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12. Derren Brown — Magic, Happiness, and Skepticism
The Michael Shermer Show
The Faith Healers With Steve Martin as Leap of Faith
Did you ever see the film, The Faith Healers with Steve Martin as... Oh, that one. Leap of Faith. You know, based on the book. It's Randy's book, The Faith healers. So there's that great moment in the film where the local sheriff kind of busts him for being a con man. And his response was, yeah, I'm giving them a great night out. They feel good. What's wrong with that? Yeah. Now, we skeptics would go, but they're being lied to. But it matters what's true. We don't lie to our audience. In another sense, you're entertaining their audience. That's what Steve
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