Quote:Why would Randi be skeptical of Handwavium? The proof that it works is in orbit around most of the planets in the solar system.
Maybe James Randi visits someone claiming to be able to use 'wavium to make a broom fly, and they can't do it around him because of the weight of his skepticism.
Maybe during the early years, when it wasn't really well-known, Randi and CSICOP might have had some doubts about this "miracle goo", but in 2012 and later? When there's tourist traffic to freaking Jupiter using wavecraft? I mean, it turns cars into starships. What would be so unbelievable about making a broom fly?
Hell, after a while, CSICOP's default fall-back position for anything too unexplainable would probably evolve to "it's gotta be handwavium".
-- Bob
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I intend to be a freak for the rest of my life, and I shall baffle you with cabbages and rhinoceroses in the kitchen and incessant quotations from Now We Are Six through the mouthpiece of Lord Snooty's giant poisoned electric head. So theeeeeere....