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An Honest Liar is a 2014 biographical feature film documentary, directed and produced by Justin Weinstein and Tyler Measom, written by Weinstein, Greg O'Toole and Measom, produced through Left Turn Films, Pure Mutt Productions and Part2 Filmworks, and distributed by Abramorama. [ 2 ] The film documents the life of former magician, escape artist ...
James Randi. James Randi (born Randall James Hamilton Zwinge; August 7, 1928 – October 20, 2020) was a Canadian-American stage magician, author, and scientific skeptic who extensively challenged paranormal and pseudoscientific claims. [1] He was the co-founder of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry (CSI), and founder of the James Randi ...
Lie. The fictional character Pinocchio is a common depiction of a liar. A lie is an assertion that is believed to be false, typically used with the purpose of deceiving or misleading someone. [1][2][3] The practice of communicating lies is called lying. A person who communicates a lie may be termed a liar.
The stories are presented in a way that portrays the liar favorably. The liar "decorates their own person" [9] [12] by telling stories that present them as the hero or the victim. For example, they might be presented as being fantastically brave, as knowing or being related to many famous people, or as having great power, position, or wealth.
Dishonesty is acting without honesty. The term describes cheating, deficient probity, [ 1 ] lying, deliberate withholding of information, being deliberately deceptive, or showing knavishness, perfidiousness, corruption, treachery, or deficient integrity. Dishonesty is a basic feature of most offences defined in criminal law, such as fraud ...
Penn & Teller, Penn Jillette and Teller, are American magicians, entertainers, and scientific skeptics who have performed together since the late 1970s. They are noted for their ongoing act that combines elements of comedy with magic. The duo has been featured in numerous stage and television shows such as Penn & Teller: Fool Us and currently ...
Dave Langford reviewed The Truth About Uri Geller for White Dwarf #43 and stated that "Randi puts the boot into the charismatic Uri. His scorn is withering; even if you think he leans too far towards skepticism (I don't), it's impressive and damning that Randi can duplicate any and all of Geller's paltry tricks without the need to claim astral powers – while Geller's power mysteriously ...
That's his real name. Possibly the only honest thing about him. New England vampire panic: An outbreak of tuberculosis in the late 1800s led some superstitious New Englanders to burn the internal organs of their dead relatives, in some cases feeding them to sick family members, to try to prevent the disease from spreading. Nongqawuse