Name: Homeopathy, quackery and fraud
Uploaded: 2010-04-19T15:28:00Z
Duration: 17 min 2 s
Description: Legendary skeptic James Randi takes a fatal dose of homeopathic sleeping pills onstage, kicking off a searing 18-minute indictment of irrational beliefs. He throws out a challenge to the world's psychics: Prove what you do is real, and I'll give you a million dollars. (No takers yet.)

Legendary skeptic James Randi takes a fatal dose of homeopathic sleeping pills onstage, kicking off a searing 18-minute indictment of irrational beliefs. He throws out a challenge to the world's psychics: Prove what you do is real, and I'll give you a million dollars. (No takers yet.)

Homeopathy, quackery and fraud

Extraordinary claims about psychic powers and miracle cures can cost people not just money, but their trust and well-being. By swallowing an entire bottle of homeopathic sleeping pills onstage with no effect, the speaker demonstrates how pseudoscience preys on common assumptions. Billions are spent each year on mediums and alternative remedies that promise impossible results but deliver only false hope. Critical thinking and education are the antidotes to widespread deception.