Scourge of psychics James Randi was no skeptic; our culture is poorer as a result — Widely celebrated for his skepticism, stage magician and psychic-buster James Randi (1928–2020) was, in my estimation, less a crusading debunker of woo than a culture warrior for materialist thought. Over the course of his nearly four-decade career, Randi degraded our ability to discuss and consider contentious issues in science, and…