As Eliezer says, a lot of people confuse expert skepticism with expert science...
Randi in real life, as far as I can tell, would not “scientifically investigate magic”, but instead, whenever anything happens that looks to some people like magic, he tries to cover it up and pretend it never happened.
As Eliezer says, a lot of people confuse expert skepticism with expert science...
Randi in real life, as far as I can tell, would not “scientifically investigate magic”, but instead, whenever anything happens that looks to some people like magic, he tries to cover it up and pretend it never happened.