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Dialogue: 0,0:00:01.00,0:00:03.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Good morning.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:03.00,0:00:06.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Happy to see so many fine folks out here
Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.00,0:00:08.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and so many smiling faces.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.00,0:00:11.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have a very peculiar
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.00,0:00:13.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,background, attitude and approach
Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.00,0:00:15.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the real world
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.00,0:00:17.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I am a conjurer.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.00,0:00:20.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, I prefer that term over magician,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.00,0:00:22.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because if I were a magician, that would mean
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.00,0:00:24.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I use spells and incantations
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.00,0:00:27.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and weird gestures
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.00,0:00:30.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in order to accomplish real magic.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.00,0:00:32.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No, I don't do that; I'm a conjurer,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.00,0:00:35.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who is someone who pretends to be
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.00,0:00:38.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a real magician. (Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.00,0:00:41.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, how do we go about that sort of thing?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.00,0:00:43.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We depend on the fact
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.00,0:00:45.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that audiences, such as yourselves,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.00,0:00:47.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will make assumptions.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.00,0:00:49.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For example, when I walked up here
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.00,0:00:51.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I took the microphone from the stand
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.00,0:00:53.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and switched it on,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.00,0:00:55.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you assumed this was a microphone, which it is not.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.00,0:00:57.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.00,0:00:59.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As a matter of fact, this is something
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.00,0:01:02.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that about half of you, more than half of you will not be familiar with.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.00,0:01:05.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a beard trimmer, you see?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.00,0:01:07.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it makes a very bad microphone;
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.00,0:01:09.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've tried it many times. (Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.00,0:01:11.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The other assumption that you made --
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.00,0:01:13.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and this little lesson is to show you
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.00,0:01:15.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you will make assumptions.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.00,0:01:17.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not only that you can, but that you will
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.00,0:01:19.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when they are properly suggested to you.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.00,0:01:21.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You believe I'm looking at you.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.00,0:01:24.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Wrong. I'm not looking at you. I can't see you.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.00,0:01:27.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know you're out there, they told me backstage, it's a full house and such.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.00,0:01:29.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know you're there because I can hear you,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.00,0:01:32.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I can't see you because I normally wear glasses.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.00,0:01:34.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These are not glasses, these are empty frames. (Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.00,0:01:36.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Quite empty frames.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.00,0:01:39.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now why would a grown man appear before you
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.00,0:01:41.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,wearing empty frames on his face?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.00,0:01:43.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To fool you, ladies and gentlemen,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.00,0:01:46.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to deceive you, to show that you, too,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.00,0:01:48.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can make assumptions.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.00,0:01:50.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't you ever forget that.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.00,0:01:52.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, I have to do something -- first of all, switch to real glasses
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.00,0:01:54.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so I can actually see you,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.00,0:01:57.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which would probably be a convenience. I don't know.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.00,0:01:59.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I haven't had a good look. Well, it's not that great a convenience.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.00,0:02:01.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.00,0:02:03.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have to do something now, which seems
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.00,0:02:05.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a little bit strange for a magician.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.00,0:02:07.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I'm going to take some medication.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.00,0:02:09.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is a full bottle of
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.00,0:02:11.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Calms Forte.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.00,0:02:13.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'll explain that in just a moment.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.00,0:02:15.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ignore the instructions,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.00,0:02:17.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's what the government has to put in there
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.00,0:02:20.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to confuse you, I'm sure.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.00,0:02:22.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I will take enough of these. Mm.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.00,0:02:25.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Indeed, the whole container.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.00,0:02:35.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thirty-two tablets of Calms Forte.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.00,0:02:38.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now that I've done that -- I'll explain it in a moment --
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.00,0:02:40.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I must tell you that
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.00,0:02:42.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am an actor.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.00,0:02:45.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm an actor who plays a specific part.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.00,0:02:47.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I play the part of a magician,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.00,0:02:50.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a wizard, if you will, a real wizard.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.00,0:02:53.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If someone were to appear on this stage in front of me
Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.00,0:02:55.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and actually claim to be
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.00,0:02:58.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an ancient prince of Denmark named Hamlet,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.00,0:03:00.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you would be insulted
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.00,0:03:02.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and rightly so.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.00,0:03:04.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why would a man assume that you would believe
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.00,0:03:06.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,something bizarre like this?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.00,0:03:08.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But there exists out there
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.00,0:03:11.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a very large population
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.00,0:03:13.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of people who will tell you
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.00,0:03:15.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that they have psychic, magical powers
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.00,0:03:17.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that they can predict the future,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.00,0:03:19.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that they can make contact with the deceased.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.00,0:03:21.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh, they also say
Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.00,0:03:23.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they will sell you astrology
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.00,0:03:25.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or other fortunetelling methods.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.00,0:03:27.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh, they gladly sell you that, yes.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.00,0:03:29.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they also say
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.00,0:03:31.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that they can give you perpetual motion machines
Dialogue: 0,0:03:31.00,0:03:33.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and free energy systems.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.00,0:03:35.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They claim to be psychics,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.00,0:03:37.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or sensitives, whatever they can.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.00,0:03:40.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the one thing that has made a big comeback
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.00,0:03:42.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just recently
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.00,0:03:44.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is this business of
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.00,0:03:46.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,speaking with the dead.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.00,0:03:49.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, to my innocent mind,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.00,0:03:52.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,dead implies
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.00,0:03:55.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,incapable of communicating. (Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.00,0:03:57.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You might agree with me on that.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.00,0:04:00.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But these people, they tend to tell you that
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.00,0:04:02.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not only can they communicate with the dead --
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.00,0:04:04.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Hi, there" --
Dialogue: 0,0:04:04.00,0:04:06.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but they can hear the dead as well,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.00,0:04:09.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they can relay this information back to the living.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.00,0:04:11.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wonder if that's true.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.00,0:04:13.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't think so, because
Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.00,0:04:15.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this subculture of people
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.00,0:04:18.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,use exactly the same gimmicks that we magicians do,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.00,0:04:20.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,exactly the same --
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.00,0:04:23.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the same physical methods, the same psychological methods --
Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.00,0:04:26.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they effectively and profoundly
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.00,0:04:28.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,deceive millions of people around the earth,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.00,0:04:30.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to their detriment.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.00,0:04:32.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They deceive these people,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.00,0:04:34.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,costs them a lot of money,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.00,0:04:36.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,cost them a lot of emotional anguish.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.00,0:04:38.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Billions of dollars are spent
Dialogue: 0,0:04:38.00,0:04:41.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,every year, all over the globe,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.00,0:04:43.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on these charlatans.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.00,0:04:45.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, I have two questions
Dialogue: 0,0:04:45.00,0:04:47.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would like to ask these people
Dialogue: 0,0:04:47.00,0:04:49.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if I had the opportunity to do so.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.00,0:04:52.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,First question: If I want to ask them to call up --
Dialogue: 0,0:04:52.00,0:04:54.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because they do hear them through the ear.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:54.00,0:04:56.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They listen to the spirits like this --
Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.00,0:04:59.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm going to ask you to call up the ghost of my grandmother
Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.00,0:05:01.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because, when she died, she had the family will,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:01.00,0:05:03.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she secreted it someplace. We don't know where it is,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:03.00,0:05:06.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so we ask Granny, "Where is the will, Granny?"
Dialogue: 0,0:05:06.00,0:05:09.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What does Granny say? She says, "I'm in heaven and it's wonderful.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:09.00,0:05:11.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm here with all my old friends, my deceased friends,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:11.00,0:05:13.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and my family
Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.00,0:05:16.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and all the puppy dogs and the kittens that I used to have when I was a little girl.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:16.00,0:05:19.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I love you, and I'll always be with you.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:19.00,0:05:21.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Good bye."
Dialogue: 0,0:05:21.00,0:05:23.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And she didn't answer the damn question!
Dialogue: 0,0:05:23.00,0:05:25.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Where is the will?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:25.00,0:05:27.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, she could easily have said,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.00,0:05:29.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Oh, it's in the library on the second shelf, behind the encyclopedia,"
Dialogue: 0,0:05:29.00,0:05:32.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but she doesn't say that. No, she doesn't.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:32.00,0:05:35.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She doesn't bring any useful information to us.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:35.00,0:05:37.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We paid a lot of money for that information,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:37.00,0:05:39.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,be we didn't get it.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:39.00,0:05:42.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The second question that I'd like to ask, rather simple:
Dialogue: 0,0:05:42.00,0:05:44.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Suppose I ask them to contact
Dialogue: 0,0:05:44.00,0:05:47.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the spirit of my deceased father-in-law, as an example.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:47.00,0:05:49.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why do they insist on saying --
Dialogue: 0,0:05:49.00,0:05:51.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,remember, they speak into this ear --
Dialogue: 0,0:05:51.00,0:05:55.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,why do they say, "My name starts with J or M?"
Dialogue: 0,0:05:56.00,0:05:58.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is this a hunting game?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:58.00,0:06:00.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hunting and fishing? What is it?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:00.00,0:06:03.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is it 20 questions? No, it's more like 120 questions.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:03.00,0:06:06.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it is a cruel, vicious,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:07.00,0:06:10.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,absolutely conscienceless --
Dialogue: 0,0:06:10.00,0:06:13.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'll be all right, keep your seats (Laughter) --
Dialogue: 0,0:06:13.00,0:06:15.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,game that these people play.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:15.00,0:06:18.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they take advantage of the innocent, the naive,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:18.00,0:06:21.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the grieving, the needy people out there.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:21.00,0:06:23.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, this is a process
Dialogue: 0,0:06:23.00,0:06:26.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is called cold reading.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:27.00,0:06:29.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's one fellow out there,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:30.00,0:06:32.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Van Praagh is his name, James Van Praagh.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:32.00,0:06:34.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's one of the big practitioners of this sort of thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:34.00,0:06:37.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,John Edward, Sylvia Browne
Dialogue: 0,0:06:37.00,0:06:40.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Rosemary Altea, they are other operators.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:40.00,0:06:43.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are hundreds of them all over the earth, but in this country,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:43.00,0:06:45.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,James Van Praagh is very big.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:45.00,0:06:47.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what does he do? He likes to tell you
Dialogue: 0,0:06:47.00,0:06:49.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how the deceased got deceased,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:49.00,0:06:52.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the people he's talking to through his ear, you see?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:52.00,0:06:55.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So what he says is, very often, is like this: he says,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:55.00,0:06:58.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"He tells me, he tells me, before he passed,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:59.00,0:07:01.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that he had trouble breathing."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:01.00,0:07:03.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Folks, that's what dying is all about!
Dialogue: 0,0:07:03.00,0:07:05.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:07:05.00,0:07:07.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You stop breathing, and then you're dead.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:07.00,0:07:09.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's that simple.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:09.00,0:07:12.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's the kind of information they're going to bring back to you?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:12.00,0:07:14.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't think so.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:14.00,0:07:16.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, these people will make guesses, they'll say things like,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:16.00,0:07:18.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Why am I getting electricity?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:18.00,0:07:21.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's saying to me, 'Electricity.'
Dialogue: 0,0:07:21.00,0:07:23.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Was he an electrician?" "No."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:23.00,0:07:25.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Did he ever have an electric razor?" "No."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:25.00,0:07:27.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was a game of hunting questions like this.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:27.00,0:07:29.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is what they go through.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:29.00,0:07:31.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, folks often ask us
Dialogue: 0,0:07:31.00,0:07:33.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at the James Randi Educational Foundation,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:33.00,0:07:36.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they call me, they say, "Why are you so concerned about this, Mr. Randi?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:36.00,0:07:38.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Isn't it just a lot of fun?"
Dialogue: 0,0:07:38.00,0:07:41.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No, it is not fun. It is a cruel farce.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:41.00,0:07:44.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, it may bring a certain amount of comfort,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:44.00,0:07:46.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but that comfort lasts
Dialogue: 0,0:07:46.00,0:07:48.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,only about 20 minutes or so.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:48.00,0:07:50.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then the people look in the mirror, and they say,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:50.00,0:07:52.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I just paid a lot of money for that reading.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:52.00,0:07:55.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what did she say to me? 'I love you!'"
Dialogue: 0,0:07:55.00,0:07:57.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They always say that.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:57.00,0:07:59.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They don't get any information,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:59.00,0:08:01.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they don't get any value for what they spend.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:01.00,0:08:03.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, Sylvia Browne is the big operator.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:03.00,0:08:05.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We call her "The Talons."
Dialogue: 0,0:08:05.00,0:08:07.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sylvia Browne -- thank you --
Dialogue: 0,0:08:07.00,0:08:10.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sylvia Browne is the big operator
Dialogue: 0,0:08:10.00,0:08:12.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in this field at this very moment.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:12.00,0:08:15.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, Sylvia Browne -- just to show you --
Dialogue: 0,0:08:15.00,0:08:18.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she actually gets 700 dollars
Dialogue: 0,0:08:18.00,0:08:21.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for a 20 minute reading over the telephone,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:21.00,0:08:23.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she doesn't even go there in person,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:23.00,0:08:25.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you have to wait up to two years because
Dialogue: 0,0:08:25.00,0:08:27.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she's booked ahead that amount of time.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:27.00,0:08:29.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You pay by credit card or whatever,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:29.00,0:08:31.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then she will call you
Dialogue: 0,0:08:31.00,0:08:33.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sometime in the next two years.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:33.00,0:08:35.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can tell it's her. "Hello, this is Sylvia Browne."
Dialogue: 0,0:08:35.00,0:08:37.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's her, you can tell right away.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:39.00,0:08:42.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, Montel Williams is an intelligent man.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:42.00,0:08:45.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We all know who he is on television.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:45.00,0:08:47.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's well educated, he's smart,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:47.00,0:08:49.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he knows what Sylvia Browne is doing
Dialogue: 0,0:08:49.00,0:08:51.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but he doesn't give a damn.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:51.00,0:08:54.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He just doesn't care.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:55.00,0:08:58.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because, the bottom line is, the sponsors love it,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:58.00,0:09:00.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he will expose her
Dialogue: 0,0:09:00.00,0:09:02.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to television publicity all the time.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:02.00,0:09:05.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, what does Sylvia Browne give you for that 700 dollars?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:05.00,0:09:08.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She gives you the names of your guardian angels, that's first.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:08.00,0:09:11.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, without that, how could we possibly function? (Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:09:11.00,0:09:14.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She gives you the names of previous lives,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:14.00,0:09:16.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who you were in previous lives.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:16.00,0:09:18.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Duh.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:18.00,0:09:20.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It turns out that the women
Dialogue: 0,0:09:20.00,0:09:22.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that she gives readings for
Dialogue: 0,0:09:22.00,0:09:25.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were all Babylonian princesses, or something like that.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:25.00,0:09:27.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the men were all Grecian warriors
Dialogue: 0,0:09:27.00,0:09:30.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,fighting with Agamemnon.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:30.00,0:09:32.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nothing is ever said about
Dialogue: 0,0:09:32.00,0:09:34.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a 14 year-old bootblack in the streets of London
Dialogue: 0,0:09:34.00,0:09:36.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who died of consumption.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:36.00,0:09:39.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He isn't worth bringing back, obviously.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:39.00,0:09:42.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the strange thing -- folks, you may have noticed this too.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:42.00,0:09:45.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see these folks on television --
Dialogue: 0,0:09:45.00,0:09:48.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they never call anybody back from hell. (Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:09:49.00,0:09:52.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everyone comes back from heaven, but never from hell.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:52.00,0:09:54.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If they call back any of my friends,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:54.00,0:09:56.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they're not going to... Well, you see the story.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:56.00,0:09:58.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:09:59.00,0:10:02.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, Sylvia Browne is an exception,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:02.00,0:10:04.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an exception in one way,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:04.00,0:10:07.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because the James Randi Educational Foundation, my foundation,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:07.00,0:10:10.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,offers a one million dollar prize in negotiable bonds.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:10.00,0:10:12.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Very simply won.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:12.00,0:10:14.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All you have to do is prove any paranormal, occult
Dialogue: 0,0:10:14.00,0:10:16.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or supernatural event or power of any kind
Dialogue: 0,0:10:16.00,0:10:18.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,under proper observing conditions.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:18.00,0:10:20.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's very easy, win the million dollars.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:20.00,0:10:22.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sylvia Browne is an exception in that
Dialogue: 0,0:10:22.00,0:10:25.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she's the only professional psychic
Dialogue: 0,0:10:25.00,0:10:27.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the whole world
Dialogue: 0,0:10:27.00,0:10:30.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that has accepted our challenge.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:30.00,0:10:33.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She did this on the "Larry King Live" show on CNN
Dialogue: 0,0:10:33.00,0:10:36.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,six and a half years ago.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:36.00,0:10:39.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we haven't heard from her since. Strange.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:39.00,0:10:42.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She said that, first of all, that she didn't know how to contact me.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:42.00,0:10:44.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Duh.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:44.00,0:10:46.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A professional psychic who speaks to dead people,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:47.00,0:10:49.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she can't reach me?
Dialogue: 0,0:10:49.00,0:10:51.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:10:51.00,0:10:53.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm alive, you may have noticed.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:53.00,0:10:55.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, pretty well anyway.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:56.00,0:10:59.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She couldn't reach me. Now she says she doesn't want to reach me
Dialogue: 0,0:10:59.00,0:11:02.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I'm a godless person.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:02.00,0:11:04.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All the more reason to take the million dollars,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:04.00,0:11:06.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,wouldn't you think, Sylvia?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:06.00,0:11:09.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now these people need to be stopped, seriously now.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:09.00,0:11:11.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They need to be stopped because this is a cruel farce.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:11.00,0:11:14.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We get people coming to the foundation all the time.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:14.00,0:11:17.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're ruined financially and emotionally
Dialogue: 0,0:11:17.00,0:11:19.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because they've given their money and their faith
Dialogue: 0,0:11:19.00,0:11:21.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to these people.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:21.00,0:11:23.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, I popped some pills earlier.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:23.00,0:11:25.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have to explain that to you.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:25.00,0:11:28.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Homeopathy, let's find out what that's all about.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:28.00,0:11:30.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hmm. You've heard of it.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:30.00,0:11:33.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's an alternative form of healing, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:33.00,0:11:36.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Homeopathy actually consists -- and that's what this is.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:36.00,0:11:39.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is Calms Forte,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:39.00,0:11:42.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,32 caplets of sleeping pills! I forgot to tell you that.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:42.00,0:11:44.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I just ingested
Dialogue: 0,0:11:44.00,0:11:47.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,six and a half days worth of sleeping pills.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:47.00,0:11:49.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:11:49.00,0:11:51.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Six and a half days, that certainly is a fatal dose.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:51.00,0:11:53.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It says right on the back here,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:53.00,0:11:55.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"In case of overdose,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:55.00,0:11:57.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,contact your poison control center immediately,"
Dialogue: 0,0:11:57.00,0:11:59.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it gives an 800 number.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:59.00,0:12:01.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Keep your seats -- it's going to be okay.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:01.00,0:12:03.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't really need it
Dialogue: 0,0:12:03.00,0:12:05.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I've been doing this stunt
Dialogue: 0,0:12:05.00,0:12:08.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for audiences all over the world
Dialogue: 0,0:12:08.00,0:12:10.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the last eight or 10 years,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:10.00,0:12:13.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,taking fatal doses of homeopathic sleeping pills.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:13.00,0:12:15.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why don't they affect me?
Dialogue: 0,0:12:15.00,0:12:17.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:12:17.00,0:12:20.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:12:20.00,0:12:22.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The answer may surprise you.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:22.00,0:12:24.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is homeopathy?
Dialogue: 0,0:12:24.00,0:12:26.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's taking a medicine that really works
Dialogue: 0,0:12:26.00,0:12:28.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and diluting it down
Dialogue: 0,0:12:28.00,0:12:30.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,well beyond Avogadro's limit.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:30.00,0:12:32.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Diluting it down to the point
Dialogue: 0,0:12:32.00,0:12:35.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where there's none of it left. (Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:12:35.00,0:12:37.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now folks, this is not
Dialogue: 0,0:12:37.00,0:12:40.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just a metaphor I'm going to give you now, it's true.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:40.00,0:12:42.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's exactly equivalent to taking
Dialogue: 0,0:12:42.00,0:12:46.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one 325 milligram aspirin tablet,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:46.00,0:12:49.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,throwing it into the middle of Lake Tahoe,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:49.00,0:12:52.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then stirring it up, obviously with a very big stick,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:52.00,0:12:54.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and waiting two years or so
Dialogue: 0,0:12:54.00,0:12:57.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,until the solution is homogeneous.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:57.00,0:12:59.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then, when you get a headache,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:59.00,0:13:02.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you take a sip of this water, and -- voila! -- it is gone.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:02.00,0:13:04.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:13:04.00,0:13:07.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now that is true. That is what homeopathy is all about.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:07.00,0:13:10.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And another claim that they make -- you'll love this one --
Dialogue: 0,0:13:10.00,0:13:13.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the more dilute the medicine is, they say,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:13.00,0:13:15.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the more powerful it is.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:15.00,0:13:18.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now wait a minute, we heard about a guy in Florida.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:18.00,0:13:20.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The poor man, he was on homeopathic medicine.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:20.00,0:13:22.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He died of an overdose.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:22.00,0:13:24.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He forgot to take his pill.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:24.00,0:13:26.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:13:26.00,0:13:28.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Work on it. Work on it.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:30.00,0:13:33.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a ridiculous thing. It is absolutely ridiculous.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:33.00,0:13:35.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't know what we're doing,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:35.00,0:13:38.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,believing in all this nonsense over all these years.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:38.00,0:13:40.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, let me tell you,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:40.00,0:13:42.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The James Randi Educational Foundation
Dialogue: 0,0:13:42.00,0:13:44.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is waving this very big carrot,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:44.00,0:13:47.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I must say, the fact that nobody
Dialogue: 0,0:13:47.00,0:13:49.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has taken us up on this offer
Dialogue: 0,0:13:49.00,0:13:51.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,doesn't mean that the powers don't exist.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:51.00,0:13:54.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They might, some place out there.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:54.00,0:13:57.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe these people are just independently wealthy.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:57.00,0:13:59.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, with Sylvia Browne I would think so.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:59.00,0:14:01.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, 700 dollars for a 20 minute reading
Dialogue: 0,0:14:01.00,0:14:03.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,over the telephone --
Dialogue: 0,0:14:03.00,0:14:05.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's more than lawyers make!
Dialogue: 0,0:14:06.00,0:14:08.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean that's a fabulous amount of money.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:08.00,0:14:11.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These people don't need the million dollars perhaps,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:11.00,0:14:13.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but wouldn't you think they'd like to take it
Dialogue: 0,0:14:13.00,0:14:15.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just to make me look silly?
Dialogue: 0,0:14:15.00,0:14:18.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just to get rid of this godless person out there
Dialogue: 0,0:14:18.00,0:14:21.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that Sylvia Browne talks about all the time?
Dialogue: 0,0:14:21.00,0:14:23.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think that something needs to be done about this.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:23.00,0:14:26.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We really would love to have suggestions from you folks
Dialogue: 0,0:14:26.00,0:14:29.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on how to contact federal, state
Dialogue: 0,0:14:29.00,0:14:31.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and local authorities
Dialogue: 0,0:14:31.00,0:14:33.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to get them to do something.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:33.00,0:14:36.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you find out -- now I understand.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:36.00,0:14:38.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We've seen people, even today, speaking to us
Dialogue: 0,0:14:38.00,0:14:40.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about AIDS epidemics
Dialogue: 0,0:14:40.00,0:14:42.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and starving kids around the world
Dialogue: 0,0:14:42.00,0:14:45.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and impure water supplies that people have to suffer with.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:45.00,0:14:47.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Those are very important,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:47.00,0:14:49.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,critically important to us.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:49.00,0:14:52.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we must do something about those problems.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:52.00,0:14:54.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But at the same time,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:54.00,0:14:56.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as Arthur C. Clarke said,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:56.00,0:14:58.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The rotting of the human mind,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:58.00,0:15:00.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the business of believing in the paranormal and the occult
Dialogue: 0,0:15:00.00,0:15:02.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the supernatural --
Dialogue: 0,0:15:02.00,0:15:04.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all of this total nonsense,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:04.00,0:15:06.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this medieval thinking --
Dialogue: 0,0:15:06.00,0:15:08.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think something should be done about that,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:08.00,0:15:10.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it all lies in education.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:10.00,0:15:12.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Largely, it's the media
Dialogue: 0,0:15:12.00,0:15:14.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who are to blame for this sort of thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:14.00,0:15:16.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They shamelessly promote
Dialogue: 0,0:15:16.00,0:15:18.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all kinds of nonsense of this sort
Dialogue: 0,0:15:18.00,0:15:21.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it pleases the sponsors.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:22.00,0:15:24.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's the bottom line, the dollar line.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:24.00,0:15:26.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what they're looking at.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:26.00,0:15:28.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We really must do something about this.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:28.00,0:15:30.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm willing to take your suggestions,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:30.00,0:15:32.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'm willing to have you
Dialogue: 0,0:15:32.00,0:15:35.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,tune in to our webpage.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:35.00,0:15:38.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's www.randi.org.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:38.00,0:15:40.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Go in there and look at the archives,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:40.00,0:15:42.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you will begin to understand much more
Dialogue: 0,0:15:42.00,0:15:44.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of what I've been talking about today.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:44.00,0:15:46.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You will see the records that we have.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:46.00,0:15:48.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's nothing like sitting in that library
Dialogue: 0,0:15:48.00,0:15:50.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and having a family appear there
Dialogue: 0,0:15:50.00,0:15:53.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and say that Mum gave away all the family fortune.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:53.00,0:15:55.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She cashed in the CDs,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:55.00,0:15:58.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she gave away the stocks and the certificates.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:58.00,0:16:00.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's really sad to hear,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:00.00,0:16:03.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it hasn't helped them one bit,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:03.00,0:16:05.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hasn't solved any of their problems.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:05.00,0:16:07.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yes, there could be a rotting of the American mind,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:07.00,0:16:10.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and of the minds all the way around the earth,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:10.00,0:16:13.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if we don't start to think sensibly about these things.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:14.00,0:16:16.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, we've offered this carrot,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:16.00,0:16:18.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as I say, we've dangled the carrot.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:18.00,0:16:20.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're waiting for the psychics to come forth and snap at it.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:20.00,0:16:22.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh, we get lots of them,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:22.00,0:16:24.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hundreds of them every year come by.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:24.00,0:16:26.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These are dowsers and people
Dialogue: 0,0:16:26.00,0:16:28.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who think that they can talk to the dead as well,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:28.00,0:16:30.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but they're amateurs; they don't know how to evaluate
Dialogue: 0,0:16:30.00,0:16:33.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,their own so-called powers.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:33.00,0:16:35.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The professionals never come near us,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:35.00,0:16:37.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,except in that case of Sylvia Browne
Dialogue: 0,0:16:37.00,0:16:39.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I told you about a moment ago.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:40.00,0:16:43.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She did accept and then backed away.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:43.00,0:16:46.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ladies and gentlemen,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:46.00,0:16:49.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm James Randi,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:49.00,0:16:52.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'm waiting.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:52.00,0:16:54.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:54.00,0:16:57.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)