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I liked this from an overall perspective. I was already familiar with many of the topics that Randi covered in this book so there weren't as many "gotcha" moments as I was expecting. It was still a fun exploration of the ridiculous, though, since I hadn't heard about actual testing of psychics and...
Well-paced, interesting topic, with an enjoyable bitchy tone, on occasions. Well-written and enjoyable.
James Randi has spent the last few decades exposing psychic frauds and faith-healing con-artists who use the tricks of stage magicians to fool people into believing they have special powers. In Flim-Flam Randi uses several case studies to show the techniques used by both profession scammers and the...
Unfortunately dated, James Randi’s study of fakers and hoaxsters is nonetheless a passionate, well-thought-out expose. Though Randi is wordy at times and I felt myself growing bored in the middle, I nonetheless found his methods and careful study of each “phenomenon” he investigated to be useful and...
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