He showed us though it isn't real. That was basically his life's work.
And he wasn't showboating. He was smart, confident, assertive, and far more intelligent than what many charlatans and his doubters give him credit for. The ones showboating are the frauds who use simple deception and trickery to deceive people. All Randi did was say "demonstrate your abilities in a controlled environment."
We can also look at the USA and USSR, who both extensively and studied the paranormal. They quit those programs because it was consistently and repeatedly found--just as Randi was showing us--there's nothing there.
Not even sure who Hydrick is.Actually its just the opposite.
But your right. I had Uri confused with Hydrick.
Here is just a fraction of the reasons I believe Uri Geller had genuine abilities and all Randi had was trying to hide it all in smoke and snake oil.
I tested Uri myself under laboratory-controlled conditions and saw with my own eyes the bending of a key which was not touched by Geller at any time. There was a group of people present during the experiment who all witnessed the key bending in eleven seconds to an angle of thirty degrees. Afterwards we tested the key in a scientific laboratory using devices such as electron microscopes and X-rays and found that there was no chemical, manual or mechanical forces involved in the bending of the key.
Professor Helmut Hoffmann. Department of Electrical Engineering, Technical University of Vienna, Austria.
The Yale key at no time left our sight from the moment it was removed from the key ring and placed on the typewriter frame to the time when the splined end had bent upwards. Our attention was not distracted and the key was not altered in position, accidentally or otherwise. We were all looking carefully for magician’s tricks and there were none. Everything occurred exactly as I have described. As a result of this personally witnessed experiment in clear unequivocal conditions I am able to state with confidence my view that Mr Geller has genuine psychic capability.
Prof. Arthur Ellison. Emeritus Professor of Electrical Engineering, City University London – England.
The bends in metal objects (made by Geller) could not have been made by ordinary manual means.
Dr Albert Ducrocq. Telemetry Laboratory, Foch Hospital Suren, France.
And I can go on for pages. Just giving my honest opinion of what is going on. Randi is an obfuscator of the facts.