I Believe In The Basic Goodness Of

... We In The Usa Have Been Depending On Prayers, Pleading, And Self-abasement To A Deity To Bring Us Magical Advantages, And Have Been Encouraged To Attribute Our Prosperity And General Success Among Nations, To That Sort Of Action. In My Opinion, Hard Work And Dedication To Logic And Reason Ought To Be Recognized As The Reasons For Our Achievements, Not Appeals To A Mythical Friend-in-the-sky. We Got Where We Are In Spite Of, Not Because Of, Those Incantations.

Uri Geller May Have Psychic Powers By Means Of Which He Can Bend Spoons; If So, He Appears To Be Doing It The Hard Way.

However, I Believe That It Would Be Difficult To Have Legitimate Scientists Agree To Participate.

[psychics] Use Exactly The Same Gimmicks That We Magicians Do - The Same Physical Methods, The Same Psychological Methods - And They Effectively And Profoundly Deceive Millions Of People Around The Earth, To Their Detriment.

The Conjuror Or Con Man Is A Very Good Provider Of Information. He Supplies Lots Of Data, By Inference Or Direct Statement, But It's False Data. Scientists Aren't Used To That Scenario. An Electron Or A Galaxy Is Not Capricious, Nor Deceptive; But A Human Can Be Either Or Both.