The market for nonsense is infinite.

The market for nonsense is infinite.

James Randi

I am in a very peculiar business: I travel all over the world telling people what they should already know.

I am in a very peculiar business: I travel all over the world telling people what they should already know.

One thing that has made a big comeback just recently is this business of speaking with the dead. To my innocent mind, 'dead' implies incapable of communicating.

One thing that has made a big comeback just recently is this business of speaking with the dead. To my innocent mind, 'dead' implies incapable of communicating.

We have fought long and hard to escape from medieval superstition. I, for one, do not wish to go back.

We have fought long and hard to escape from medieval superstition. I, for one, do not wish to go back.

The New Age? Its just the old age stuck in a microwave oven for fifteen seconds.

The New Age? Its just the old age stuck in a microwave oven for fifteen seconds.

I can go into a lab and fool the rear ends off any group of scientists.

I can go into a lab and fool the rear ends off any group of scientists.

To recognize that nature has neither a preference for our species nor a bias against it takes only a little courage.

To recognize that nature has neither a preference for our species nor a bias against it takes only a little courage.

No evidence against a firmly-held belief, no matter how good or abundant it may be, will sway the true believer.

No evidence against a firmly-held belief, no matter how good or abundant it may be, will sway the true believer.

Nature doesn't cheat - people do.

Nature doesn't cheat - people do.

Feeling better is not actually being better.

Feeling better is not actually being better.

People who are smart get into Mensa. People who are really smart look around and leave.

People who are smart get into Mensa. People who are really smart look around and leave.

There is a distinct difference between having an open mind and having a hole in your head from which your brain leaks out.

There is a distinct difference between having an open mind and having a hole in your head from which your brain leaks out.

No amount of belief makes something a fact.

No amount of belief makes something a fact.

Blind belief can be comforting, but it can easily cripple reason and productivity, and stop intellectual progress.

Blind belief can be comforting, but it can easily cripple reason and productivity, and stop intellectual progress.

Magicians are the most honest people in the world; they tell you they're gonna fool you, and then they do it.

Magicians are the most honest people in the world; they tell you they're gonna fool you, and then they do it.

We owe it to our kids to inform them and train them how to think, not what to think.

We owe it to our kids to inform them and train them how to think, not what to think.

No matter how smart or well-educated you are, you can be deceived.

No matter how smart or well-educated you are, you can be deceived.

Everyone who believes in telekinesis, raise my hand.

Everyone who believes in telekinesis, raise my hand.

Those who believe without reason cannot be convinced by reason.

Those who believe without reason cannot be convinced by reason.