Stikkord: <span>electricity</span>

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James Randi har i mange år gått hardt ut mot produsentene av ulike “audio-duppeditter” som visstnok skal gi bedre lyd i høyttalere, forsterker, CD-spillere osv. Markedsføringen av disse duppedittene bruker som regel et kvasi-vitenskapelig språk med mer eller mindre absurde forklaringsmekanismer. Randi har også kritisert en del HiFi-magasiner som gir positiv omtale til disse dingsene, basert på subjektive “lyttetester” uten noe blindtesting eller andre kontrollmekanismer.

Noen eksempler på Randis utspill kan man lese her, her, her og her:

That magazine, Stereophile, has published articles that make most pseudoscience look pale. The “Tate Clock,” a regular Radio Shack digital clock treated with liquid nitrogen and a “secret process” to align electrons in the power supply (?) is only one of the products it tested and approved, as well as $1800 speaker cables marked with arrows to indicate in which direction the electricity should travel. But, as with all obsessions, these are items that afficionados simply must have, because they’re expensive and “in.”

Nå har han valgt å bruke JREFs Million Dollar Challengesaken:

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Sam HarrisSam Harris har skrevet et meget godt svar til kristne som lurer på hvorfor han ikke er kristen. Jeg synes han her oppsummerer og beskriver situasjonen veldig godt.

Et lite utdrag:

You believe that the Bible is the literal (or inspired) word of God and that Jesus is the Son of God – and you believe these propositions because you think they are true, not merely because they make you feel good. You may wonder how it is possible for a person like myself to find these sorts of assertions ridiculous. While it is famously difficult for atheists and believers to communicate about these matters, I am confident that I can give you a very clear sense of what it feels like to be an atheist. Consider: every devout Muslim has the same reasons for being a Muslim that you now have for being a Christian. And yet, you know exactly what it is like not to find these reasons compelling.

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