The great magician, science communicator, occult expert, and skeptic, James Randi (James Hamilton Randall Zwinge, aka The Amazing Randi), has died at 92. He was best known for the One Million Dollar Paranormal Challenge, a million-dollar prize offered by his foundation, the James Randi Educational Foundation, which was available to anyone who could demonstrate, under scientifically controlled and pre-agreed-upon conditions, any paranormal phenomenon of any kind, occult-related phenomenon, or a miracle. The prize was up for grabs from 1964 until 2015, when Randi (now 87) retired from active practice. The proceeds were donated to nonprofit groups promoting critical thinking.
