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James Randi: Homeopathy, quackery and fraud
James Randi: Homeopatía, curandeirismo e estafa
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O lendario escéptico James Randi toma no escenario unha dose letal de pastillas homeopáticas para durmir. Desta maneira, comeza unha crítica mordaz de 18 minutos ás crenzas irracionais. Proponlle un desafío a todos os médiums do mundo: demostra que o que fas é real e douche un millón de dólares. (Aínda non se atreveu ningún).
James Randi - Skeptic and conjuror
Legendary skeptic James Randi has devoted his life to debunking frauds and investigating paranormal and pseudoscientific claims. Full bio
Legendary skeptic James Randi has devoted his life to debunking frauds and investigating paranormal and pseudoscientific claims. Full bio
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Good morning.
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Bo día.
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Happy to see so many fine folks out here
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Estou encantado de ver
tanta xente boa aquí
tanta xente boa aquí
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and so many smiling faces.
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cun sorriso na cara.
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I have a very peculiar
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Teño unha formación, unha actitude
e un enfoque moi característico
e un enfoque moi característico
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background, attitude and approach
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to the real world
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con respecto ao mundo real
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because I am a conjurer.
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porque son ilusionista.
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Now, I prefer that term over magician,
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Prefiro este termo
no canto do de mago,
no canto do de mago,
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because if I were a magician, that would mean
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porque de selo, iso significaría
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that I use spells and incantations
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que uso conxuros e feitizos
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and weird gestures
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e acenos estraños
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in order to accomplish real magic.
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co obxectivo de lograr
maxia de verdade.
maxia de verdade.
00:45
No, I don't do that; I'm a conjurer,
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Eu non fago iso,
son ilusionista
son ilusionista
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who is someone who pretends to be
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unha persoa que simula ser
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a real magician. (Laughter)
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un mago de verdade.
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Now, how do we go about that sort of thing?
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Entón, como imos abordar este tema?
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We depend on the fact
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Dependemos de que vós,
o público
o público
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that audiences, such as yourselves,
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01:00
will make assumptions.
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vai facer presuposicións.
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For example, when I walked up here
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Por exemplo, cando cheguei aquí
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and I took the microphone from the stand
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e collín o micrófono do estrado
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and switched it on,
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e o acendín
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you assumed this was a microphone, which it is not.
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supuxestes que isto era un micro
pero non o é.
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(Laughter)
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01:12
As a matter of fact, this is something
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De feito, isto é algo
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that about half of you, more than half of you will not be familiar with.
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co que a metade de vós
non está familiarizado.
non está familiarizado.
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It's a beard trimmer, you see?
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É unha recortadora
para a barba, vedes?
para a barba, vedes?
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And it makes a very bad microphone;
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E é un micrófono pésimo,
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I've tried it many times. (Laughter)
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xa o probei moitas veces.
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The other assumption that you made --
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A outra cousa que supuxestes...
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and this little lesson is to show you
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E esta é unha lección para amosarvos
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that you will make assumptions.
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que facedes presuposicións.
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Not only that you can, but that you will
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Non só é que podedes,
senón que o facedes
senón que o facedes
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when they are properly suggested to you.
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se se vos presentan ben.
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You believe I'm looking at you.
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Pensades que vos estou mirando.
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Wrong. I'm not looking at you. I can't see you.
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Non. Non vou estou mirando.
Non podo vervos.
Non podo vervos.
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I know you're out there, they told me backstage, it's a full house and such.
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Sei que estades aí, dixéronmo,
está cheo.
está cheo.
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I know you're there because I can hear you,
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Sei que estades aí porque vos escoito
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but I can't see you because I normally wear glasses.
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pero non podo vervos
porque uso lentes.
porque uso lentes.
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These are not glasses, these are empty frames. (Laughter)
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Isto non son lentes,
é unha montura baleira.
é unha montura baleira.
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Quite empty frames.
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Unha montura baleira.
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Now why would a grown man appear before you
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Ben, por que se presentaría
ante vós un home adulto
ante vós un home adulto
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wearing empty frames on his face?
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cunhas lentes sen cristais?
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To fool you, ladies and gentlemen,
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Para enganarvos,
donas e cabaleiros,
donas e cabaleiros,
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to deceive you, to show that you, too,
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para confundirvos e
ensinarvos que vós tamén
ensinarvos que vós tamén
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can make assumptions.
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presupoñedes cousas,
nunca vos esquezades.
nunca vos esquezades.
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Don't you ever forget that.
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Primeiro teño que pór
unhas lentes reais para vervos.
unhas lentes reais para vervos.
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Now, I have to do something -- first of all, switch to real glasses
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so I can actually see you,
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which would probably be a convenience. I don't know.
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A verdade sería un detalle. Non sei.
Non é un gran detalle tampouco.
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I haven't had a good look. Well, it's not that great a convenience.
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(Laughter)
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Teño que facer algo
que é un pouco estraño para un mago.
que é un pouco estraño para un mago.
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I have to do something now, which seems
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a little bit strange for a magician.
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But I'm going to take some medication.
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Vou tomar uns medicamentos.
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This is a full bottle of
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Isto é
un bote enteiro de Calms Forte.
un bote enteiro de Calms Forte.
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Calms Forte.
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I'll explain that in just a moment.
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Explicareino nun intre.
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Ignore the instructions,
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Non lle fagades caso ás instrucións;
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that's what the government has to put in there
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iso é o que o goberno pon aí
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to confuse you, I'm sure.
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para confundirvos,
estou seguro.
estou seguro.
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I will take enough of these. Mm.
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Tomarei abondas.
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Indeed, the whole container.
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Vou tomar todo o bote, de feito.
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Thirty-two tablets of Calms Forte.
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32 comprimidos de Calms Forte.
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Now that I've done that -- I'll explain it in a moment --
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Agora que xa o fixen
(e que explicarei logo)
(e que explicarei logo)
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I must tell you that
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teño que dicirvos que
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I am an actor.
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son actor.
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I'm an actor who plays a specific part.
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Son un actor que ten
un papel en específico.
un papel en específico.
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I play the part of a magician,
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O meu papel é
o de mago
o de mago
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a wizard, if you will, a real wizard.
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Se queredes,
un mago dos de verdade.
un mago dos de verdade.
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If someone were to appear on this stage in front of me
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Se alguén se presenta
neste escenario diante de min
neste escenario diante de min
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and actually claim to be
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e afirma que
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an ancient prince of Denmark named Hamlet,
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é un antigo príncipe de Dinamarca
chamado Hamlet
chamado Hamlet
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you would be insulted
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sentiriádesvos insultados,
e con razón.
e con razón.
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and rightly so.
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Why would a man assume that you would believe
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Por que alguén pensaría que
que creriades tal barbaridade?
que creriades tal barbaridade?
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something bizarre like this?
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Pero hai moita xente aí fóra
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But there exists out there
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a very large population
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unha morea de xente
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of people who will tell you
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que vos dirá que teñen
poderes psíquicos e máxicos.
poderes psíquicos e máxicos.
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that they have psychic, magical powers
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that they can predict the future,
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Que poden predicir o futuro
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that they can make contact with the deceased.
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e que poden
contactar cos mortos.
contactar cos mortos.
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Oh, they also say
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Tamén din
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they will sell you astrology
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que vos venderán astroloxía
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or other fortunetelling methods.
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e outros métodos de adiviñación.
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Oh, they gladly sell you that, yes.
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Venderánvolos de boa gana.
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And they also say
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E tamén din
que poden darvos aparellos
de movemento perpetuo
de movemento perpetuo
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that they can give you perpetual motion machines
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and free energy systems.
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e xeradores de enerxía gratis.
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They claim to be psychics,
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Afirman ser médiums
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or sensitives, whatever they can.
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ou sensitivos, o que poidan.
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But the one thing that has made a big comeback
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Pero o que está sendo
moi importante agora
moi importante agora
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just recently
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is this business of
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é o negocio de
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speaking with the dead.
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falar cos mortos.
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Now, to my innocent mind,
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Agora ben, para a miña mente inocente
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dead implies
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a morte implica
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incapable of communicating. (Laughter)
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incapacidade para comunicarse.
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You might agree with me on that.
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Igual estades de acordo comigo nisto.
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But these people, they tend to tell you that
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Pero esta xente intentará dicirvos que
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not only can they communicate with the dead --
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non só se poden comunicar cos mortos
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"Hi, there" --
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"Ei, que tal"
senón que tamén os poden escoitar
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but they can hear the dead as well,
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and they can relay this information back to the living.
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e que lle poden transmitir
esta información aos vivos.
esta información aos vivos.
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I wonder if that's true.
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Será certo? Non o creo,
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I don't think so, because
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porque esta subcultura
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this subculture of people
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usa os mesmos trucos que
usamos os magos
usamos os magos
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use exactly the same gimmicks that we magicians do,
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exactly the same --
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–os mesmiños–
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the same physical methods, the same psychological methods --
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os mesmos métodos físicos
e psicolóxicos.
e psicolóxicos.
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and they effectively and profoundly
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Enganan profundamente
a millóns de persoas no mundo
a millóns de persoas no mundo
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deceive millions of people around the earth,
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to their detriment.
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para a súa desgraza.
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They deceive these people,
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Enganan a esta xente,
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costs them a lot of money,
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fanlle gastar moitos cartos
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cost them a lot of emotional anguish.
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e provócanlle moita angustia emocional.
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Billions of dollars are spent
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Gástanse miles de millóns de dólares
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every year, all over the globe,
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cada ano, en todo o mundo
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on these charlatans.
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nestes falabaratos.
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Now, I have two questions
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Ben, hai dúas preguntas
que me gustaría facerlles
que me gustaría facerlles
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I would like to ask these people
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if I had the opportunity to do so.
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de ter a oportunidade de facelo.
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First question: If I want to ask them to call up --
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Primeira: quero preguntarlles
se poden chamar...
se poden chamar...
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because they do hear them through the ear.
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porque os escoitan a través dos oídos.
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They listen to the spirits like this --
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Oen os espíritos así.
Voulles pedir que contacten
co fantasma da miña avoa
co fantasma da miña avoa
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I'm going to ask you to call up the ghost of my grandmother
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because, when she died, she had the family will,
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porque cando morreu,
era ela quen tiña o testamento
era ela quen tiña o testamento
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and she secreted it someplace. We don't know where it is,
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e agachouno nalgún lado.
Non sabemos onde está
Non sabemos onde está
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so we ask Granny, "Where is the will, Granny?"
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así que preguntámoslle:
"onde está, avoíña?"
"onde está, avoíña?"
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What does Granny say? She says, "I'm in heaven and it's wonderful.
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E que dixo a avoíña?
Dixo: "estou no ceo e isto é marabilloso.
Dixo: "estou no ceo e isto é marabilloso.
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I'm here with all my old friends, my deceased friends,
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Estou aquí cos meus amigos,
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and my family
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a miña familia
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and all the puppy dogs and the kittens that I used to have when I was a little girl.
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e todos os cadeliños e gatiños
que tiven cando era unha cativa.
que tiven cando era unha cativa.
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And I love you, and I'll always be with you.
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Quérovos, e estarei sempre convosco.
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Good bye."
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Adeus."
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And she didn't answer the damn question!
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E non respondeu o demo de pregunta!
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Where is the will?
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Onde está o testamento?
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Now, she could easily have said,
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Porque tamén podería dicir:
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"Oh, it's in the library on the second shelf, behind the encyclopedia,"
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"No segundo estante,
detrás da enciclopedia"
detrás da enciclopedia"
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but she doesn't say that. No, she doesn't.
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Pero iso non nolo dixo, non.
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She doesn't bring any useful information to us.
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Non nos dou
ningunha información relevante.
ningunha información relevante.
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We paid a lot of money for that information,
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Pagamos moitos cartos por esa información
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be we didn't get it.
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e non a demos conseguido.
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The second question that I'd like to ask, rather simple:
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A segunda pregunta que lles faría
é bastante simple.
é bastante simple.
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Suppose I ask them to contact
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Supoñamos que lles pido que contacten
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the spirit of my deceased father-in-law, as an example.
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co espírito do meu sogro falecido,
por exemplo.
por exemplo.
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Why do they insist on saying --
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Por que insisten en dicirche...
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remember, they speak into this ear --
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(lembra, fálanlle ao oído)
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why do they say, "My name starts with J or M?"
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Por que din:
"O meu nome empeza por J ou M?"
"O meu nome empeza por J ou M?"
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Is this a hunting game?
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Estamos xogando ás adiviñas?
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Hunting and fishing? What is it?
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O gato e o rato? Que é?
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Is it 20 questions? No, it's more like 120 questions.
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Son 20 preguntas?
Non, máis ben 120.
Non, máis ben 120.
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But it is a cruel, vicious,
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Pero é cruel, desapiadado
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absolutely conscienceless --
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totalmente de mala fe
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I'll be all right, keep your seats (Laughter) --
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(Estou ben, quedade nos asentos)
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game that these people play.
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ao que xogan estas persoas.
06:30
And they take advantage of the innocent, the naive,
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Aprovéitanse dos inocentes,
dos inxenuos
dos inxenuos
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the grieving, the needy people out there.
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dos que sofren,
das persoas necesitadas.
das persoas necesitadas.
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Now, this is a process
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Este é un proceso
que se chama lectura en frío.
que se chama lectura en frío.
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that is called cold reading.
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06:42
There's one fellow out there,
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Hai un tipo que se chama
Van Praagh.
Van Praagh.
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Van Praagh is his name, James Van Praagh.
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É unha das eminencias
desta trapallada.
desta trapallada.
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He's one of the big practitioners of this sort of thing.
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06:49
John Edward, Sylvia Browne
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John Edward, Sylvia Browne
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and Rosemary Altea, they are other operators.
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e Rosemary Altea son outros artistas.
06:55
There are hundreds of them all over the earth, but in this country,
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Hai centos deles no mundo,
pero neste país
pero neste país
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James Van Praagh is very big.
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James Van Praagh é moi famoso.
07:00
And what does he do? He likes to tell you
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E que fai? Gústalle contarche
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how the deceased got deceased,
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como faleceron os mortos.
07:04
the people he's talking to through his ear, you see?
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(a xente que lle fala ao oído, vedes?)
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So what he says is, very often, is like this: he says,
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Pois o que di, normalmente, é así:
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"He tells me, he tells me, before he passed,
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"Ante de morrer, díxome
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that he had trouble breathing."
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que lle custaba respirar".
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Folks, that's what dying is all about!
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Home, iso é o que vén sendo morrer!
07:18
(Laughter)
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07:20
You stop breathing, and then you're dead.
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Paras de respirar e logo morres.
07:22
It's that simple.
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Así de fácil.
07:24
And that's the kind of information they're going to bring back to you?
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E ese é o tipo de información
que che van dar?
que che van dar?
07:27
I don't think so.
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Non o creo.
07:29
Now, these people will make guesses, they'll say things like,
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Esta xente vai adiviñando,
din cousas como:
din cousas como:
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"Why am I getting electricity?
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"Por que me chega esta electricidade?"
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He's saying to me, 'Electricity.'
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E dinme: "Electricidade".
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Was he an electrician?" "No."
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"Era electricista?"
-Non.
-Non.
07:38
"Did he ever have an electric razor?" "No."
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"Tiña unha afeitadora eléctrica?"
-Non.
-Non.
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It was a game of hunting questions like this.
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Era un xogo de adiviñar, coma este.
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This is what they go through.
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E así saen do paso.
07:44
Now, folks often ask us
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A xente pregúntanos moito
na Fundación James Randi
na Fundación James Randi
07:46
at the James Randi Educational Foundation,
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07:48
they call me, they say, "Why are you so concerned about this, Mr. Randi?
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chámanme e dinme:
"por que estás tan preocupado?
"por que estás tan preocupado?
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Isn't it just a lot of fun?"
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Non é divertido?".
07:53
No, it is not fun. It is a cruel farce.
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Non, non é. É unha farsa cruel.
07:56
Now, it may bring a certain amount of comfort,
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Pode que che dea un pouco de consolo
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but that comfort lasts
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pero ese consolo dura uns 20 minutos.
08:01
only about 20 minutes or so.
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08:03
And then the people look in the mirror, and they say,
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Despois esa xente mírase no espello e di:
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I just paid a lot of money for that reading.
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Paguei moitos cartos por ese contacto.
08:07
And what did she say to me? 'I love you!'"
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E que me dixo? "Quérote!"
08:10
They always say that.
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Sempre din iso.
08:12
They don't get any information,
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Non lles dan nada de información
08:14
they don't get any value for what they spend.
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non obteñen nada polo que gastan.
08:16
Now, Sylvia Browne is the big operator.
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Sylvia Browne é a máis viva.
08:18
We call her "The Talons."
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Chamámoslle "a gadoupas"
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Sylvia Browne -- thank you --
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Sylvia Browne -grazas-
08:22
Sylvia Browne is the big operator
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Sylvia Browne é a máis viva
08:25
in this field at this very moment.
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agora mesmo neste negocio.
08:27
Now, Sylvia Browne -- just to show you --
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Ben, Sylvia Brown (só para ensinárvolo)
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she actually gets 700 dollars
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cobra 700 dólares
08:33
for a 20 minute reading over the telephone,
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por un contacto a través do teléfono
de 20 minutos.
de 20 minutos.
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she doesn't even go there in person,
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Nin sequera vai alí en persoa
08:38
and you have to wait up to two years because
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e tes que esperar ata dous anos
porque xa ten reservas
para todo ese tempo.
para todo ese tempo.
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she's booked ahead that amount of time.
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08:42
You pay by credit card or whatever,
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Pagas con tarxeta de crédito
ou o que sexa
ou o que sexa
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and then she will call you
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e despois chámate
nalgún momento dos dous anos seguintes.
nalgún momento dos dous anos seguintes.
08:46
sometime in the next two years.
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08:48
You can tell it's her. "Hello, this is Sylvia Browne."
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Sabes que é ela.
"Boas, son Sylvia Browne".
"Boas, son Sylvia Browne".
08:50
That's her, you can tell right away.
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É ela, non hai fallo.
08:54
Now, Montel Williams is an intelligent man.
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Montel Williams é un home intelixente.
08:57
We all know who he is on television.
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Vémolo na televisión.
09:00
He's well educated, he's smart,
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Está formado, é listo
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he knows what Sylvia Browne is doing
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sabe o que fai Sylvia Browne
09:04
but he doesn't give a damn.
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pero impórtalle un rabo de can.
09:06
He just doesn't care.
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Tanto lle dá coma tanto lle ten.
09:10
Because, the bottom line is, the sponsors love it,
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Ao cabo e ao remate,
aos patrocinadores gústalles
aos patrocinadores gústalles
09:13
and he will expose her
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e vana expoñer seguido
na publicidade.
na publicidade.
09:15
to television publicity all the time.
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09:17
Now, what does Sylvia Browne give you for that 700 dollars?
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Que che dá Sylvia Browne por 700 dólares?
09:20
She gives you the names of your guardian angels, that's first.
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Dáche os nomes dos teus anxos da garda.
09:23
Now, without that, how could we possibly function? (Laughter)
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E que sen iso, como se pode vivir?
09:26
She gives you the names of previous lives,
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Diche os nomes das túas vidas pasadas
09:29
who you were in previous lives.
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e quen fuches noutra vida.
09:31
Duh.
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Boh.
09:33
It turns out that the women
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Resulta que todas as mulleres
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that she gives readings for
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ás que lles fai un contacto
09:37
were all Babylonian princesses, or something like that.
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eran todas princesas babilonias, ou así
09:40
And the men were all Grecian warriors
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e os homes eran guerreiros gregos
que loitaban con Agamenón.
que loitaban con Agamenón.
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fighting with Agamemnon.
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09:45
Nothing is ever said about
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Nunca se fala
09:47
a 14 year-old bootblack in the streets of London
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da pequena limpadora de botas
de Londres
de Londres
09:49
who died of consumption.
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que morreu de tise.
09:51
He isn't worth bringing back, obviously.
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Non paga a pena recordala.
09:54
And the strange thing -- folks, you may have noticed this too.
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E o raro disto...
non sei se vos decatastes.
non sei se vos decatastes.
09:57
You see these folks on television --
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Vedes estes tipos na televisión
10:00
they never call anybody back from hell. (Laughter)
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e nunca chaman a ninguén do inferno.
10:04
Everyone comes back from heaven, but never from hell.
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Todos volven do ceo,
ninguén do inferno.
ninguén do inferno.
10:07
If they call back any of my friends,
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Se chamaran a algún dos meus amigos
10:09
they're not going to... Well, you see the story.
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que non o van facer...
Xa se imaxinan.
Xa se imaxinan.
10:11
(Laughter)
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10:14
Now, Sylvia Browne is an exception,
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Sylvia Browne é una excepción,
10:17
an exception in one way,
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unha excepción só nun sentido.
10:19
because the James Randi Educational Foundation, my foundation,
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Na miña fundación
10:22
offers a one million dollar prize in negotiable bonds.
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ofrecemos 1 millón de dólares
en obrigas negociables.
en obrigas negociables.
10:25
Very simply won.
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Doadísimo de gañar.
10:27
All you have to do is prove any paranormal, occult
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Só tes que demostrar
un suceso paranormal,
un suceso paranormal,
10:29
or supernatural event or power of any kind
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de ocultismo ou sobrenatural
de calquera clase
de calquera clase
10:31
under proper observing conditions.
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en condicións de observación adecuadas.
10:33
It's very easy, win the million dollars.
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Doadísimo, gaña o millón de dólares.
10:35
Sylvia Browne is an exception in that
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Sylvia Browne é unha excepción
10:37
she's the only professional psychic
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porque é a única médium profesional
en todo o mundo
en todo o mundo
10:40
in the whole world
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10:42
that has accepted our challenge.
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que aceptou o noso reto.
10:45
She did this on the "Larry King Live" show on CNN
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Fíxoo nun programa da CNN
10:48
six and a half years ago.
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hai seis anos e medio.
10:51
And we haven't heard from her since. Strange.
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E aínda non temos noticias dela.
Cousa rara.
Cousa rara.
10:54
She said that, first of all, that she didn't know how to contact me.
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Primeiro dixo iso e logo
que non sabía como contactar comigo.
que non sabía como contactar comigo.
10:57
Duh.
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Boh.
10:59
A professional psychic who speaks to dead people,
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Unha médium profesional
que fala cos mortos
que fala cos mortos
11:02
she can't reach me?
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e non dá contactado comigo?
11:04
(Laughter)
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Estou vivo, como podedes comprobar.
11:06
I'm alive, you may have noticed.
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11:08
Well, pretty well anyway.
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Ben, bastante ben igualmente.
11:11
She couldn't reach me. Now she says she doesn't want to reach me
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Non podía contactar comigo,
pero agora di que non quere
pero agora di que non quere
11:14
because I'm a godless person.
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porque son un impío.
11:17
All the more reason to take the million dollars,
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Con máis razón quererías gañarme
o millón de dólares
o millón de dólares
11:19
wouldn't you think, Sylvia?
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non cres, Sylvia?
11:21
Now these people need to be stopped, seriously now.
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Hai que parar a esta xente,
agora en serio.
agora en serio.
11:24
They need to be stopped because this is a cruel farce.
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Hai que paralos porque é
unha farsa cruel.
unha farsa cruel.
11:26
We get people coming to the foundation all the time.
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Chega xente á Fundación seguido.
11:29
They're ruined financially and emotionally
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Arruinados emocional e economicamente
11:32
because they've given their money and their faith
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porque puxeron todos os seus cartos
e fe nesa xente.
e fe nesa xente.
11:34
to these people.
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11:36
Now, I popped some pills earlier.
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Tomei unhas pastillas ao principio
11:38
I have to explain that to you.
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e agora téñovolo que explicar.
11:40
Homeopathy, let's find out what that's all about.
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A homeopatía, que vén sendo isto.
11:43
Hmm. You've heard of it.
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Algo escoitastes, supoño.
11:45
It's an alternative form of healing, right?
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É unha forma alternativa de curación, non?
11:48
Homeopathy actually consists -- and that's what this is.
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A homeopatía consiste...
É isto.
É isto.
11:51
This is Calms Forte,
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Isto é Calms Forte.
11:54
32 caplets of sleeping pills! I forgot to tell you that.
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32 pastillas para durmir!
Esquecérame de dicírvolo.
Esquecérame de dicírvolo.
11:57
I just ingested
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Acabo de inxerir
11:59
six and a half days worth of sleeping pills.
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6 días e medio de pastillas para durmir.
12:02
(Laughter)
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12:04
Six and a half days, that certainly is a fatal dose.
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6 días e medio é unha dose letal,
sen dúbida.
sen dúbida.
12:06
It says right on the back here,
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Aquí detrás pon:
"En caso de sobredose
"En caso de sobredose
12:08
"In case of overdose,
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12:10
contact your poison control center immediately,"
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chame inmediatamente ao
centro de toxicoloxía"
centro de toxicoloxía"
12:12
and it gives an 800 number.
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e pon un número gratuíto.
12:14
Keep your seats -- it's going to be okay.
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Tranquilos, non vos preocupedes.
12:16
I don't really need it
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Non fai falla,
levo facendo este truco
12:18
because I've been doing this stunt
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para o público en todo o mundo
12:20
for audiences all over the world
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12:23
for the last eight or 10 years,
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durante os últimos 8 ou 10 anos.
12:25
taking fatal doses of homeopathic sleeping pills.
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Tomei moitas doses letais de
pastillas para durmir homeopáticas.
pastillas para durmir homeopáticas.
12:28
Why don't they affect me?
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E por que non me afectan?
12:30
(Laughter)
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12:32
(Applause)
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12:35
The answer may surprise you.
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A resposta igual vos sorprende.
12:37
What is homeopathy?
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Que é a homeopatía?
Pois é tomar unha menciña
que funciona de verdade
que funciona de verdade
12:39
It's taking a medicine that really works
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12:41
and diluting it down
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e diluíla
moito máis do límite de Avogadro.
moito máis do límite de Avogadro.
12:43
well beyond Avogadro's limit.
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12:45
Diluting it down to the point
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Diluíla ata o punto no que
12:47
where there's none of it left. (Laughter)
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xa non queda nada.
12:50
Now folks, this is not
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Isto non é só unha metáfora,
é certo o que vos digo.
é certo o que vos digo.
12:52
just a metaphor I'm going to give you now, it's true.
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12:55
It's exactly equivalent to taking
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Isto é exactamente igual ca coller
12:57
one 325 milligram aspirin tablet,
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unha aspirina de 325 miligramos
13:01
throwing it into the middle of Lake Tahoe,
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guindala no medio do lago Tahoe
13:04
and then stirring it up, obviously with a very big stick,
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e despois remexela,
obviamente cun pau ben gordo
obviamente cun pau ben gordo
13:07
and waiting two years or so
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e esperar uns dous anos
13:09
until the solution is homogeneous.
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ata que a solución sexa homoxénea.
13:12
Then, when you get a headache,
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Despois, cando che doia a cabeza
bebes un grolo desta auga e,
voilà! xa non che doe!
voilà! xa non che doe!
13:14
you take a sip of this water, and -- voila! -- it is gone.
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13:17
(Laughter)
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13:19
Now that is true. That is what homeopathy is all about.
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Isto é o que vén sendo a homeopatía.
13:22
And another claim that they make -- you'll love this one --
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E outra das cousas que din,
esta vaivos gustar moito
esta vaivos gustar moito
13:25
the more dilute the medicine is, they say,
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é que canto máis dilúes unha menciña
13:28
the more powerful it is.
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máis potente é.
13:30
Now wait a minute, we heard about a guy in Florida.
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Esperade, oín falar dun tipo de Florida.
13:33
The poor man, he was on homeopathic medicine.
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O pobre estaba a tomar
una menciña homeopática.
una menciña homeopática.
13:35
He died of an overdose.
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Morreu de sobredose.
Esqueceuse de tomar a súa menciña.
13:37
He forgot to take his pill.
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13:39
(Laughter)
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13:41
Work on it. Work on it.
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Pensádeo, pensádeo.
13:45
It's a ridiculous thing. It is absolutely ridiculous.
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É ridículo. Totalmente ridículo.
13:48
I don't know what we're doing,
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Non sei que facemos
13:50
believing in all this nonsense over all these years.
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crendo nestas parvadas tanto tempo.
13:53
Now, let me tell you,
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Deixádeme que vos diga
13:55
The James Randi Educational Foundation
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que a Fundación Educativa James Randi
está ofrecendo un gran premio.
13:57
is waving this very big carrot,
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13:59
but I must say, the fact that nobody
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Tamén teño que dicir que
14:02
has taken us up on this offer
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que ninguén acepte a oferta
14:04
doesn't mean that the powers don't exist.
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non significa que
eses poderes non existan.
eses poderes non existan.
14:06
They might, some place out there.
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Igual si, por algún lado.
14:09
Maybe these people are just independently wealthy.
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Igual esas persoas
non precisan os cartos.
non precisan os cartos.
14:12
Well, with Sylvia Browne I would think so.
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Por exemplo, con Sylvia Browne
eu pensaríao.
eu pensaríao.
14:14
You know, 700 dollars for a 20 minute reading
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700 dólares por
un contacto telefónico de 20 minutos
un contacto telefónico de 20 minutos
14:16
over the telephone --
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Cobra máis que un avogado!
14:18
that's more than lawyers make!
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14:21
I mean that's a fabulous amount of money.
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É unha cantidade incrible de cartos.
14:23
These people don't need the million dollars perhaps,
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Pode que esa xente non precise
un millón de dólares
un millón de dólares
14:26
but wouldn't you think they'd like to take it
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pero non pensades que
lles gustaría gañarnos
lles gustaría gañarnos
14:28
just to make me look silly?
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só por deixarme de parvo?
14:30
Just to get rid of this godless person out there
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Por desfacerse deste impío
14:33
that Sylvia Browne talks about all the time?
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do que Sylvia Browne fala seguido?
14:36
I think that something needs to be done about this.
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Creo que hai que facer algo en serio.
14:38
We really would love to have suggestions from you folks
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Gustaríame escoitar
algunha das vosas propostas
algunha das vosas propostas
14:41
on how to contact federal, state
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para contactar
coas autoridades federais, estatais
coas autoridades federais, estatais
14:44
and local authorities
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e locais
14:46
to get them to do something.
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para que fagan algo ao respecto.
14:48
If you find out -- now I understand.
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Se sabedes como...
Si, xa sei
Si, xa sei
14:51
We've seen people, even today, speaking to us
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vemos xente,
aínda hoxe en día, que nos fala
aínda hoxe en día, que nos fala
14:53
about AIDS epidemics
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da epidemia da SIDA,
14:55
and starving kids around the world
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de nenos morrendo de fame
no mundo,
no mundo,
14:57
and impure water supplies that people have to suffer with.
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de xente que ten que sufrir
a falla de auga potable.
a falla de auga potable.
15:00
Those are very important,
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Esas cuestións son moi importantes,
15:02
critically important to us.
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cruciais, incluso.
Temos que facer algo para resolvelas.
15:04
And we must do something about those problems.
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15:07
But at the same time,
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Pero ao mesmo tempo
como dixo Arthur C. Clarke:
15:09
as Arthur C. Clarke said,
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A podremia da mente humana
15:11
The rotting of the human mind,
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15:13
the business of believing in the paranormal and the occult
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o negocio de crer
no paranormal e no oculto
no paranormal e no oculto
15:15
and the supernatural --
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e o sobrenatural...
15:17
all of this total nonsense,
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En todas estas trapalladas,
15:19
this medieval thinking --
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este pensamento medieval...
15:21
I think something should be done about that,
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Hai que facer algo
15:23
and it all lies in education.
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e a solución reside na educación.
15:25
Largely, it's the media
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En gran parte, os medios de comunicación
15:27
who are to blame for this sort of thing.
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teñen a culpa de todo isto.
15:29
They shamelessly promote
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Fomentan descaradamente
15:31
all kinds of nonsense of this sort
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todo tipo de trapalladas destas
15:33
because it pleases the sponsors.
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porque aos patrocinadores gústanlle
15:37
It's the bottom line, the dollar line.
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polo pan baila o can.
O carto.
O carto.
15:39
That's what they're looking at.
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Niso se fixan.
15:41
We really must do something about this.
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Temos que facer algo de verdade.
15:43
I'm willing to take your suggestions,
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Estou disposto a escoitar
as vosas propostas
as vosas propostas
15:45
and I'm willing to have you
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e tamén quero que entredes na nosa web
15:47
tune in to our webpage.
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15:50
It's www.randi.org.
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É www.randi.org
15:53
Go in there and look at the archives,
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Entrade e mirade os arquivos
15:55
and you will begin to understand much more
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e comezaredes a entender moito máis
15:57
of what I've been talking about today.
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sobre o que vos contei hoxe aquí.
15:59
You will see the records that we have.
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Veredes todos os documentos que temos.
16:01
There's nothing like sitting in that library
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Non hai nada como sentarte nesa biblioteca
16:03
and having a family appear there
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e ver a historia dunha familia
16:05
and say that Mum gave away all the family fortune.
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cuxa nai regalou
todos os aforros que tiñan.
todos os aforros que tiñan.
16:08
She cashed in the CDs,
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Regalou os CD,
16:10
she gave away the stocks and the certificates.
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as accións, os certificados de valores.
16:13
That's really sad to hear,
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É triste escoitalo
16:15
and it hasn't helped them one bit,
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e non lles axudou nadiña.
16:18
hasn't solved any of their problems.
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Non solucionou ningún dos seus problemas.
16:20
Yes, there could be a rotting of the American mind,
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Pode que a mente estadounidense
podreza
podreza
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and of the minds all the way around the earth,
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e tamén a de todo o mundo
16:25
if we don't start to think sensibly about these things.
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se non comezamos a ser sensatos
con estes temas.
con estes temas.
16:29
Now, we've offered this carrot,
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Ofrecemos este premio
16:31
as I say, we've dangled the carrot.
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e como digo, poñémolo en bandexa.
16:33
We're waiting for the psychics to come forth and snap at it.
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Estamos esperando
a que veñan médiums e nolo quiten.
a que veñan médiums e nolo quiten.
16:35
Oh, we get lots of them,
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Veñen unha morea deles
centos de persoas por ano.
16:37
hundreds of them every year come by.
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16:39
These are dowsers and people
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Falabaratos e outras persoas
que pensan que poden falar cos mortos
16:41
who think that they can talk to the dead as well,
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16:43
but they're amateurs; they don't know how to evaluate
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pero son principiantes;
non saben como avaliar
non saben como avaliar
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their own so-called powers.
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os seus supostos poderes.
16:48
The professionals never come near us,
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Os profesionais non adoitan vir onda nós
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except in that case of Sylvia Browne
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coa excepción de Sylvia Browne
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that I told you about a moment ago.
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da que vos falei hai un chisco.
Aceptou e logo botouse atrás.
16:55
She did accept and then backed away.
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16:58
Ladies and gentlemen,
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Donas e cabaleiros,
17:01
I'm James Randi,
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son James Randi
e estou agardando.
17:04
and I'm waiting.
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17:07
Thank you.
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Grazas.
17:09
(Applause)
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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
James Randi - Skeptic and conjurorLegendary skeptic James Randi has devoted his life to debunking frauds and investigating paranormal and pseudoscientific claims.
Why you should listen
James Randi has an international reputation as a magician and escape artist, but he is perhaps best known as the world's most tireless investigator and demystifier of paranormal and pseudoscientific claims.
Randi has pursued "psychic" spoonbenders, exposed the dirty tricks of faith healers, investigated homeopathic water "with a memory," and generally been a thorn in the sides of those who try to pull the wool over the public's eyes in the name of the supernatural. He has received numerous awards and recognitions, including a MacArthur "genius" grant in 1986. He's the author of numerous books, including The Truth About Uri Geller, The Faith Healers, Flim-Flam!, and An Encyclopedia of Claims, Frauds, and Hoaxes of the Occult and Supernatural.
In 1996, the James Randi Education Foundation was established to further Randi's work. Randi's long-standing challenge to psychics now stands as a $1,000,000 prize administered by the Foundation. It remains unclaimed.
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