How James Randi Perfected Magic and Became Master of Skeptics

https://www.inverse.com/article/38605-james-randi-biography

When James Randi became a popular skeptic, he didn’t graduate from magic — like a camera obscura, he used decades of expertise to invert it.

At 89, Randall James Hamilton Zwinge is as beloved — and skeptical — as ever. The former magician has now authored ten books and starred in a biographical documentary in 2014, An Honest Liar.

In almost nine decades, Randi has exposed — and probably, pissed off — countless illusionists and psychics. But what good will he’s lost in those people he’s made up for in droves, as one of the most lauded skeptics of our time.