James Randi is a rationalist and skeptic who is famous for investing claims of paranormal and exposing pseudoscience. He founded the James Randi Educational Foundation (JREF) which investigates paranormal claims and pseudoscience and does related research.
He received multiple awards including Joseph A. Burton Forum Award from American Physical Society[1] and Philip J. Klass Award record.[2] and he was twice featured in the Guinness World Records.
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Randi is a prominent critic of religion. In his essay Why I Deny Religion, How Silly and Fantastic It Is, and Why I'm a Dedicated and Vociferous Bright, he critiqued religion and claimed religion is the cause behind many major tragedies of humanity.[3] He writes:[3]
| “ | We find religion in so much of our history, our philosophy, our everyday lives, and our legal system. Miscegenation was banned based on Biblical rules, slavery was justified by the same book. | ” |