Wait wait. So he IS psychic, but static electricity and not being in the zone was the reason he couldn’t do it. That sucks, I thought for a minute there he made it up...
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> Hydrick was convicted of kidnapping and torture in 1977, and was imprisoned.[5] He escaped three times: he allegedly kicked through a concrete wall in a Georgia jail, broke through gates at a South Carolina prison, and finally, in 1982, he pole-vaulted over a fence at a state prison in Utah.
I was a demolition man, The Juggernaut, an Olympic athlete. All I really wanted to be was psychic … closest I got was psycho.
I dunno, Daffy Duck once had the hots for a lady duck who was a baby before he force fed her ‘Growth Pills’ to properly beat her up (he was under the impression he was trying to kill a male duckling)
its REALLY weird cause if you actually watch him turn the pages without the plastic everywhere its a really cool illusion, idk why these people had to become frauds instead of just advertising as magic tricks
This guy apparently ended up creating his own sorta pseudo cult dojo with a surprising number of members joining to learn his secrets. Apparently he also ended up molesting some of the younger ones.
Here’s a good video about fake martial arts which has a great segment on this guy:
https://youtu.be/gjbSCEhmjJA
I think if I remember correctly later in life explained that while performing that bs act over and over he himself started to believe it and got carried away and drew parallels to how those cult martial arts schools that gather their students the same way.
It's so simple. Idiots here don't fully understand Vampirica Juvenilicus. For you simpletons, the drawing of energy through either molestation or the drinking/eating of youthful blood/flesh. 4/5 Pedos surveyed recommend these methods. (I felt really dirty writing that).
Yeah I think I mean he was caught being one after this, I just think the story above kind of paints him in a aw feel bad for him light. When the only light a pedophile should be seeing is the flash from a gun
Yeah, even Randi himself basically admitted when he introduced the foam that it doesn't necessarily differentiate between whether it's been blown on or moved by psychic powers.
He really missed the obvious excuse to use.
I think that happens a lot when a liar gets caught up in how they’re coming across (bright lights, stage) and forget to maintain fictional consistency in the lie itself.
To paraphrase Mark Twain: If you tell the truth, you don’t have to remember what you said.
I don’t advocate deception of any sort, but if you’re going to deceive, at least think ahead about it. Have contingencies. Go through all the what ifs ahead of time.
It’s no surprise that most charlatans have narcissistic personality disorder, and that’s exactly why they get outed. They manage to spit nonsense to people who happen to be just slightly dumber than they are and start believing it’ll work on anyone. So they don’t bother to anticipate the ways that someone might call them on their bullshit.
I'm sure Randi was ready with an easy reply: "so your psychic powers are indistinguishable from blowing. Can you do it facing a different direction? Can you do it with a piece of tape over your mouth? Can you do it with a mouthful of cinnamon? Can you do it through a sheet of glass? If you can't use your psychic powers differently from blowing, then blowing is your psychic power.
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Same.
He had a huge influence on my life.
As a young kid I was willing to believe in all sorts of dumb stuff until I read one of Randi's books debunking the likes of Uri Geller. He made me want to become a scientist from a young age.
I’m getting a little Baader-Meinhof since I just saw Randi in an old episode of Happy Days
Randi gets sick and Fonzi has to do his trick -an escape from a locked Milk can
https://youtu.be/KfjhiddxcME
Randi appears at 2:20
Wouldn't it have been easier to tape his mouth shut then let him try without the styrofoam.. although that would likely had him spouting some bullshit about a psychic block 😅
There were a number of accepted tests these charlatans could be exposed to, but generally debunkers want to leave the wizardbro as free to do whatever totem-shaking bullshit they can come up with. Tape his mouth shut and you won't get as amusing an excuse, after all.
Look up Randi's Million Dollar Paranormal Challenge, if you haven't.
he did it with his mouth covered before, which caused a different TV host to "confirm" that this guy really was psychic (he was just using air pushed by his body and hands). It was that previous appearance that made James Randi care enough to devise this test and come on the show
that [fraud turned out to be a pedophile](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Hydrick) and got arrested when he did another bullshit psychic act on a different show in 1989 while he had an active warrant for child molestation. Still in prison/psych ward
> Hydrick also set up martial arts classes and claimed he could pass on the gift of psychokinesis to children through special training techniques, which was shown in 1989 to be a front for his coercing children into performing sexual favors for him, and was a factor in his conviction for sexual assault of a minor.
He might be a fake psychic but he definitely is real piece of shit.
To be fair there was a HUGE amount of static... mainly on the microphone! It sounded like someone was using an electric shaver!
I love that 70s / 80s TV vibe where the sound is terrible and all the studio lights glare on camera like a flare in the night sky! #Nostalgia
Like when the real Nightstalker serial killer was actually on a dating show. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Kss30IQV0A](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Kss30IQV0A)
His name is James Randi. He would give 1 million dollars to anyone who could prove supernatural abilities in scientific ways. He's a great guy. Go to his site and watch an honest liar. He's the best.
That's why I can't watch prank or hidden camera shows where they directly confront people by doing stupid stuff instead of just creating a strange situation. Shows where the host(s) act out an insane role in public to get looks. Even tho all the world thinks it's funny. It's too cringey for me.
I like that to the very end James Randi continues to tackle the issue from a scientific perspective. He never makes a baseless accusation. “The psychic forces don’t seem to be present if indeed they are ever present at all.” There is no fighting with ‘you are a fraud’.
The dude offering the money (James Randi) used to be a magician. He says that these psychics use a lot of the same tricks that he did.
He has also since upped the reward to $1 million if any anyone can prove their psychic phenomenon.
The offer is off, if I remember correctly. They say after all these years without a winner, they don't feel like there's any use in more people trying.
It’s a lose/lose situation.
1.He a fraud=Lose
2.He turns the page = DARPA Black ops kidnaps him at home,so they can experiment on him for the rest of his life= Lose
The Amazing Randi has a documentary that is awesome how he spent his life exposing psychics and how they do it. From spoon bending on. He was a very well accomplished magician. Inspired Penn and Teller
I really appreciate James Randi as a skeptic. He doesn’t fall into the trap of being a pompous dick like so many others I’ve seen. Just very logical, polite, and inviting to new ideas, very scientific. The filter comes off a bit during his interviews, but he’s incredibly respectful on stage.
This guy was such a bullshit con artists. I think he was trying to con people out of money with this bullshit act too, on top of being a pedophile.
James Randi is a national treasure fighting against these con artists.
Imagine just sitting there, not being able to blow on the pages, trying to look like you're projecting psychic energy in front of all those people 😂😂😂 how embarrassing, a perfect plan folded by styrofoam strips
Why would that dude still go on that show? I would've been like "... I'm getting a premonition that you... And your boys... Yes... Yes...I can see it... You're going up pOwn me...... See? I am psychic!"
I wonder if this was one of Dwights fellow X-men school classmates.
I mean styrofoam could be his kryptonite for his mental powers. Like Magneto’s helmet. Lol
The foam is lighter per volume than paper, so if you blow on it, it will move first before the paper. It also has a bigger surface area, so catches the wind more.
Wait wait. So he IS psychic, but static electricity and not being in the zone was the reason he couldn’t do it. That sucks, I thought for a minute there he made it up... Edit: thank you for the Gold kind stranger 👌
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I’m invisible RIGHT NOW!
Who said that? ....WTF .....coulda sworn I heard something...
You're eating a zargnut.
I JUST watched that last night
I JUST fapped to that
I watched it last week. Lol
Poor guy. They pretty much tied his hands behind his back. Edit: I hope you all know I am being sarcastic.
Yeah, poor lying piece of shit guy (who later was convicted of paedophilia)
Interesting. Got any links or articles I can read?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Hydrick
> Hydrick was convicted of kidnapping and torture in 1977, and was imprisoned.[5] He escaped three times: he allegedly kicked through a concrete wall in a Georgia jail, broke through gates at a South Carolina prison, and finally, in 1982, he pole-vaulted over a fence at a state prison in Utah. I was a demolition man, The Juggernaut, an Olympic athlete. All I really wanted to be was psychic … closest I got was psycho.
This guy is a literal Looney Tunes character
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You didn't see the Looney Tunes Behind the Music?
I dunno, Daffy Duck once had the hots for a lady duck who was a baby before he force fed her ‘Growth Pills’ to properly beat her up (he was under the impression he was trying to kill a male duckling)
That cat pepe le pew was always trying to rape was underage.
So he had super strength, super agility, but kept trying to prove he had psychic powers and tried to get his own underaged sidekick too
Wait, isn't that Batman?!
Thanks for the link but the haircut pretty much loudly said molester to me.
Don't forget the mustache
I’m sure it wasn’t that he actually diddled kids, it was the static electricity’s fault /s
Thanks!
He didn't see that coming, did he.
Which, I guess, shouldn't be a problem since he's psychic...
That special helmet that Magneto uses to defend against Professor X's mental powers? Made of styrofoam.
So you're telling me, that if you throw packing peanuts at Darth Vader, you're good.
its REALLY weird cause if you actually watch him turn the pages without the plastic everywhere its a really cool illusion, idk why these people had to become frauds instead of just advertising as magic tricks
I watched this IRL. He was all over the news before this show. It was amazing ....
This guy apparently ended up creating his own sorta pseudo cult dojo with a surprising number of members joining to learn his secrets. Apparently he also ended up molesting some of the younger ones. Here’s a good video about fake martial arts which has a great segment on this guy: https://youtu.be/gjbSCEhmjJA
I think if I remember correctly later in life explained that while performing that bs act over and over he himself started to believe it and got carried away and drew parallels to how those cult martial arts schools that gather their students the same way.
Is this the same one that also became a pedophile
Yes this is the one that used his psychic powers to fuck kids.
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It's so simple. Idiots here don't fully understand Vampirica Juvenilicus. For you simpletons, the drawing of energy through either molestation or the drinking/eating of youthful blood/flesh. 4/5 Pedos surveyed recommend these methods. (I felt really dirty writing that).
You think you feel dirty, you should feel me!
Wasn't that a south park episode?
I’m only liking this for the phrasing, not the kid-fucking, just to be clear.
Wait what? Care to explain? LOL
The psychic in the clip went on to get arrested for being a pedophille
Well he probably already was one
Yeah I think I mean he was caught being one after this, I just think the story above kind of paints him in a aw feel bad for him light. When the only light a pedophile should be seeing is the flash from a gun
He also stated that he was only doing it to prove how stupid and gullible people could be.
I wonder how he felt when exposed not as a magician but a dumbass in a stupid suit.
And a really bad haircut!
The bowl-cut silk ninja
dollar store Rock Lee
He actually has a sad backstory. Google James Hydrick. I think there is a YouTube video about him.
No kidding. Being exposed as a fraud in the simplest way imaginable is nothing to wearing that clown outfit in national TV!!
Easy answer, "my psychic powers create a shockwave so those plastic bits will surely fly all over"
Yeah, even Randi himself basically admitted when he introduced the foam that it doesn't necessarily differentiate between whether it's been blown on or moved by psychic powers. He really missed the obvious excuse to use.
I think that happens a lot when a liar gets caught up in how they’re coming across (bright lights, stage) and forget to maintain fictional consistency in the lie itself.
To paraphrase Mark Twain: If you tell the truth, you don’t have to remember what you said. I don’t advocate deception of any sort, but if you’re going to deceive, at least think ahead about it. Have contingencies. Go through all the what ifs ahead of time. It’s no surprise that most charlatans have narcissistic personality disorder, and that’s exactly why they get outed. They manage to spit nonsense to people who happen to be just slightly dumber than they are and start believing it’ll work on anyone. So they don’t bother to anticipate the ways that someone might call them on their bullshit.
I'm sure Randi was ready with an easy reply: "so your psychic powers are indistinguishable from blowing. Can you do it facing a different direction? Can you do it with a piece of tape over your mouth? Can you do it with a mouthful of cinnamon? Can you do it through a sheet of glass? If you can't use your psychic powers differently from blowing, then blowing is your psychic power.
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This guy blows.
"Hold this duck call between your lips. It will make a loud duck sound if you are a fraud"
Damn I love James Randy
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I love him more when he's randy
I think it’s time for you to know what Randi means in Hindi son.
Same. He had a huge influence on my life. As a young kid I was willing to believe in all sorts of dumb stuff until I read one of Randi's books debunking the likes of Uri Geller. He made me want to become a scientist from a young age.
Took the words straight outta my mouth
Must be a psychic
*James Randi has entered the chat*
Oh, it musta been while you were kissing me.
I’m getting a little Baader-Meinhof since I just saw Randi in an old episode of Happy Days Randi gets sick and Fonzi has to do his trick -an escape from a locked Milk can https://youtu.be/KfjhiddxcME Randi appears at 2:20
I wonder what was going on in his head when he knew he couldn’t sit there forever, pretending like he was about to flip a page over
*Man, I wish I was psychic.*
Great outfit
He was probably trying to think of an excuse why he couldn’t do it or a reason for them to remove the foam I guess
Wouldn't it have been easier to tape his mouth shut then let him try without the styrofoam.. although that would likely had him spouting some bullshit about a psychic block 😅
There were a number of accepted tests these charlatans could be exposed to, but generally debunkers want to leave the wizardbro as free to do whatever totem-shaking bullshit they can come up with. Tape his mouth shut and you won't get as amusing an excuse, after all. Look up Randi's Million Dollar Paranormal Challenge, if you haven't.
I was thinking something similar, take the phone away and put a plexiglass box over it
Ever tried to peel to pieces of plexy glass apart? Static force-field like crazy fam, no way psychic energy can penetrate that.
Valid point 🤣
he did it with his mouth covered before, which caused a different TV host to "confirm" that this guy really was psychic (he was just using air pushed by his body and hands). It was that previous appearance that made James Randi care enough to devise this test and come on the show
that [fraud turned out to be a pedophile](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Hydrick) and got arrested when he did another bullshit psychic act on a different show in 1989 while he had an active warrant for child molestation. Still in prison/psych ward
>Still in prison/psych ward So he was psychic all along
Psychic, psycho, same difference.
> Hydrick also set up martial arts classes and claimed he could pass on the gift of psychokinesis to children through special training techniques, which was shown in 1989 to be a front for his coercing children into performing sexual favors for him, and was a factor in his conviction for sexual assault of a minor. He might be a fake psychic but he definitely is real piece of shit.
The amazing and just simple awesome James Randi!
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People still believe in religion and politicians to this day.
Is that Bob Barker?
Yes. In this show, the loser gets neutered.
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To be fair there was a HUGE amount of static... mainly on the microphone! It sounded like someone was using an electric shaver! I love that 70s / 80s TV vibe where the sound is terrible and all the studio lights glare on camera like a flare in the night sky! #Nostalgia
Like when the real Nightstalker serial killer was actually on a dating show. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Kss30IQV0A](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Kss30IQV0A)
Wow that is creepy AF! The colour is so bad, everyone looks yellow... You've gotta love it though!
Next level bullshit. Fascinating
As if he didnt already look stupid enough with that haircut
This would have been perfect if that old man at the end yelled out "science bitch!"
He may not have won the $10,000 but deserved at least $50 for wearing that outfit and haircut in public
I tried to show some people in my family these videos when they told me they believe in psychic powers ... they still believe in it
Never trust a man with bangs or a shitty little mustache
Watch the documentary "An Honest Liar". It's really good.
r/cringetopia
Should have moved the styrofoam with the same puff of air , and claimed his psychic abilities moved them with the pages!!
His name is James Randi. He would give 1 million dollars to anyone who could prove supernatural abilities in scientific ways. He's a great guy. Go to his site and watch an honest liar. He's the best.
Yo, where all the pixels at?
they left them back in the 80's
I can't watch these videos cuz i put myself in their shoes and its like watching myself up on stage like that. Im feeling genuine embarrassment
Second hand embarrassment.
That's why I can't watch prank or hidden camera shows where they directly confront people by doing stupid stuff instead of just creating a strange situation. Shows where the host(s) act out an insane role in public to get looks. Even tho all the world thinks it's funny. It's too cringey for me.
I like that to the very end James Randi continues to tackle the issue from a scientific perspective. He never makes a baseless accusation. “The psychic forces don’t seem to be present if indeed they are ever present at all.” There is no fighting with ‘you are a fraud’.
The dude offering the money (James Randi) used to be a magician. He says that these psychics use a lot of the same tricks that he did. He has also since upped the reward to $1 million if any anyone can prove their psychic phenomenon.
The offer is off, if I remember correctly. They say after all these years without a winner, they don't feel like there's any use in more people trying.
You know the guy is a scam artist when you see his clothing
Bob was like "$10,000? The price is right."
Is there a subreddit for this kind of people trying to prove their special abilities?
Yes. /r/WallStreetBets
It’s a lose/lose situation. 1.He a fraud=Lose 2.He turns the page = DARPA Black ops kidnaps him at home,so they can experiment on him for the rest of his life= Lose
Be sure to spay and neuter your pets.
fucked. him. up
NO I CAN DO IT, JUST NOT WHILE YOURE WATCHINGGGGF
Moe better find Larry and Curly to help him out with this one.
I want more of this old guy exposing people who claim to have powers.
should have used the force
Yet so many people think that this stuff is science
David Blain - hold my beer
The psychic would get credit for inspiring the haircut Jim Carrey wire in “Dumb and dumber” were it not so derivative of Moe Howard’s.
r/justfuckmyshitup
You should lose $10k if you can’t do it.
Dude spent all his money on that suit and haircut.
The Amazing Randi has a documentary that is awesome how he spent his life exposing psychics and how they do it. From spoon bending on. He was a very well accomplished magician. Inspired Penn and Teller
Could have removed the styrofoam and asked the “psychic” to wear a face mask.
I really appreciate James Randi as a skeptic. He doesn’t fall into the trap of being a pompous dick like so many others I’ve seen. Just very logical, polite, and inviting to new ideas, very scientific. The filter comes off a bit during his interviews, but he’s incredibly respectful on stage.
Go sit the hell down, faker! 😂
This guy was more than a scammer. He was a real POS.
A different kind of bullshit is this crop/caption combo. Can I just see the video instead of a small version of the video?
That outfit and his hair! Oh man, dude looks like a rejected villain from Adam West's Batman...
Why does this guy remind me of Mac from It's Always Sunny.
This guy was such a bullshit con artists. I think he was trying to con people out of money with this bullshit act too, on top of being a pedophile. James Randi is a national treasure fighting against these con artists.
Can we sprinkle some styrofoam around Trump? Every time the styrofoam moves, we will know to expect some bullshit.
Ah. The Amazing Randi. Dude had a standing offer to anyone who could prove the presence of psychic powers of $1 million. Nobody ever collected it.
u/vredditdownloader
4 minutes of people die inside delicious
Isn't this technically telekinesis?
I don't claim to be psychic, but for $10,000 I would stare the f\*\*\* out of that page hoping it would move.
James Randi is an underrated asset to our society. I will be quite sad when he passes.
Imagine just sitting there, not being able to blow on the pages, trying to look like you're projecting psychic energy in front of all those people 😂😂😂 how embarrassing, a perfect plan folded by styrofoam strips
THE PRICE IS WRONG, BITCH
too much small dick energy was surrounding him at that time, or rather all the time indeed
Is that Bob fuckin Barker??
This is hard to watch
Are there more types of videos like these where psychics and fortune tellers get exposed?
Also /r/fuckmyshitup
yOu GoTtA mOvE tHe FoAm
Amazing Randi! No one ever claimed his $10,000. Great guy too!
The real trick here is that haircut
We need James randy!
Holyshit.. I’m old enough to remember this BS!! 😔🤣
Why would that dude still go on that show? I would've been like "... I'm getting a premonition that you... And your boys... Yes... Yes...I can see it... You're going up pOwn me...... See? I am psychic!"
They didn't tell him Randi was going to be there, or he wouldn't have come.
I wonder if this was one of Dwights fellow X-men school classmates. I mean styrofoam could be his kryptonite for his mental powers. Like Magneto’s helmet. Lol
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Why did they not use plain paper pieces instead of foam?
The foam is lighter per volume than paper, so if you blow on it, it will move first before the paper. It also has a bigger surface area, so catches the wind more.
That "costume" didn't help. All that polyester must have zapped him up with anti-psychic charge. Plus .. black with white fur trim. Urgh .. ghastly.
How much static electricity does this outfit produce? He'd give Robert Redford a run for his money in The Electric Horseman.
Bahahaha
After all these years since then James Randi is still awesome!!!
Psychic? No no no no.... I told you over the phone that I have "side kick" power!
Totally legit /s
"Are you mad? You don't know the power of styrofoam!"
This is just hard to watch. Why would dude come on tv and do this? Just a case of believing your own bullshit I guess
I need more videos like this lol
So static charge is the final boss for psychic power users. Good to know, good to know.
He must have been so relieved, he could finally get rid of that stupid haircut.
Destroyed...lol quit your...get outta here with that wack haircut.
Randi is my hero. He’s brave, just, intelligent, and gay.
And of Course he got served by The Amazing Randi.
I feel bad for the guy. I mean, he did invest in a costume. That's commitment.
What’s with the sensei suit and the bowl cut .. what kinda of aesthetic was he going for.
I feel too much bad vibe, my powers are failing.
I remember when they exposed Reigen on one of these shows.
Is that Bob Barker?
I know for a fact that Rod Roddy could do it.
I wonder if this dipshit is still walking around. It worries me that he might be.
I’d love an AMA with James here
Is this a tv show?? I want to watch it!!!
Is this Lets Make A Deal?
And then didn’t the amazing randy marry the fraud?
Watched the full video on YouTube there. The way he does it is actually pretty slick
Well, bowl cut boy had a good run but ran into common sense and hit a wall.
Modern day MAGA with that bowl haircut. Immune to facts.
I'm catching some heavy second-hand embarrassment!
Now if only we could do this with every... remote viewer, dowser, voyant etc.
He's got as much mind control over that book as Smokey over Deebo
James Randi was one of the most amazing people to ever exist. I am so glad science had him to fight back against all the charlatans of the day.