Irreverent skeptic, James Randi, one of the most famous magicians in the world, walked on the streets of Santiago yesterday on his first trip to Galicia, shortly before the conference-show which, accompanied by the Galician neuroscientist Susana Martinez-Conde, offered in the City of Culture. For ninety minutes Martínez-Conde and Randi took the stage at the Gaiás the essence of a meeting, Neuromagic2011, this week, the Illa de San Simón, compares the ideas and experience of magicians and neuroscientists. Interacting at all times with the public, the neurobiologist and was evidenced as illusionist magicians manipulate the audience's attention, diverting their eyes and manipulating their perception of things, all lessons human brain researchers successfully applied in their studies on cognitive impairment, learning processes and memory loss.
Considered a global icon of the fight against fraud paranormal, Randi, 82, shot to international fame for his attack on popular beliefs in the paranormal, supernatural powers to cases of so-called metapsíquicos. Has investigated the claims of hundreds of psychics, removing some of the best known fraud and for three decades has become the scourge of the famous mentalist Uri Geller, who even went to challenge publicly removing their tricks in a famous documentary, entitled Beyond of science.
This is Randi's commitment in the fight against fraud through its educational foundation, established in 1996, offers a prize of one million dollars to anyone who can demonstrate paranormal qualities under controlled conditions. Years pass and the prize is still no owner.
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