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... , administered by the James Randi Educational Foundation (JREF), is offered to anyone who can prove in scientifically controlled tests some ... 's prize has not been claimed, but rumour has it that under supervision of the JREF an elaborate telepathy test is being conducted with shocking results.
A JREF staff member, who wishes to remain anonymous, commented on the ongoing tests with the words “ ...
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... YouTube (note: somewhat NSFW dialogue):
Did you hear what Adam mentioned roughly six minutes in? The JREF! Woohoo! Adam is great about donating stuff from Mythbusters to the JREF so we can auction it off to raise money, and that particular gift was pretty special. Rarefied, you might say.
And, thanks to Greg Fish, I can add this:
Yer darn tootin ...
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... of Uri Geller. The critical thinking movement is growing by leaps and bounds, and the JREF has been at the center of a grassroots effort to bring more skepticism into everyday life, especially online.
Phil writes the Bad Astronomy Blog, now hosted by Discover Magazine, and he blogs for the JREF and for SkepticBlog.
His books debunk many misconceptions about astronomy, and to his chagrin he ...
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"How Old is the Earth" by Ken Hamm
"Winners of the JREF Million Dollar Challenge"
"Contraceptives" by Michelle Duggar
& ... of course are of a skeptical nature and pretty sarcastic. However I do have to say I love Mythbusters, George Hrab, the JREF, and the Skeptics Guide to the Universe. Perry is greatly missed as a co-host on the SGU.Noadi' ...
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... It’s not just science fair evidence against it, though. The Philadelphia Association for Critical Thinking also tested a TT practitioner in 1996, in conjunction with the good ol’ JREF. That didn’t go well for therapeutic touch either. The participant, Nancy Woods, mentioned one factor which people used to criticise Emily Rosa’s study – she said that when the body is ...
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... to the cause. Today the James Randi Educational Foundation, a non-profit learning resource aimed at promoting critical thinking, offers a prize that has grown to more than one million dollars. The JREF is not directly involved in the testing procedure, other than helping design the testing protocol with approval from the applicant. To date, no one has even passed the preliminary tests in order to ...
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