Robert Anton Wilson
c/robert-anton-wilson
Guerrilla ontologist. Psychedelic magician. Outer head of the Illuminati. Quantum psychologist. Sit-down comic/philosopher. Discordian Pope.
…And then he starts raving about billions and billions of galaxies, and they give him a sedative and lead him off. And James Randi comes on and says, everybody who claims to have seen the 60-foot gorilla is a mystic, a charlatan, a goddamn liar, a…
…money. They should be exposed. They should be hanged. And at that point, a huge black hand crashes through the floor and grabs Randi by the balls. We'll now have a slight pause, and then we will have a question and answer period. during the question…
…after it. And with that in mind, would you say a few words about Carl Sagan and perhaps throw in Martin Gardner and James Randi while you're at it? Yes I got an interesting letter today from a friend in Arizona and he said he started reading martin…
…and after it and with that in mind, would you say a few words about Carl Sagan and perhaps throw in Martin Gardner and James Randi while you're at it, mm hmm, yes I got an interesting letter today from a friend in Arizona and he said he started…
…talking about Carl Sagan. You're talking about Harlan Ellison, who does a program on this station. You're talking about James Randi and a lot of these very rational, reasonable, scientific, objective people who've been fighting the fakery and the charlatanism…
…I've felt that way for quite some time. It's nice to see a little support for that out there. Thank you. Also, I saw James Randi last night at a meeting in redlands and I think he might very well agree with you on that point. Surprisingly I think…
…it was only a coincidence. That is only occasionally varied whether it was sloppy research technique or somebody was cheating. James Randi Who's One of the leading spokes entities for psycop. I say spokes entities to avoid human chauvinism. I don't want…
…human chauvinism. I don't want to say spokesperson because there's too much human chauvinism going around these days anyway. James Randi keeps insisting that the scientists at Stanford research Institute who tested Yuri Geller must have been collaborating with…
…research Institute who tested Yuri Geller must have been collaborating with Geller to fake the results. That's an extreme position. Randi is not entirely typical. The general response throughout psycop is just to repeat the mantra it was only a coincidence…