What's in a Name?
Posted by Greg at 06:05, 29 Aug 2007A quick but amusing observation:
In his book An Encyclopedia of Claims, Frauds, and Hoaxes of the Occult and Supernatural, James Randi opens his entry on physical medium Daniel Dunglas Home with the following words, which I can only assume are there to impugn Home's credibility:
His middle name, Dunglas, was an invented affectation, obviously an attempt to dignify his name by association with Scottish royalty; it does not appear on his birth certificate.
So says James 'The Amazing' Randi, originally Randall James Hamilton Zwinge. I presume with a straight face...
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13 April 2007
1 year 39 weeks
Good morning everyone,
I'm constantly amazed, Greg, by the ability of people to believe in a cheery old man with a big white beard even in adulthood :-)
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The balanced adult retains an inner child
Anthony North
30 April 2004
16 min 46 sec
Okay, now you just have to let me use that one when I write my book about media skeptics...
;)
Not so sure about the cheery bit though.
Kind regards,
Greg
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13 April 2007
1 year 39 weeks
Of course you can, Greg, with my blessing.
2 May 2004
1 day 3 hours
Zwinge makes me cringe.
You can use that one too, Greg.