Seth Raphael claims Randi's Million Dollar Challenge
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 ก.ย. 2012
- At the MIT Media Lab in April 2008, Hi-Tech Magician Seth Raphael (magicseth.com/) challenged James Randi (randi.org/), claiming his computer can read minds. Randi accepted the challenge and then watched as Seth's computer succeeded in passing all of his tests. Witness Randi handing Seth the first good faith check for $10,000. Seth performs all of these miracles in live shows for companies across the world.
I think the biggest question most of us are all thinking is what the hell is wrong with that man's hair?
Don't look up elapesia or you'll be none the wiser...try looking for alopecia - most people just shave their head.
Scally __ Thanks Scally :-)
+Chi sey 😆😆
Misdirection.
Misdirection, haha that sure is fitting! And it's one very screwed up hair style.
To all the people crying that this was a waste of 27 minutes and they want it back it's your own fault for being a rookie of the internet, I'm a professional TH-cam viewer and that entails always having a second monitor with porn playing and simultaneously watching both monitors to never risk wasted time. I have completed TH-cam 3 times now but in return I suffer from carpal tunnel in both wrist and one ankle and exhausted over 14,000 boxes of tissue paper.
lol 😂😂
fucking funny shit hopefully one day I can complete youtube
So you are saying your in pain and can not acess the button to quickly get to another channel. To bad for you.
Save money on tissues by re-using an old sock!
WHAT DOES "COMPLETED TH-cam" MEAN
I met James Randi at the Flamingo in Las Vegas in 2019 while he was having coffee with Penn Jillette. My daughter had spied Penn at the small lobby cafe we were in line at and pointed him out. I immediately recognized the old gray-haired man he was with. Penn had just wheeled him by in a wheelchair to the patio of the cafe. I saw a lull in their conversation and got the courage to introduce myself to them both. While Penn excused himself to get the coffee, I got to chat with James a bit and expressed my enjoyment of his debunking videos. He was a very gracious and soft spoken man. I didn’t visit but more than a couple minutes, as I didn’t want to intrude on the two close friends time together.
Later that night, at the meet and greet after the Penn & Teller show, I reminded Penn that I had met him and James earlier that morning. He said he remembered, and that James appreciated me talking to him about his debunking stuff and that it meant a lot to him.
That’s my story of meeting James Randi and Penn together.
I can't believe I fell for a 10 year old April fool. Very well played.
Best part was when he took out the envelope to prove he couldn't cheat either
I saw this years back and it just popped up on my feed. I remembered that is was a trick, but what was the ending? I watched through it again and was like that’s right, April Fools 😂
I was thinking no way, even if supernatural powers exist nobody’s ever gonna prove it, and claim the million dollars. So I’m not wasting 27 minutes on this. Read the comments, saved minutes.
Why shouldn't you "fall for it?" You undoubtedly trusted Randi as a "man of science," when he is nothing more than a retired magician, or should I say a con man or liar.
@@brianmueller7913 randi was quite well-spoken and pragmatic. are you trying to make an appeal to university degreeship? or do you actually believe you can cast magic spells?
@@brianmueller7913James Randi is the farthest thing from a con man or a liar as you accuse him of being.
Let's all bow our heads and take a moment of silence for our brothers and sisters who warned us in the comments. We stand on the shoulders of giants. Thank you for your service.
They fucked up a perfectly good joke 😅
@@JoeZUGOOLA Or saved us all 27 minutes of sitting through one.
Yes. For all of those who lost almost 30 minutes of their lives, so we could be saved
Good thing that I fast forward to the end
Fun fact if everybody switched our smart tech off and refused to switch it back on until our demands were met , the virtual crippling of their big data economy and digital infrastructure would bring the cabal to their knees . It's all about big data , data collection is worth more than oil , the future is gene therapy doing away with millenia of medicine the jabbing will never stop , but they couldnt achieve it if everybody refused their tech , hell even just for a day or a week even switch it off when you go to bed would be a start ,we hold all the cards.
Well there goes 2 seconds of my life I'll never get back.. Thank you comment section.
Your mom agrees
@Jay Gan you still got burned.
🤣
If you cut out alcohol and fast food you will get those two seconds back.
Time is a virtue.
Thank goodness that was all an April fool's! Initially I was thinking "well, all it takes to win a million bucks is to use technology that grandpa doesn't understand" 😂
Please answer
Same thought lol 😂
Obviously you children have never seen James Randi before. He was a very intelligent person with a long career in debunking paranormal psychic nonsense. He was not some ignorant old man that doesn't understand tech. Yet what am I to expect from obviously YOUNG inexperienced children that know nothing of the world yet.
@joetheman74 stop talking to young children on the internet then
James Randi was a friend of mine, and I know a lot of people rightly claim that honor, but I will never forget how generous he was to me and how, in some inexplicable way, I always felt better knowing he was around, doing what he did best for the betterment of all. Having passed away almost exactly one year ago, I feel a void and an uncertainty about the future of science in this chaotic, profoundly, ignorant, violence-prone country because we have lost one of our greatest champions of science, truth and education. All that considered, James Randi and his remarkable life’s work, indeed, left us in a better place than we could have ever achieved without him. RIP old bean.
HOLY KATZ! I was not aware that the Amazing Randi had passed. Godspeed, Mr. Randi.
Hey Sa, I don’t know Randi personally, but I feel exactly the same way about him as you do. It’s not often these days to come across a truly authentic person. He’ll always be an inspiration for me.
i never heard of the cat but i can feel the emotion and passion in what you write...thank you for introducing me to a guy with your incredibly well articulated description...i can tell i wouldve liked him
His was the 2nd book on magic I ever read. The first was about Houdini. I never wanted to be a magician. Just wanted to know how it worked. I guess it's the mechanic in me.
He exposed it, I loved it.
*"James Randi and his remarkable life’s work, indeed, left us in a better place than we could have ever achieved without him."*
His spirit is in a much better place right now, I'm sure much to his utter shock and amazement.
It's all an April fools joke... this video was posted in september. I've just wasted 27 minutes of my life.
gone forever
+Slows I knew there was something fishy going on, I was like woah test it properly with the double blind n everything.
+Slows trollolololololololo! u mad? XD
+Cecilie Hansen not remotely mad... are you trying to be funny?
Slows yass!
I feel absolutely betrayed by this video
This was such an absolutely entertaining prank to watch! What a wonderful perfomance!
RIP James Randi... legend
April Fools joke still catching suckers 8 years later.
This is why I love comments.
if people were fish, we'd be fucked.
Thanks for the heads up.
Thanks to reading the comments, I skipped ahead to 26:35 and didn't waste half an hour watching this...
+whomee2 Wish i'd done the same mate.
+whomee2 Ha! Thanks for saving me the time man. I was a few minutes in before I read your post.
Thanks dude
+whomee2 lol thankya
+whomee2
hahah.... thanks
He's bald He's not bald He's bald He's not bald He's bald He's not bald.
The 3 that stood for the ovation really took it hard that day!
Please tell me part of the gag was this dude's fucked up dome?
It was aired on April 1st ...
Yeah, but was the HAIR a part of the joke, or does that guy just have it that way naturally?
chadakaira nada he's battling cancer
Those were sensors, not hair patches.
Trust me, if you have an MA from MIT you don't have to worry about your haircut any longer.
Seth's hair is still loading.
lmao!
Lmfao!!! 😂😂😂😂😣👌👌👌
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Lmao buffering......
The twist is that the paranormal was in his hair like Samson's Strength
Audience member: I’m suing you for a million dollars. You will be hearing from my lawyer for wasting 27 minutes of my time. 😂
This was by far my favorite prank ever to watch on TH-cam
Amazing Randi should get a prize for looking exactly like he did in the 80s What's my Line TV show. He hasn't aged a bit.
Maybe it''s the beard?
He does look for being in his 80s, doesn't her? But the show was "That's My Line", aired in 1981. "What's My LIne" aired in the 50s and 60s.
Back then he was a balding, grey-bearded and bespectacled man. He already looked older than many his age. People in their 50s also tend to dress differently in their 80s, but not Randi. That's why his age progression is less dramatic than most people's.
yeah he never been young lol
Wow. Extremely disappointing from both parties. Seth you need to include the truth of this video in the description and James should never have agreed to this. What a waste of time. Someone please upvote this comment so everyone can see at 26:40 it is an April Fools prank...
The whole point of an April fools prank is that you don't announce ahead of time that you're about to play an April fool's prank. I brought some balance to the force with a downvote on that silly suggestion.
Keira Churchill Too true! But considering this was posted on September 8th, and there are usually 364 days out of the year that it is NOT April 1st, I feel my warning is valid. I have downvoted your reply to put back the balance you disrupted. ;)
Maybe people will start to recognize sarcasm, jokes, and trolls better after this.
booooo
thanks for ruining it!
RIP Randi we need you more than ever!
AMEN!
10 years. . . 10 YEARS OLD VIDEO and they pranked my ass. love it. much love Mr magic Setch
SPOILER:
Oh for fuck sakes I just wasted 30 minutes of my life, its all fake everyone, it was an April fools prank.
i should have seen this before 30 minuts.
im mad too
Oh my god. I feel like such a fool for going...huh that's impressive lololol. I got trolled so so hard.
lmao good thing i only wasted 1 min reading this
Ha ha
You guys got me good. But I wish you would've kept the April's fool joke to 5 minutes instead of 27 ****ing minutes.
i think it was a good joke, pretty entertaining
Thanks for the heads up. Based on title, I didn't watch this video at all, and went straight to comments
I made it twelve minutes, yup five would have been about right.
They got me for six minutes before I knew something was up.
The longer the prank, the better the joke 😁
Magic Seth went on Penn and Tellers show FOOL US and completely blew their minds. He's truly AMAZING.
Cant believe i fell for it... watching in awe for the whole video, very well played fellows. 😅
Why does that psychic look like he should be praising Atom in the Glowing Sea?
Eldritch Guy Haha! Nice Fallout reference, bro.
nice! i couldnt believe that when i read it
Eldritch Guy Lmfao
Eldritch Guy omg what an awesome and perfect reference! Haha
Wasn't that amazing, tbh.. Don't get me wrong it was good but it's not like I haven't seen better ones.
I mean at what point do you just say,"fuck it" and shave the rest of that shit off your head?
yeah seriously, why the hell does he keep the batches of hair? So he can donate them when they grow long enough? :/
lmao i kept staring at it like wtf is that shit
Awesome! Never met Randi but had some email conversations with him. He was my hero growing up, I'm a proud skeptic and scientist as a result.
I would've loved to have known James Randi personally. Such an awesome human
When I was a teenager, I lived in Plantation Florida a few blocks from the house he lived in, and didn't know who he was back then. It makes me sad to know how close I was to meeting him, but missed the opportunity.
Did know him. He was a lot of fun as well as extremely intelligent. We actually loved to annoy each other.
I'm actually so much angrier than I should be
I'm really fucking angry
punch someone - you have an extra fist in your beard !
chill - we will make better joke !
Deca Hedron mostly angry at that dudes radiation sickness hair.
like Jim cary as fire Marshall bill.
The only reason I'm not mad about wasting 27 minutes of my life is because of my respect for James Randi
Still angry, James should know better. April fool's day pranks is hardly something he should be encouraging in a skeptical educational foundation, and on top of that this muddles the integrity of JREF... How many people only read the title, or didn't watch the final 10secs?
There's bound to be people who now think there's been at least one winner ergo supernatural may be real after all.
It even sounds like a breakthrough when the guy said, "I won't be needing your million dollars (just your admission will make me 100x that.)"
Very disappointed personally.
@@A-Milkdromeda-Laniakea-Hominid using a computer disqualifies you from the prize, because the computer is just technology and explicable. I knew something was up because you cannot read memory of a computer that is off by touching it. Common sense and if you even watch just one other of his challenges, they are not even close to getting it right let alone spot on 3/3.
@@niwempleh Yes I would agree, it's impossible, but no more so than psychics and tea leaf readers lol. My mild anger was specifically about having a headline that says "Randi's prize claimed" and 30 minutes of James acting like this is something!
I'm better now, but at the time I was choked lol.
Because this was sooo fun. This was amazing, a prank totally worthy of James Randi...
@@A-Milkdromeda-Laniakea-Hominid I think it's actually a good way to show people who kinda believe...maybe want to believe that such things exist, that they don't.
And I loved the methodical presentation that turned out to be very dry humor.
I see someone expecting to be taken seriously with a tea towel draped over their head, I click away.
I guess Seth forgot to completely charge his shaver the night before.
It's an April fool's joke. I hopefully just saved you 20+ minutes. If it was more clever it'd be worth the watch. I unfortunately will never get that 27:01 minutes back but hopefully you comment viewer can save yourself before it's to late.
you hero
Adam DeNio thanks I stopped in 10 seconds
Came here looking for comments about his hair, this is much better thanks.
Son of a bitch. I read this comment at 25 mins and 23 seconds. I hate my life!!!!! I think I was more upset by reading this, since I was so far through the video. I would have just rathered found out myself! Thanks jackass 😂😂. You would have been a savoir if I would have read it within 2 mins of it playing !!
Damnit! I should have read the comments! The while time I was like...there is no way this is real 😂
I h8 when I don't read comments first
Same....
I know right... 27 minutes long I could have watched something else. I thought he was giving in way to easy. Like why wouldnt he whip out his own deck of cards to use etc...
Tintamar5678 I think less of you for your spoiler. No need to comment on everything
@@leopiccione8523
Spoiler?!? No, it's a lame joke that wastes time.
I just watched that entire thing. What a waste, next time I'll read the comment section first lol
I am so glad I watched the whole thing. What a great ending. Thanks.
By looking at the like to dislike ratio, I can read your minds and what my psychic abilities are picking up is that many people are pissed about this April Fool’s joke haha and it’s great. I love it 😄
It's an April fool's joke. do not waste your time. pretty irritated I watched the whole thing
Carson Dodd yeah me too! Wtf! Lol
I wish I read this comment before watching the video.
Carson Dodd his hair or the video?
Wait the women wearing the jester hate didn't tip you off.
Yeah that's was fucked up I was honestly pissed it was only April fools
Skip to 26:25 if you value you time.
This comment should be at the top!
Thank u!
Don't skip if you like to be entertained.
J Anthing Saved my ass from a half hour of bullshit.
Dang I wish I saw this at the beginning of the video
The man viewing the screen should be wearing sunglasses as the computer can read his eye reactions.
I specifically didn't read the comments because I didn't wanna ruin the suspense.
Now I've ruined 27 minutes of my life.
SAMEEE ugh
LMFAO I'm outta here. I read the comments 😂🤣
Al El me too! Lol
I didn't either
Al El I read them so I wouldn't waste 27 minutes!
When you drop a lolly on the carpet and you pick it back up
this made me laugh harder than it probably should
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
You sir, win my attention.
I laughed so hard i farted
I can’t believe you said this. 🙀😂😂😂😂😂😂
Well done both of you, well done! You had me until the final moment. Bravo!
This just popped on my feed...as a software engineer, I watched it while reverse engineering it in my mind. Interestingly enough, you can reproduce the first two tricks with some clever software. First one you could use the webcam with CV to identify the time the eyes focus on a specific card while showing the deck. Then start narrowing down and presenting in different orders to increase accuracy.
The second one you could tap into the OS's screen reader (or the webpage html code itself), save the metadata content of the flickr image, and have the hard drive (or fan) vibrate in morse-like language that, by touching it, he'd be able to get a general idea of the image contents. As we know, any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. Really cool prank though! Cheers!
Pause at 14:52 and set it to .25 speed. Look in the lower right hand corner of your screen. Hit Play. You will see that he has a screen embedded into the pad. This pad is likely screen sharing with the laptop, showing exactly what picture he is looking up.
@@mrmr2488 lol wat??
The card trick could simply be that the cards have transmitters embedded in them, RFID chips if you will, and placing one card further away from any of the other cards would single that card out as the one. I mean, look at what they want to do with your phones now. They want everyone 6 feet apart so as to be distinguishable from other people.
whole time I'm thinking, So, you say you can't read minds... But your computer can, and then you can mind read your computer. lol Crafty... lol
Aside from Seth's hair, has anybody wondered what's on that ladies head at the beginning?
Yeah i trew out my carped.. looked a bit like that
Wee Willy winky night cap
I’m honestly not even tripping I was so happy to find out Randi is still the thug of thugs
"My computer can read your mind. You're thinking, 'What the fuck is happening with this guy's head, man..?' See, magical!!"
Ok but what is with the guys hair?
April Fools Joke lmao is that why the dude's hair was all fucked up?
Zootown Montana Look at the MIT media manager's head gear right at the start of the video, the monitor in the front seat of the audience showing Seth everything on the computer. It's a lesson in deception.
Brek Martin h
Anand bopaiah ??
+Zootown Montana
Nah James Randi's hair always looks like that.
Brek Martin that’s the teleprompter
Longest troll video I've ever watched. This man is truly a genius.
Next time I skip to the end. Lol
truly an asshole more like -- I'll be skipping to ends, or just skipping more videos
Glad I skipped to the end right away
So did I, and I'm surprised more people didnt, considering what the subject matter is, and the length of the video.
Makochild The Destined I skipped to the end right away cause I new something wasn't right.
This never gets old.
i'm half way through this video and am asking myself, "Why are computers needed for this. He needs his computer to see?
Everyone's talking about the lady's hat, what about the guy with patches of hair on his head. He told the barber "Just give me the insane look"
"say no more"
Jeff Spicoli I said a "wall street tycoon!"
I got you fam.
Spicoli!!! (classic dude) I was thinking he asked for the Hiroshima look...
What? Too soon?
You may find he has a medical condition called Alopecia.
Meanwhile... back at Hogwarts...
Seth’s hair looks like it’s straight out of fallout….
This was fun 😂
I figured Randy would be debunking this guy at some time and when we get to the end here and he passed the third test I was rather shocked then I realized what happened
If the hair didn't give it away, maybe the fact this was filmed April 1, 2008 will.
Floyd Palmer It doesn't say anywhere that it was filmed on April 1 though
Kasper Thoresson Go to the Wikipedia page on it.
Floyd Palmer Who does that before watching a video xD
Kasper Thoresson
Who says I did?
Floyd Palmer This makes no sense.
I think we just got Rick-Rolled
I know right.
*****
hahahahahahah
Got me as it's Aug 31 in Tasmania! I might have twigged on the 1st of April, when the Lady announcer wearing an Elf's hat appeared!
Poor old Randy just doesnt know how computers work. Anydesk was created around this time i think. He just has cameras all around, someone else with access to his desktop, and a whole heap of distraction.
Him at the barber: Just fuck my shit up.
I guess jumping into a vat of nuclear waste didn't give him psychic powers after all
Toxie, the Toxic Avenger.
cancer he got cancer
Runi LOL
Tony?
i would've given that mo'-fo' a million dollars (alone), for being brave enough to wear his hair like that in public.
It was WHERE he put that card after he selected it. It was placed to the left of the laptop.
Each of the actual cards had an identifying chip in them so the application could identify it.
Hahahahahahaha THAT WAS AWESOME!!!!!!! I totally fell for it.. Nice!!!! didn't see it coming at all Lol Great work guys.
I gave this a thumbs up under the assumption that it is sarcasm, if it is not, please let me know and i will reverse my vote.
The best April fools joke that lasts 27 minutes by far. James Randi was a good man
That would have been a much lamer april fools prank
world need more persons like james randi
Man, you suck. Way to ruin the payoff. What a buzzkill.
Thanks for spoiling. Congrats.
@@dench2695 Cry about it 'Dench'
I wanna thank the comment section for allowing me to skip this video
Well done. You had me all the way through!😊
I don't think this guy should have won the prize. He didn't do it with psychic powers...he used a fucking computer!
Still pretty impressive though.
If it had been real i should have, for being able to read the content on the computer with his mind.
It was an April fools joke!
Hook line and sinker was I.
By the way, I didn't think there was any supernatural forces involved despite the guy's weird haircut. If true, it was only a trick and I was shocked that The Amazing Randy would accept a challenge with computers involved.
Ted Soto agreed. This is just technology..should never have won. I can't believe Randy fell for this. Maybe he has no clue when it comes to technology. Geez what a waste of my time..just watched the first trick.. psychic my foot!!
butelezi00roman I'm... guessing you missed the fact that this was an April Fools joke. Randy wasn't fooled at all- you were.
Oh thank goodness. I did not even get through the first "trick" that is how disappointed i was.We have enough of these predators targeting and profiting from vulnerable people.
You're not alone. All this was, was James Randis' arrogance in offending people who love science and technology, but who also keep an open-mind to the paranormal and hope for solid scientific evidence of it. So I'm extremely offended by it.
He should get the money 💰just for walking 🚶♂️around with that hair 🤣🤣🤪✌
Looks like Raphael has been testing that mind reading compute on his own head waaaaay too much HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
wtf is up with his hair. A few random splotches, wtf?
MIT "robo-clipper 3000" malfunction.
I was thinking the same thing...
Lmfaooooooooo
I have the same thing.... male pattern baldness..... but most of us (it's actually really common) just shave the clumps off to avoid looking stupid!!!.... either that... or he like looking stupid..!
Paul WebsterAntiques Could also be alopecia areata.
what this kid is doing is NOT psychic at ALL it's electronic trickery. I would not give him the prize at all, he has not demonstrated psychic ability in any case. he touches the computer, which very easily could have vibrated a signal to his hand in any number of ways, he also had the laptop open when the guy was looking at the cards float by enabling the laptops webcam to scan the guys eyes, when the eyes saw his card the laptop could pick it up in the minute movement of the eyes...
FAIL no.
Congratulations on not finishing the video and spewing your ignorance on TH-cam.
tl;dnr
It was an April Fools joke, you fucking moron.
Bob Dole Im Bob Dole and april fools
Dumb dumb dumb dumb dumb....................
ha! Considering that it WAS an elaborate april fool's prank, i wonder how many will jump at the chance to ooze their angst all over me for leaving my previous comment to appear - as it does - as though I didn't watch the entire video..... For some reason this just completely PISSES some guys off that a person comment on a vid, while appearing not to have completed watching it, as though they think: HOW DARE I??!! lol..... angry little douchbags lol
Thomas stanton
i AM mantally handi-capped you jerk,have alittle heart before you deicde to throw insults at total strangers randomly. ceerebral palsy is hard for me to laugh at, but seems easy for you.
I knew this has to be a trick. It looked like Randi wasn't even trying to catch him. It screamed that it's a trick.
I knew randi was going to get him I just didn't think it would be a April fools
Yeah...all very interesting - but, I'd like to know what the backstory is to that cosmic haircut that guy has! Not one comment was made about it - and that's usually something Randi would have zeroed in on. LOL! 🤣😆
Oh man ! Thanks for keeping my faith that EVERYTHING has an answer! That was fun though.
Well that's 27 minutes i wont get back...btw, to avoid you wasting 27 minutes of your life, its just a joke on here, they are playing an april fools trick on the audience. Dont waste your time watching it all.
THANK YOU SCOTT! Much appreciated!
Thank you for the heads up
Thank you
Thanks!!
Count me in too. Thanks Scott.
Okay, I just couldn't get past Seth's crazy hair. Very funny video.
I won't give away the plot other than say that my only regret is that it took me 10 years to find this. Brilliant !!
I am living on borrowed time... These 27 minutes were expensive...
Sarge Scum I can't get this 27 minutes back either, that whole time, I really thought someone got it...wow
Sarge Scum Damn Right!!!... Lol
SKIP TO THE END ...[not you, the vid]
It's entertainment. If you're actually worried about how you're spending your time, TH-cam is not the place to do it.
Oh fuck me this took way too long
reminds me of when Joe Pesci did a handstand on toilet after getting his head set on fire in home alone 2.
That was joe pesci? Fml. How did i not know that.
this is the best comment on all of youtube
Hsha
Wow I'm getting old. I fell for this twice.
Did he fall asleep in the hairdressers chair? Bet he didn't see that coming ❗❗❗
i think the real question is, what the crap is wrong with his hair
Rest in peace, Amazing Randi.
I hadn't heard he had passed... just a week ago... loved his attitude towards scammers.... an honest liar was awesome, my wife even really enjoyed it
Aw man I didn't even know he passed. What a bummer. Cool guy.
Noooo
He said to say he was wrong 😳
@@Rocko1990 he is alive and kicking
I tried to claim the million dollar prize, but I was reminded that it’s “psychIC, not psychO.”
Claiming Randi's $ 1,000,000 prize for proving the existence of the Supernatural.
what's with that hair style?
+Gottfried Leibniz
If you study the alleged psychics you will notice that one of their tactics is having bizarre hair styles. There are complicated psychological reasons why this appeals to 'believers' in such (Televangelists often do something similar). I believe Randi and Seth are probably giving a nod to this.
+DoctorSkepticus
It's popular because it captures the audience's attention as a classic tool of misdirection.
It looks like he probably suffers from Alopecia. Google it for more info...
i think its supposed to be like he spent so much time with that helmet on that it did it or something.
Epileptic barbers deserve to work too.
why is she wearing a wizard hat?
and why does he look like he lost a fight with a hair clipper?
+Altorin what am i even watching?
his computer should have told him to stay home if he couldn't figure out his hair is wrecked
The further you get in the world of academia, the stupider the hats become.
Well, that was 27 minutes of my life I'll never get back.
They could at least let the poor guy finish gluing the hair on his head before coming on stage.
I'm so glad i didn't read the comments before watching the video :) Excellent!
+Rogers Digital World Yessss!!!!!!
Agreed lol
+Rogers Digital World I didn't either but I had an idea something was fishy by just looking at the number of downvotes.
Same here. Got me good.
Love it Randi proves again how gullible we can be
No he did not prove shit, everyone already know that people can lie, all he did was show that he is not to be trusted which is counterproductive.
René Kruse it was an april fools joke you fucking clown, how does that make him untrustworthy?
Lol watch the entire video. It was a joke idiot.
It was a joke the same way, it would be a joke if someone married someone and told them they would be faithful and honest then lied and cheated for a year and said HAHA I fooled you when I said I would be faithful to you, but we got married on April 1 you fool!. Before you call it a straw man, tell me how misleading and how much of a persons time you have to waste before it stops being a joke. The only April fools are the fools who take part in the stupidity.
Lol you're so mad that you were called out. Your comment shows that you didn't watch it all, so stop acting like it "wasted your time." You were fooled; get over it. Your angst is showing bro. I'm sure you wouldn't have spent that half an hour doing something productive anyways.
as soon as "psychic computer" was said, i about died laughing. then, the dudes wild patchy hair/baldness added another layer to the joke.....
I recognized the magic Seth from his Fool Us appearance, and after seeing his crazy hair I had to watch
I FELL FOR THIS 8 FULL YEARS LATER
You fell for this 13 years later. And so did I. This was 2008.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Million_Dollar_Paranormal_Challenge
Same! Arrggggg