Randi, spoon-bending and the gullible blog-commenters

It appears that Ed Cone gets some commenters who desperately need to tune in next time Skeptic's Circle comes around! They defend this crap (and, in turn, attack Randi of all people) in the comment thread! Oy vey! Some people still believe in spoon-bending and are vehemently defending it in a public forum with no sense of shame! What woo!

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I believe in spoon-bending. I've bent a few spoons myself. Now psychic spoon-bending, that I've never seen.

By Mustafa Mond, FCD (not verified) on 15 Jan 2007 #permalink