James Randi & Matt Dillahunty In Conversation
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- Опубліковано 6 кві 2017
- CONJURE THE NIGHT started with a live conversation with The Amazing James Randi & Matt Dillahunty. They spoke about Randi's career in Magic & Skepticism. Then the audience was treated to a brilliant MAGIC show, with performances by Matt Dillahunty, Murray Hatfield and 2 time world champion of magic - Shawn Farquhar. The event took place on April 2nd, 2017 at the Chan Centre For The Performing Arts in Vancouver BC Canada.
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James Randi was one of the best humans to ever have been born.
Far better than that Jesus Christ character of the Bible, I might add, given the topics here
RIP James Randi. (August 7, 1928 - Oct. 20th, 2020) You are very missed. Your image and words will live on with us, through all your wisdom. Thank you James. I am so thrilled to see this video and wish I could have seen it sooner. I have followed Matt for a while now and I know they (Matt and James) grew close. Very sweet. Matt is an amazing and wonderful man. If you guys want to see more of Matt he is actively uploading and doing live content through The Atheist Experience and The Line on youtube. Have a great day
I hope my mind is as freaking clear as Randi's at 88 when im 50! He has a really healthy brain
I'd love to reach 88 or even 80. I'll be 68 soon.
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Who cares. In this universe there’s only random unguided processes. He’s a meat bag who fizzes in his way just as other meat bags fizz in their way. All “truth” is subjective. He’s just as right or wrong as anyone he’s ever had an argument with.
Right! I'm 39 and I've lost most of my sharpness. By 50 and if I even see 80 I'm not going to know my top from the bottom.. 😳
Gustav Ibrowzinbehrd truth is subjective? How so? Also, random unguided process? Please demonstrate this.
@@gustavibrowzinbehrd3871 a mad theist.
*sees two of my favorite people in one video*
*presses like before i watch it*
His cane pretty much says it all... bad ass.
His eyebrows could contest Gandalf's
You mean "old senile man"
@@davidsmock8235 nope he means "badass"
Watching this in 2020, pretty recently after Randi's passing is bittersweet. What an inspirational man. Everyone must go, and Randi was 92, but I still wish he would've stayed here a little longer. I would've liked to meet him.
"Everyone must go..." - Err what? Why? Who the Hell benefits from being dead?? If you said "Everyone must go on forever " I could have got behind you but this idea you have about death being a good thing is just bizarre!
@@dommidavros2211 Death is necessary. Without death, your life is meaningless. Endless existence would be worse than a hell.
@@dommidavros2211 WTF
Mythical hellbound? 😂😂😂😂😂😂
@@dommidavros2211Um what? The statement you are refuting is not a statement painting death as a positive it's a statement indicating that everyone dies and cannot live forever. "Everyone must go" literal is a fact of life. We must all face our inevitable death. No man can avoid facing the end of his day.
A substitute teacher used magic to help our class think more critically. Helped me debunk the imaginary forces in my life.
Great teacher
James Randi reminds me so much of my grandfather, the house may be kind of antique, but all the lights are on....
I've only just discovered this. I watch Matt a lot and have a great deal of respect for him and his co-hosts. I watched my first James Randi video on here a few nights ago and he blew me away. What an amazing man he was. This is awesome.
after watching Matt so, so many times in conversation with people he doesn't agree with, or is downright annoyed by, it's really weird to see him talking with someone that he respects, likes, and agrees with on most points. I'm just not used to seeing "happy agreeable Matt" .. it's weird.
matt is diabolical (!) on AE, but in debate he's a real sweety, i think he lets his ego get the better of him sometimes, he usually talks all over his cohosts on AE, but in debate, he's cool as a cucumber.
@@HarryNicNicholas I think it's because he just knows SO MUCH more than his co-hosts!
Goaty McGoatface
What is happy?
I know the feeling. It's like seeing Sascha Baron Cohen not in character.
It's not weird at all.. He's just speaking to someone with a brain, Matt only disagrees with idiots.
Finally, Matt has reached a level that he can share a stage with this great man.
Saw you comment in something unrelated recently but can't remember what. You have good taste though!
NOW with the coronavirus there are many profeciese came true..! I am sceptic and against religion but in the BIBLIE say about this: "nobody will buy or sell If they don't HAVE the best number implanted în hand or head(chip 666)"! WHAT about this prediction???
Cojocarasu Mariusm I think you need to lay off the Info wars, lol.
Pyros Chemistry Teacher
Star dust thinks what?
if it werent for the heartwarming and inspiring james randi, i could still just watch this video for the happiness on matts face (due to him sitting next to the heartwarming and inspiring james randi).
two wonderful people chatting. what more to ask for.
zorglub667 right
I would like to join the conversation. Maybe over lunch.
It's such a treat to watch two intelligent, articulate people relax i conversation. I feel like a kid who sneaked downstairs to hide out and listen in. With cocoa!
James Randi was one of the people instrumental in my development of skepticism back in the 70s, and thus my transition to atheism. It's so good to see him still kicking at his age, and with his mental faculties still intact.
that's great, man! James helped me to escape religion, just a few years ago. I'v had grave concerns about religion for some time, but, by taking their advice, dismissed them and, instead, blamed myself. WOW! Five years ago, I would have hoped that I'd never be saying these things. Today, I am much happier than I had ever been before. Mainly, because now I am free of the fears and anxieties and self-loathing that religion demanded of me. James is a great pioneer in the modern skeptic/atheist movement. I like Carlin, too. LOL. His brazen way of telling the truth about "bullshit".
+LARRY'S BRAIN I'm really glad to hear that. I'm sure Randi has inspired many people throughout the past half-century to begin questioning things, or at least planted seeds of doubt. George Carlin was always one of my favorite people too, I was very sad when he died.
Yeah, all those negative feelings that religion imposes on people is one of the things I detest most about religion, especially Christianity with it's concept of original sin. But even above that, it gives people false hope in an afterlife, which prevents them from fully living life _now_.
Live long and prosper!
Thanks! Yeah, the afterlife thing is really really something... Just imagine if there were no religion. I like to view disillusioned believers as coming out of their tattered cocoons. My entire perspective has drastically changed! No longer am I a pathetic sinner, in desperate need of saving, who's supposed to have his head hung low. Today, I am just an average ape who desires to live with pride, dignity, self-love, and kind generosity. Free to evolve day by day. And, a little more understanding of other apes' predicaments. But, being a former amateur christian theologian, turned agnostic, lol, I have much resentment towards religion now. It is a terrible and harmful thing. People like Randi and Hitchens and Carlin are needed. Back in 90', I turned to religion as a means to stop drinking and to organize my life at 18 yrs old. In and out and up and down, it was a crazy fucking road. Finally, after banging my head off the alter one thousand times and humiliating myself in public, my eyes opened and, I said, "this stuff is bull shit!". Well, since then, after all the research I'v done, I'd never go back! I don't mind ordinary believers much; I let them alone. But I detest these leaders such as Popoff, ect... I'd like to see scientific programs develop and engineered to help addicts maintain sobriety. The A.A. nonsense hasn't help many people at all. And, i sure as hell never saw many ex drinkers and druggies going to church for very long, except between binges. Like James Randi said, " people are believing this crap and they are dying". All I can say to doubtful Christians is, this way is, by far, so much better. Thanks again, William!
+LARRY'S BRAIN No thanks are necessary Larry, it's always a pleasure for me to compare notes with a fellow ex-believer (as most of us are). :-) I would like to point out a few things to you though, that might help change your perspective even more.
One, we are not average apes, we humans are _highly evolved_ apes. I personally feel a bit humbled that we are only apes, and thus share a kinship with most of the life-forms on our little blue dot, but at the same time our evolutionary ancestors survived everything an indifferent universe could throw at them, resulting in our emergence as the only species on the planet capable of creating a global civilization. We are fricking _awesome_, and we should act like it. By that I mean we have an obligation to our species to help as many people as possible to emerge from their cocoons (as you put it) with understanding, compassion and patience, to work towards the goal of removing religion from the human experience.
Second, there ARE drug and alcohol rehabilitation programs that are science-based, and for most people they are indeed more effective than AA, because they look at the core causes of addiction from both a psychological and physiological viewpoint, giving the individual the tools necessary for self-reliance and self-empowerment, thus greatly increasing long-term success. AA doesn't work well because it relies on a "higher power", i.e. an external agent.
I also would never go back, and from my exchanges with others on FB group pages like The Thinking Atheist Fanpage and Atheist Safehouse, the vast majority of atheists not only wouldn't, but _couldn't_, go back. We have fought too hard to overcome our indoctrination, to win our freedom from the controlling and demeaning mind-set of religion, and we are forever changed by that.
I like your comments... It's exciting to be "open" to new info, with freedom to change my mind. You're right, humans are an extraordinary species. As former believers, we have fought hard. Many of us have become roundly self-educated in the issues and subjects concerning religion & science. I'v been using SMART recovery to deal with my alcoholism. It's working. If and when I have an opportunity to help someone else, especially a young person, I would say to them, "there is a hero, and that hero is you! Only be willing to change your mind about yourself and acquire tools to enable you to help yourself. You can do it!"
Skull cane... Love this guy's humor!
love these 2 humans. helped me break free from my religious views. my fear of hell and demons..
these two men have done more to progress humanity than all the religions combined
Progress and religion in one sentence? It's magic you managed to do that.
I'm so jealous. James Randi is actually my hero
One of mine too.
I love Shuckle xD
I don't know if I would call him a hero, but he uses common sense .... and he's right.
Jerry-- Sometimes that's all it takes to be a hero.
James Randi is probably the most wonderful and entertaining speakers I have ever had the pleasure and honor of seeing!!
It's an honor to know more about Mr. Randi.. such a legend!
Amazing. I love these two!!
This must be among the last public speaking engagements he took part in. Amazing how sharp he was at this age. If I'm half that capable when I'm his age, I'll consider it a miracle.
Wasn't that wonderful when he told the story of him going to Sunday school? They told him not to come back because he was disturbing everybody. And also how he described the difference between cynicism and scepticism?
If you consider it a miracle, Randi will spin in his grave!
I love James and everything he stands for. I'm just getting into Matt's world, the last few weeks n he seems great. He has a very agile mind. 😁
You can't avoid loving James. Missing you
I'm a black athiest we desperately need a Matt Dillahunty, James Randy ,an Aron Ra for our community.
RIP The Amazing Randi
What an amazing discussion! Two of the greatest minds promoting free thought and scepticism
This is only the second time I have seen Matt Dillahunty. I am impressed. As for James Randi I have admired him for a long time.
This is the best thing on the internet....
I would suggest a few "Beautiful naked dancing ladies" googles before making this statement :D
geeez way to go with the joke
It`s not the easiest thing to jerk off to though, takes some real determination and advanced technique but I managed it eventually.
There's the joke
To those who are perishing.
Wow, can you imagine how thrilled and excited he must have been, after all these years, to finally meet Matt Dillahunty?
You just dated yourself. That's fine, we all do it sometimes.
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8DX actually UA-cam dates your comments, we can't.
😂👍👍
Matt's so lucky - Randi's an iconic legend.
Icons are religious symbols. You could have used a better term
@@zapkvr Icons are used to help you quickly determine what you have on your desktop.
In a hundred years from now, someone will be watching this thinking "wow, those guys were good".
Total gold!
James Randi is a hero!
That's definitely gin
What evidence do you have? Lol
He’s my hero.
The passage where he says he was fired for not being prepared to tell a lie and read an appology he didn't even write rings home...so many thousands of people in high positions in the media and other proffessions have conceded to save their jobs when confronted with this dilemna and that my dear friends is why the world is so fucked up. Good on you James. There should be more brave and honest people like you who don't live in shame.
This was magnificent, thank you!
You can tell a man's age by how far up he wears his pants.
You get skinnier and your pants tend to slip; belt or no belt.
Than James is at least 214
Men lose their ass as they age.
He earned every inch of those pants
I never heard of James Randi, idk how but he's great and the way he says Toronto is dead on. He's pretty hilarious
I love you both. Thank you so much for making this video available!
Had to go back and watch this. Damn,he'll be missed.
Sporting the purple felt jack, you go Matt!
Felt? ua-cam.com/video/85q_hRnl3oI/v-deo.html
Hi Matt! I'm a huge fan, keep doing what you're doing!
Pimpin' almost as good as that DS avatar u got there😁
“Water has memory...and yet it seems to forget all the poop it’s had in it.”
-Tim Minchin
That's what I started to question after I analyzed samples of basically anything and always found at least some amount of heavy metals (arsenic, cadmium, lead).
If homeopathy is correct and 1 part in a billion is enough for a component to heal you because water has memory, then it would also be enough to make you sick and we would all die of lead or arsenic poisoning or for whatever dangerous component that ever touched that water before we would heal of anything.
@@92brunod would the bad stuff be canceled out by the good stuff perhaps haha
Two generation of great minds.
Two of my favorite heroes!!i can listen to this all day long!!
I wish I had known these people much much earlier in my life. They have clarified a lot of the important questions that hounded me all my life :)
that was great. l wish it could have been longer.
I was on stage as a kid with Blackstone the Magician.
Enjoyed this conversation very much.
I love both of you guys, keep up the good work!
love both these guys! great video!
Have been waiting for Matt and James to get together for awhile, very entertaining!
Thank you Matt and Randy you made a big difference in my life
Wow, what a pleasant and delightful person.
James Randi truly is amazing!
I would love to be as switched on as he is when I am his age. However I am not even this switched on now!
Awesome discussion between two great mind.
Love these guys
my two heroes together, nice.
Great talk
So glad a stumbled upon this.
Two of my favorite thinkers.
Loved it
love this little /BIG/man!!
Excellent.
Awesome.......
We _need_ more James Randi's in this world today. Thank you guys for all your work so far. 🤗🌻
(Oh & Matt. you're look _very_ stylish in this conversation. A++ to the stylist that chose your outfit.)
so wholesome to see Matt starstruck. James Randi was truly amazing!
I missed this one somehow. Both these guys are brilliant!
good times :)
This is such a good content. Thank you.
SO Cool. Longer he lives, the better off we all are.
Pure gold!
Great Stuff!
2 of my faves together
James Randi,
Let me just say that I had a similar experience, I went to sunday school for two weeks, the second week we were asked to bring in any book we liked that had pictures in it.
I brought a history of the earth and dinosaurs. When I was asked about it, I recounted the age of the earth, that the dinosaurs were first on the scene, etc and that went down like a lead balloon. I some how managed to influence the 4 other children on the same table who went on to disrupt the rest of the school and it created a situation where my book was taken off me.
My mother was told that I was not the sort of child they want in sunday school.
My mother laughed at her for being so snooty.
Dinosaurs freak the hell out of Christians. I also love the song by King Crimson. "Dinosaur"
A couple of days before I saw this video, I was thinking about both of these great humans and about how much they cleared the haze in my perception of reality and how I value you them both the most out of literally tens of thinkers that I admire. And now I see them togather laughing and talking.
It must be divine interception.
joy...
What a FANTASTIC old man!!
Matt almost gave it away lol 😆 This is a treasure. Randi will be missed, but his mark on our works will remain. And folks like Matt and Penn & Teller carry him with them. ❤
James's opening statement - Do not conflate scepticism with cynicism - should be written in ten foot high illuminated letters. Marvellous conversation.
The video was way too short. I could have watched Mr. Randi and Mr. Dillahunty for hours. Would have loved to have seen the magic show(or conjuring show).
I'm Mexican and respect Matt but man I love Randi. He's awesome!!
Thanks to Pangburn for this wonderful show. I have see Randi's work before, here on UA-cam, and have watched and listened to The Atheist Experience [TAE] for many years, and am familiar with Dillahunty's commentary and responses on that show. This presentation was interesting to me in that I was able to hear Dillahunty in a far different role than as a panelist on TAE, and to see Randi as a friend and associate of his.
I recently watched a documentary on Netflix about professional, working, traveling magicians. During one of the crowd shots at the (invitation only) Magic Castle, there was Matt on my screen! I hit pause and...frankly...lost my mind for a moment. My kids looked at me like I was crazy, and I had to explain why it was so cool to see a "professional skeptic" at a place essentially dedicated to voluntary deception. I then made brief mention of Penn Jillette before starting the movie again. :-) Until then, I only knew Matt for his Atheist work. I had no idea he was also a conjurer.
I absolutely *LOVED* the way Randi sold the Mentalism trick, and that upside down twist was awesome! I've seen a version of that one before, but it wasn't nearly as fulfilling as this one.
Then, there was...of course...all the wisdom about skepticism in general. Great video.
I had no idea they were both in town. Would have tried to go if I had known.
James Randi is probably the wisest man alive today. He's also stupendously funny.
Aug 2021 He’s in Heaven now or Hell.
A linving legend!
Could have listened to them for hours
James Randi's eyebrows are insane!
The Amazine Dillahunty. He must have been trilled to be there. Probably good explanation about skeptism vs debunking. Other clarification. Conversation about cynicism.
Randy providing a sense of history of sketicism.
One of the best Dillahunty and Randy.
Oh hell, not 5 minutes in and I liked it.
It seems true enough. I was the one in my rather-large family who loved and learned "magic". Now I'm the most skeptical.
Legend ...
his mind is as sharp as 25 year old man, i hope my mind would function this good when i am 65
matt's very star struck
Randi has done more for skeptical thought than almost any other person in modern history. Fear not James, even in just the lifetime of the Internet, your work has born fruit and skepticism has grown and continues to grow.
Skepticism is not cynicism.
Beautiful.
God damn it! How come I didn't know that these two got together for a chat? Not watched yet but I think I'm going to like.Would've said know I'm going to like, but you know, when in Rome...
So Matt turned out to be an excellent interviewer too. I bet he would make a great moderator in a debate or panel
José Luis Vidal he was recently moderator for a debate between Robert Price and Bart Ehrman
Price and Ehrman! gotta watch that, can't wait for the braingasm.
It will be a sad day when we lose James Randi.
i can get this guys mil. period.
Those are the most magnificent and free-spirited eyebrows I've ever seen
His "conjuring" tricks left me dumbfounded on what even happened. On the other hand, he is a master of exposing frauds.