James Randi, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

James Randi

Canadian-American stage magician and scientific skeptic

Date of Birth: 07-Aug-1928

Place of Birth: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Profession: writer, philosopher, magician

Nationality: Canada, United States

Zodiac Sign: Leo


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About James Randi

  • James Randi (born Randall James Hamilton Zwinge; August 7, 1928) is a Canadian-American retired stage magician and a scientific skeptic who has extensively challenged paranormal and pseudoscientific claims.
  • Randi is the co-founder of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry (CSI), originally known as the Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal (CSICOP).
  • He is also the founder of the James Randi Educational Foundation (JREF).
  • He began his career as a magician under the stage name The Amazing Randi and later chose to devote most of his time to investigating paranormal, occult, and supernatural claims, which he collectively calls "woo-woo".
  • Randi retired from practicing magic at age 60, and from the JREF at 87. Although often referred to as a "debunker", Randi has said he dislikes the term's connotations and prefers to describe himself as an "investigator".
  • He has written about paranormal phenomena, skepticism, and the history of magic.
  • He was a frequent guest on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, famously exposing fraudulent faith healer Peter Popoff, and was occasionally featured on the television program Penn & Teller: Bullshit! Before Randi's retirement, JREF sponsored the One Million Dollar Paranormal Challenge, which offered a prize of one million dollars US to eligible applicants who could demonstrate evidence of any paranormal, supernatural, or occult power or event under test conditions agreed to by both parties.
  • The paranormal challenge was officially terminated by the JREF in 2015.
  • The foundation continues to make grants to non-profit groups that encourage critical thinking and a fact-based world view.

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