One reason for Randi's animus is that Geller sued Randi many times, for telling the truth.
Now Geller is jumping on the hot 'UFO Disclosure' bandwagon, claiming to have seen dead aliens in an Air Force freezer. The Tik Toc video of a living alien he is showing here has previously been revealed to be a CGI creation.
For context, let me start with stating that I'm am Israeli professional Mentalist (I do this for a living for over 30 years).
I agree with every line in the above article, Uri Geller is a big Fraud.
I had a chance to meet Geller on a few occasions, he is a very smart charming person. My problem with him is not so much the fact that he pretends to have superpowers, at the end of the day, people want to believe and no matter what you tell them, faith is stronger than facts (unfortunate reality), so even if the guy stated he has powers and people choose to pay to go see him perform, that's ok with me, after all, I tell my audience I don't have any powers and after the show, I always get those that choose to believe I have powers.
I actually uploaded Geller when he took all that money from oil companies, good for him, they can afford it and if they are stupid enough to believe that a charlatan can pinpoint on a map where they can find oil, then they deserve it all.
I even think that for some desperate people with serious medical conditions, sometimes hope and faith can actually cure or alleviate pain, this is why "Shamans" and "Virgins" are still a thing and some people still will swear to it, including some of my wife's family in Argentina that think that as a result of a visit to the "Virgin of Guadalupe", they managed to conceive a healthy baby (that off course is named Guadalupe).
Back to Geller, the moment I really lost all respect for the man was when in 1995 on a news show in Israel, he appeared there claiming he will help a desperate mom to find her son that got lost in a backpacking trip in Asia for months (or maybe years I can't remember). He opened a map of the world, closed his eyes, and started waving his hand on top trying to connect with her lost son.
Promoting yourself at the expense of a desperate mother is deplorable. No matter that Geller admitted in front of magicians that he is full of it, will never make this right in my view.
I totally agree. While perhaps not as blatant as many of today's "grief vampires" (as Susan Gerbic calls them), he's stolen money, dignity and sewn false hope in tens of thousands of people. I have nothing but contempt for the guy.
Thanks for writing this. I read that Times article the other day and couldn't believe how one sided it was in terms of dismissing this obvious con man's decades of fraud by writing it off as entertainment. I expect better from the paper of record
What a hilarious one-sided hit piece. Glad they treated Randi as a footnote. He was nothing but another showman whose audience was the extreme skeptic/atheist crowd.
One reason for Randi's animus is that Geller sued Randi many times, for telling the truth.
Now Geller is jumping on the hot 'UFO Disclosure' bandwagon, claiming to have seen dead aliens in an Air Force freezer. The Tik Toc video of a living alien he is showing here has previously been revealed to be a CGI creation.
https://badufos.blogspot.com/2023/07/more-credible-eyewitness-testimony.html
Robert Sheaffer
For context, let me start with stating that I'm am Israeli professional Mentalist (I do this for a living for over 30 years).
I agree with every line in the above article, Uri Geller is a big Fraud.
I had a chance to meet Geller on a few occasions, he is a very smart charming person. My problem with him is not so much the fact that he pretends to have superpowers, at the end of the day, people want to believe and no matter what you tell them, faith is stronger than facts (unfortunate reality), so even if the guy stated he has powers and people choose to pay to go see him perform, that's ok with me, after all, I tell my audience I don't have any powers and after the show, I always get those that choose to believe I have powers.
I actually uploaded Geller when he took all that money from oil companies, good for him, they can afford it and if they are stupid enough to believe that a charlatan can pinpoint on a map where they can find oil, then they deserve it all.
I even think that for some desperate people with serious medical conditions, sometimes hope and faith can actually cure or alleviate pain, this is why "Shamans" and "Virgins" are still a thing and some people still will swear to it, including some of my wife's family in Argentina that think that as a result of a visit to the "Virgin of Guadalupe", they managed to conceive a healthy baby (that off course is named Guadalupe).
Back to Geller, the moment I really lost all respect for the man was when in 1995 on a news show in Israel, he appeared there claiming he will help a desperate mom to find her son that got lost in a backpacking trip in Asia for months (or maybe years I can't remember). He opened a map of the world, closed his eyes, and started waving his hand on top trying to connect with her lost son.
Promoting yourself at the expense of a desperate mother is deplorable. No matter that Geller admitted in front of magicians that he is full of it, will never make this right in my view.
Zero respect for Uri Geller.
I totally agree. While perhaps not as blatant as many of today's "grief vampires" (as Susan Gerbic calls them), he's stolen money, dignity and sewn false hope in tens of thousands of people. I have nothing but contempt for the guy.
Thanks for writing this. I read that Times article the other day and couldn't believe how one sided it was in terms of dismissing this obvious con man's decades of fraud by writing it off as entertainment. I expect better from the paper of record
So well done, DJ. Bravo.
He’s suggested he could cure someone's cancer:
https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/6640868.psychic-star-uri-steps-tobi/
What a hilarious one-sided hit piece. Glad they treated Randi as a footnote. He was nothing but another showman whose audience was the extreme skeptic/atheist crowd.