This is a busy thread!

Things have suddenly got very busy for me too. I'm getting through stacks of marking that are taking 4 hours each because we are being made to do a lot of paperwork -- that makes a lot of sense doesn't it. At any rate I'll reply to some of the posts here when I get a chance, though this is the problem when others and I respond thoroughly to each other's posts -- they get so unwieldy that large chunks of time have to be devoted to writing them.

Russell2, your credibility as an open-minded person has evaporated with the use of the derrogatory terms "true believer" and "woo woo." These terms say a great deal about the person who uses them.

And for a different view of Randi, his degree of professionalism and his agenda, have a look here at #43, "From the desk of James Randi."