Back in 1979, James Randi wanted to prove how easy it was to fool the "scientists."
"Project Alpha was an elaborate hoax that began in 1979 and ended with its deliberate disclosure in 1983. It was orchestrated by the stage magician and skepticJames Randi. It involved planting two fake psychics, Steve Shaw(now better known as Banachek) and Michael Edwards, into a parapsychology (PSI) research project atWashington University. Introduced to the researchers during the initial stages of the program, the young men convinced the researchers that their psychic powers were real. With spoon bending demonstrated, the lab ran a long series of experiments to test the range of their abilities, involving everything from moving objects in sealed globes, to changing electronic clocks, to making images appear on unexposed film."
"Project Alpha was an elaborate hoax that began in 1979 and ended with its deliberate disclosure in 1983. It was orchestrated by the stage magician and skepticJames Randi. It involved planting two fake psychics, Steve Shaw(now better known as Banachek) and Michael Edwards, into a parapsychology (PSI) research project atWashington University. Introduced to the researchers during the initial stages of the program, the young men convinced the researchers that their psychic powers were real. With spoon bending demonstrated, the lab ran a long series of experiments to test the range of their abilities, involving everything from moving objects in sealed globes, to changing electronic clocks, to making images appear on unexposed film."
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