James Randi

<p><strong>James Randi</strong> (born <strong>Randall James Hamilton Zwinge</strong>; August 7, 1928 – October 20, 2020) was a Canadian-American <a class="mw-redirect" href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stage_magician">stage magician</a><sup id="cite_ref-stage_magician1_3-0" class= "reference"><a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Randi#cite_note-stage_magician1-3">[3]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-stage_magician2_4-0" class="reference"><a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Randi#cite_note-stage_magician2-4">[4]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-stage_magician3_5-0" class="reference"><a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Randi#cite_note-stage_magician3-5">[5]</a></sup> and <a class="mw-redirect" href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_skepticism">scientific skeptic</a><sup id="cite_ref-scientific_skeptic1_6-0" class= "reference"><a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Randi#cite_note-scientific_skeptic1-6">[6]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-scientific_skeptic2_7-0" class="reference"><a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Randi#cite_note-scientific_skeptic2-7">[7]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-scientific_skeptic3_8-0" class="reference"><a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Randi#cite_note-scientific_skeptic3-8">[8]</a></sup> who extensively challenged <a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paranormal">paranormal</a> and <a class="mw-redirect" href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudoscientific">pseudoscientific</a> claims.<sup id="cite_ref-Rodrigues_9-0" class="reference"><a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Randi#cite_note-Rodrigues-9">[9]</a></sup> He was the co-founder of the <a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Committee_for_Skeptical_Inquiry">Committee for Skeptical Inquiry</a> (CSI), and founder of the <a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Randi_Educational_Foundation">James Randi Educational Foundation</a> (JREF). Randi began his career as a magician under the stage name <strong>The Amazing Randi</strong> and later chose to devote most of his time