JREF account suspended
As of this moment, the James Randi Educational Foundation's YouTube account has been suspended. We in the skeptical community have yet to receive an explanation.
Randi publishes an ongoing segment called "Randi Speaks" on YouTube fairly frequently. He usually speaks out against various forms of woo-woo such as homeopathy, dowsing, psychics, etc. We can only speculate as to why the videos were removed. Similar bans have happened in the past with other skeptical or athiest groups such as the Rational Response Squad.
Randi publishes an ongoing segment called "Randi Speaks" on YouTube fairly frequently. He usually speaks out against various forms of woo-woo such as homeopathy, dowsing, psychics, etc. We can only speculate as to why the videos were removed. Similar bans have happened in the past with other skeptical or athiest groups such as the Rational Response Squad.
To complain to youtube follow this link;
Scroll to the very bottom and click on “new issue”
Select “suspended account” from the options and express your opinion.
The account ID is JamesRandiFoundation.
posted by Ziztur
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5:17 PM
3 Comments:
woo-woo, huh?
Yup, woo-woo.
Which is defined as:
Woo-woo (or just plain woo) refers to ideas considered irrational or based on extremely flimsy evidence or that appeal to mysterious occult forces or powers.
Here's a dictionary definition of woo-woo:
adj. concerned with emotions, mysticism, or spiritualism; other than rational or scientific; mysterious; new agey. Also n., a person who has mystical or new age beliefs.
When used by skeptics, woo-woo is a derogatory and dismissive term used to refer to beliefs one considers nonsense or to a person who holds such beliefs.
Sometimes woo-woo is used by skeptics as a synonym for pseudoscience, true-believer, or quackery. But mostly the term is used for its emotive content and is an emotive synonym for such terms as nonsense, irrational, nutter, nut, or crazy.
For example:
1.
"But the woo-woo faction has adopted the word "organic" to apply only to a plant grown without the use of anything but water and faith."*
2.
I think love is the one thing that should remain firmly in the realm of the woo-woo.*
3.
The National Institutes of Health offered a course in feng shui, which prompted James Randi to write of woo-woo at the NIH.
4.
...the woo-woos ... are more comfortable being ignorant of reality.*
(http://skepdic.com/woowoo.html)
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