away the secrets)

Now, there are more than 10 ways to bent spoons, developed by who call themselves psychics and by magicians. In addition to spoon, forks and keys are being bent.

This genre of magics is called “Metal bending”. Some lecture notes, video tapes and DVD by magicians are on sale. If you are interested in spoon bending, you should refer to these that you can get at magic shops.

James Randi on Astrology

In this video, James Randi is carrying experiment on Barnum effect on horoscope.

If you believe some general description that would fit any body as an explanation unique to yourself only, that is the Barnum effect.

This is named after promoter P.T.Barnum, who led a circus that any body, children or adults, man or woman could enjoy.

To make Barnum effect valuable, you must tell “this describes ‘your’ specific character” when giving the description to people.

Magnetic Hand? Psychic Power?

This is a part of TV show broadcasted in Japan in May 5, 2007 as a proof of psychic power. In the show, they described the driver's licence sticking to the side of hand held vertical was caused by a psychic power, but if you try it by yourself you will find how easy this can happen without any supernatural power.

Derren Brown Astrology

This video is a part of popular show “Trick of the Mind” aired at Channel 4 U.K.

One appeared here is Derren Brown, a trick star of U.K. and also a skeptic. In this show, he describes that he used technique called Cold Reading to tell the characters of women in the show. According to Brown, psychics (someone who claims to have super natural power) often use this technique, conscious or unconscious. But to be exact, this is an applied Barnum effect used here. Barnum effect is used as a part of Cold Reading.

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