I don't expect that the million will ever be won, simply because there is no confirming evidence for any paranormal claims to date.

To recognize that nature has neither a preference for our species nor a bias against it takes only a little courage.

Those who believe without reason cannot be convinced by reason.

There was a small boy on crutches. I do not know his name, and I suspect I never will. But I will never forget his face, his smile, his sorrow. He is one of the millions robbed of hope and dignity by charlatans discussed in this book. Wherever and whoever he is, I apologize to him for not having been able to protect him from such an experience. I humbly dedicate this book to him and to the many others who have suffered because the rest of us began caring too late.

One thing that has made a big comeback just recently is this business of speaking with the dead. To my innocent mind, 'dead' implies incapable of communicating.

A quick example of that is a woman who said she'd been healed of throat cancer where the faith healer admitted he touched her on the forehead.

Uri Geller may have psychic powers by means of which he can bend spoons; if so, he appears to be doing it the hard way.