The only difference is that religion is much better organized and has been around much longer, but it's the same story with different characters and different costumes.

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

Everyone who believes in telekinesis, raise my hand.

I can go into a lab and fool the rear ends off any group of scientists.

Expose every belief to the light of reason, discourse, facts, scientific observations; question everything, be sceptical because this is the only chance at life you will ever get.

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.

[Psychics] use exactly the same gimmicks that we magicians do - the same physical methods, the same psychological methods - and they effectively and profoundly deceive millions of people around the earth, to their detriment.