James Randi Educational Foundation

Looking back, I have often tackled groups with the esoteric or the metaphysical as an underlying theme, so, today, just to be impartial, I have decided to give the grand daddy of all sceptics an airing. James Randi has been around for a long time and as a former stage magician, is well equipped to debunk and expose paranormal charlatans. Is he just a voice of reason or has he himself become a zealot opposed to anything out of the ordinary? That is not at issue. Psychic phenomena should be investigated and frauds should be exposed. Threads on the discussion board include 'Intelligence vs. Stubborn insistance', 'The Mask of Nostradamus', 'Debunking NLP', 'Ghosts', 'The Problem With Atheism' and 'Is Science Philosophy?' In a particularly interesting thread, posters speculate whether it is appropriate to pray for Robert Lancaster, an agnostic and a leading critic of the psychic Sylvia Browne.

What's great about this group: The group aspires to being rational about the irrational.

Update ( 24 October 2023)

Following the death of James Randi in 2020, the group seems mainly focused around the person and legacy of James Randi and his work in the pursuit of scientific scepticism. Currently, the group has 66,000 members. The updated link is here, if you want to visit or join.