Name: Homeopathy, quackery and fraud
Uploaded: 2010-04-19T15:28:00Z
Duration: 17 min 2 s
Description: Legendary skeptic James Randi takes a fatal dose of homeopathic sleeping pills onstage, kicking off a searing 18-minute indictment of irrational beliefs. He throws out a challenge to the world's psychics: Prove what you do is real, and I'll give you a million dollars. (No takers yet.)

Legendary skeptic James Randi takes a fatal dose of homeopathic sleeping pills onstage, kicking off a searing 18-minute indictment of irrational beliefs. He throws out a challenge to the world's psychics: Prove what you do is real, and I'll give you a million dollars. (No takers yet.)

James Randi: Homeopathy, quackery and fraud

Homeopathy, quackery and fraud

Exposing psychics' tricks, the speaker reveals mass deception in communication with the dead, using magician's techniques.

Homeopathic remedies debunked: ingesting 32 sleeping pills on stage proved harmless, demonstrating extreme dilution effects.

Offering $1 million to validate supernatural claims, the challenge remains unmet, spotlighting the dubious nature of psychic powers.