Friend of the blog, Robert Sheaffer has been gracious enough to begin the tiring process of scanning old photos taken back when the world was only in Black and White (At least this is what I thought when I was a kid) and uploading them to Wikimedia Commons. Robert has been a active member of the scientific skepticism world since the beginning and he has the photos to prove it. Those of us trying to preserve our history really appreciate that.
When James Randi and Ray Hyman met up at a Alice Cooper concert, they discussed forming a club to combat Uri Geller. They didn't realize then that we would be interested in knowing the history of that time. They wanted to get things done, not record the moment. So now 30+ years later we have to find all these old documents and photos and get them in places where we can show our history. And I can't think of a better place than Wikipedia.
For your viewing pleasure, enjoy these never before seen images...
When James Randi and Ray Hyman met up at a Alice Cooper concert, they discussed forming a club to combat Uri Geller. They didn't realize then that we would be interested in knowing the history of that time. They wanted to get things done, not record the moment. So now 30+ years later we have to find all these old documents and photos and get them in places where we can show our history. And I can't think of a better place than Wikipedia.
For your viewing pleasure, enjoy these never before seen images...
James W. Moseley
CSICOP
Paul Kurtz
Banachek
James Randi
Ray Hyman
Daryl Bem
Philip Klass
Robert uploaded a lot more, we just don't have the Wikipedia pages written yet to put the photos on. We stll have a lot of work to do. Please consider helping out with the Guerrilla Skepticism on Wikipedia project. We train and mentor. Contact me at susangerbic@yahoo.com or friend me on Facebook or Twitter as Susan Gerbic