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James Randi and Banachek |
Project Alpha - Unveiling Deception : In the late 1970s , Banachek , along with fellow magician Michael Edwards , became central figures in a ground-breaking experiment known as Project Alpha . Devised by Mike Edwards , Randi , and Banachek , it was aimed to infiltrate and expose the flaws in paranormal research practices . |
Banachek and his colleague posed as individuals with psychic abilities and successfully duped respected parapsychologists at he MacLab at Washington University in St . Louis . The researchers were convinced that they had discovered genuine psychic phenomena , unaware that they were being deceived by skilled magicians . The revelations of Project Alpha sent shock waves through the paranormal community and served as a wake-up call for those engaged in pseudo-scientific practices . |