It's a fascting docu...
...and James Randi is someone I hold in very high regard.
As I recall, his reticence was due to him feeling that it intruded too much on his personal life and shifted the focus from his life's work, but he eventually gave the film his blessing.
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Happosai _,,,,_(O ; o)_,,,, Fri 12 Jan 2018, 23:32,
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Lucky for you I don't understand what that last sentence is supposed to mean, so I'm just going to glare at you.
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Prufrock Lucifer, son of the morning!, Sat 13 Jan 2018, 0:53,
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effect 1999ish
"The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt." en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Bertrand_Russell 1930ish
"The best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity." en.wikiquote.org/wiki/William_Butler_Yeats 1919ish
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artifus is doing it all wrong, Sat 13 Jan 2018, 1:04,
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