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James Randi: Homeopathy, quackery and fraud
James Randis brandtale mod clairvoyante bedragere
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Den legendariske skeptiker James Randi sparker sin 18 minutter lange tiltale mod irrationelle overbevisninger igang ved at indtage en dødelig dosis homøopatisk sovemedicin på scenen. Han giver en udfordring til verdens clairvoyante: Kan du bevise at dine evner er virkelige, så giver jeg dig en million dollars. (Ingen har taget imod endnu.)
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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Godmorgen
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Happy to see so many fine folks out here
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Jeg er glad for at se så mange fine folk derude
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and so many smiling faces.
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og så mange smilende ansigter.
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I have a very peculiar
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Jeg har en meget underfundig
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background, attitude and approach
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baggrund, attitude og tilgang
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to the real world
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til den virkelige verden
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because I am a conjurer.
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fordi jeg er en tryllekunstner
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Now, I prefer that term over magician,
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Jeg foretrækker det udtryk fremfor magiker
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because if I were a magician, that would mean
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for, hvis jeg var magiker, ville det betyde
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that I use spells and incantations
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at jeg brugte fortryllelser og besværgelser
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and weird gestures
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og mærkelige fagter
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in order to accomplish real magic.
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for at frembringe rigtig magi
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No, I don't do that; I'm a conjurer,
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Nej, dén slags gør jeg ikke; jeg er tryllekunstner,
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who is someone who pretends to be
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hvilket betyder, at man lader som om man er
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a real magician. (Laughter)
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en rigtig magiker
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Now, how do we go about that sort of thing?
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Nå - og hvordan gør vi så den slags?
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We depend on the fact
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Vi er afhængige af
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that audiences, such as yourselves,
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at tilskuerne, som jer selv
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will make assumptions.
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gør sig antagelser
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For example, when I walked up here
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For eksempel: Da jeg gik herop
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and I took the microphone from the stand
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og tog mikrofonen fra stativet
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and switched it on,
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og tændte for den,
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you assumed this was a microphone, which it is not.
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så antog I, at dette er en mikrofon, hvilket det ikke er.
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(Laughter)
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(Latter)
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As a matter of fact, this is something
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Faktisk er dette her noget
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that about half of you, more than half of you will not be familiar with.
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som halvdelen af jer - mere end halvdelen af jer - ikke er fortrolige med.
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It's a beard trimmer, you see?
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Det er nemlig en skægtrimmer.
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And it makes a very bad microphone;
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Og den fungerer rigtig dårligt som mikrofon.
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I've tried it many times. (Laughter)
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Jeg har forsøgt mange gange.
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The other assumption that you made --
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Den anden antagelse I gjorde jer -
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and this little lesson is to show you
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og denne lille lektie skulle til for at vise jer
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that you will make assumptions.
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at I alle gør jer antagelser -
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Not only that you can, but that you will
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ikke alene at I er i stand til det, man at I uværgerligt vil -
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when they are properly suggested to you.
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når de bliver antydet jer på en passende måde.
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You believe I'm looking at you.
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I tror, at jeg kigger på jer.
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Wrong. I'm not looking at you. I can't see you.
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Forkert! Jeg kigger ikke på jer, for jeg kan ikke se jer.
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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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Jeg ved I er derude, det fortalte de mig backstage, "Der er fuldt hus." osv.
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I know you're there because I can hear you,
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Jeg ved I er der, fordi jeg kan høre jer,
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but I can't see you because I normally wear glasses.
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men jeg kan ikke se jer, fordi jeg normalt går med briller.
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These are not glasses, these are empty frames. (Laughter)
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Dette er ikke briller, det er stel uden glas.
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Quite empty frames.
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Helt uden glas.
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Now why would a grown man appear before you
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Så hvad får en voksen mand til at optræde for jer
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wearing empty frames on his face?
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med et tomt brillestel på sin næse?
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To fool you, ladies and gentlemen,
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For at narre jer, mine damer og herrer,
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to deceive you, to show that you, too,
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for at bedrage jer, for at vise at også I
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can make assumptions.
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kan gøre jer antagelser.
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Don't you ever forget that.
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Glem aldrig det.
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Now, I have to do something -- first of all, switch to real glasses
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Nu er jeg lige nødt til at gøre et par ting, for det første, at tage rigtige biller på.
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so I can actually see you,
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så jeg virkelig kan se jer,
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which would probably be a convenience. I don't know.
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hvilket nok er en fordel. Det ved jeg ikke.
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I haven't had a good look. Well, it's not that great a convenience.
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Jeg har ikke kigget ordentligt efter. Nå, så stor en fordel var det heller ikke.
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(Laughter)
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(Latter)
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I have to do something now, which seems
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Nu er jeg nødt til at gøre noget, der virker
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a little bit strange for a magician.
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en smule underligt for en magiker.
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But I'm going to take some medication.
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Men jeg vil nu indtage noget medicin.
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This is a full bottle of
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Dette er et glas med
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Calms Forte.
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Calms Forte.
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I'll explain that in just a moment.
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Det forklarer jeg om et øjeblik.
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Ignore the instructions,
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Se bort for vejledningen
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that's what the government has to put in there
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Det er bare noget myndighederne har klistret på
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to confuse you, I'm sure.
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for at forvirre jer, er jeg sikker på.
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I will take enough of these. Mm.
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Jeg vil tage en ordentlig dosis. Mmmm.
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Indeed, the whole container.
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Ja, hele glasset, faktisk.
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Thirty-two tablets of Calms Forte.
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32 Calms Forte-tabletter.
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Now that I've done that -- I'll explain it in a moment --
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Nu da jeg har gjort det - jeg forklarer om et øjeblik -
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I must tell you that
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må jeg afsløre, at
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I am an actor.
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jeg er en skuespiller.
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I'm an actor who plays a specific part.
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Jeg er en skuespiller, der spiller en ganske bestemt rolle.
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I play the part of a magician,
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Jeg spiller rollen som magiker,
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a wizard, if you will, a real wizard.
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en troldmand, om I vil, en ægte troldmand.
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If someone were to appear on this stage in front of me
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Hvis nogen skulle træde op foran mig på scenen
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and actually claim to be
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og hævde, virkelig at være
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an ancient prince of Denmark named Hamlet,
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en gammel, dansk prins, ved navn Hamlet
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you would be insulted
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ville I ganske retmæssigt
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and rightly so.
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føle jer fornærmede.
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Why would a man assume that you would believe
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Hvorfor skulle en mand antage, at I ville tro
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something bizarre like this?
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på noget så bizart dem det?
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But there exists out there
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Men derude findes
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a very large population
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en meget stor gruppe mennesker
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of people who will tell you
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der vil bilde jer ind
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that they have psychic, magical powers
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at de har clairvoyante og magiske evner,
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that they can predict the future,
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at de kan se ind i fremtiden,
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that they can make contact with the deceased.
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at de kan skabe kontakt til afdøde.
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Oh, they also say
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Åh - de påstår også,
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they will sell you astrology
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at de vil sælge jer astrologi
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or other fortunetelling methods.
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eller andre spådoms-metoder.
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Oh, they gladly sell you that, yes.
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Oh, det vil de være glade for at sælge jer Ja.
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And they also say
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Og de påstår ligeledes
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that they can give you perpetual motion machines
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at de kan give jer evighedsmaskiner
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and free energy systems.
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og frie energi systemer
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They claim to be psychics,
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De påstår at de er clairvoyante,
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or sensitives, whatever they can.
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har en 6. sans - hvad som helst.
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But the one thing that has made a big comeback
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Men én ting, der har gjort et stort comeback
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just recently
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fornylig
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is this business of
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er det,
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speaking with the dead.
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at tale med de døde.
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Now, to my innocent mind,
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Altså - i mit uskyldige sind
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dead implies
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medfører det at være død
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incapable of communicating. (Laughter)
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at man ikke er i stand til at kommunikere
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You might agree with me on that.
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Det er I muligvis enige med mig i.
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But these people, they tend to tell you that
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Men disse mennesker, de har en tendens til at påstå
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not only can they communicate with the dead --
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at de ikke alene kan kommunikere med de døde -
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"Hi, there" --
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Hej, med dig -
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but they can hear the dead as well,
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men at de også kan høre de døve,
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and they can relay this information back to the living.
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og at de kan videresende denne information tilbage til de levende.
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I wonder if that's true.
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Gad vide om det er sandt?
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I don't think so, because
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Det tror jeg ikke, og dét er fordi
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this subculture of people
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at denne subkultur af mennesker
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use exactly the same gimmicks that we magicians do,
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bruger præcis de samme tricks som vi "magikere".
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exactly the same --
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Præcis de samme:
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the same physical methods, the same psychological methods --
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de samme fysiske og psykologiske metoder
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and they effectively and profoundly
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Og de har på effektiv og dybtgående vis
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deceive millions of people around the earth,
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bedraget millioner af mennesker, kloden over,
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to their detriment.
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til skade for disse mennesker.
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They deceive these people,
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De bedrager disse mennesker,
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costs them a lot of money,
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og det koster dem masser af penge,
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cost them a lot of emotional anguish.
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koster dem masser af følelsesmæssige kvaler
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Billions of dollars are spent
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Milliarder af dollars bliver brugt
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every year, all over the globe,
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hvert år, over hele kloden
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on these charlatans.
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på disse fidusmagere.
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Now, I have two questions
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Jeg har nu to spørgsmål,
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I would like to ask these people
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som jeg gerne ville stille disse mennesker,
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if I had the opportunity to do so.
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hvis jeg havde muligheden for det.
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First question: If I want to ask them to call up --
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For det første: Hvis jeg beder dem ringe op -
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because they do hear them through the ear.
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for de hører nemlig ånderne gennem øret,
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They listen to the spirits like this --
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Det er sådan de lytter til dem.
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I'm going to ask you to call up the ghost of my grandmother
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Jeg vil bede dig ringe op til min bedstemors spøgelse
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because, when she died, she had the family will,
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for, da hun døde, var det hende der havde familiens testamente
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and she secreted it someplace. We don't know where it is,
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og hun gemte det et hemmeligt sted. Vi ved ikke hvor.
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so we ask Granny, "Where is the will, Granny?"
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Så spørger vi Bedste, "Hvor er testamentet, Bedste?"
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What does Granny say? She says, "I'm in heaven and it's wonderful.
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What siger Bedste så? Hun siger, "Jeg er i himlen og her er så dejligt.
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I'm here with all my old friends, my deceased friends,
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Jeg er her med alle mine gamle, afdøde venner,
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and my family
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og min familie,
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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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og alle hundehvalpene og kattekillingerne, jeg havde, da jeg var en lille pige.
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And I love you, and I'll always be with you.
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Og jeg elsker dig, og jeg vil altid være hos dig.
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Good bye."
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Farvel."
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And she didn't answer the damn question!
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Og hun svarede ikke på et eneste spørgsmål.
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Where is the will?
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Hvor er testamentet?
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Now, she could easily have said,
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Hun kunne nemt have sagt,
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"Oh, it's in the library on the second shelf, behind the encyclopedia,"
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"Åh, det er i biblioteket på anden hylde, bag leksikonet."
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but she doesn't say that. No, she doesn't.
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Men det, siger hun ikke, nej.
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She doesn't bring any useful information to us.
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Hun kommer ikke med brugbar information til os.
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We paid a lot of money for that information,
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Vi betalte mange penge for den information,
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be we didn't get it.
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men vi fik den ikke
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The second question that I'd like to ask, rather simple:
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Det andet spørgsmål, som jeg gerne ville stille - ret simpelt.
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Suppose I ask them to contact
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Hvis jeg nu bad dem kontakte
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the spirit of my deceased father-in-law, as an example.
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min afdøde svigerfars ånd, f.eks.
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Why do they insist on saying --
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Hvorfor insisterer de så på -
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remember, they speak into this ear --
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husk, at ånderne taler dem ind i øret
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why do they say, "My name starts with J or M?"
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hvorfor siger de, "Mit navn starter med J eller M?"
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Is this a hunting game?
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Er det en gætteleg?
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Hunting and fishing? What is it?
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En fisketur? Hvad er det?
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Is it 20 questions? No, it's more like 120 questions.
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Er det 20 spørgsmål? Nej, det er snarere 120 spørgsmål.
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But it is a cruel, vicious,
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Men det er et ubarmhjertigt, ondskabsfuldt,
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absolutely conscienceless --
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fuldstændig samvittighedsløst (falder over ordene) -
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I'll be all right, keep your seats (Laughter) --
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Jeg klarer den nok - bliv bare siddende -
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game that these people play.
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spil, som disse mennesker spiller.
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And they take advantage of the innocent, the naive,
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Og de udnytter de uskyldige og naive,
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the grieving, the needy people out there.
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de sørgende, og trængende mennesker derude.
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Now, this is a process
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Dette er et trick,
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that is called cold reading.
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der kaldes kold-læsning.
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There's one fellow out there,
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Der er en fyr derude,
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Van Praagh is his name, James Van Praagh.
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Van Praagh, hedder han, James Van Praagh.
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He's one of the big practitioners of this sort of thing.
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Han er én dem der praktiserer dette.
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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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og Rosemary Altea, for at nævne nogle andre.
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There are hundreds of them all over the earth, but in this country,
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Der er hundredevis af dem på hele kloden, men her i landet,
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James Van Praagh is very big.
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er James Van Praagh én af de store.
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And what does he do? He likes to tell you
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Og hvad er det så han kan? Han påstår at han kan fortælle dig
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how the deceased got deceased,
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hvordan de afdøde faktisk døde
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the people he's talking to through his ear, you see?
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- altså dem han snakker til gennem sit øre, ser I.
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So what he says is, very often, is like this: he says,
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Det han siger er, ganske ofte, noget i stil med dette, han siger,
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"He tells me, he tells me, before he passed,
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"Han fortæller mig at han, før han døde
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that he had trouble breathing."
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havde svært ved at trække vejret."
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Folks, that's what dying is all about!
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Ja! Det er hvad der sker, når man dør.
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(Laughter)
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(Latter)
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You stop breathing, and then you're dead.
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Du holder op med at trække vejret, og så dør du.
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It's that simple.
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Så simpelt er det.
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And that's the kind of information they're going to bring back to you?
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Og er det så hvad de døde synes de bør fortælle dig?
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I don't think so.
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Det tror jeg ikke.
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Now, these people will make guesses, they'll say things like,
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Disse menneske laver gætterier. De siger ting som,
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"Why am I getting electricity?
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"Hvorfor fornemmer jeg elektricitet?
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He's saying to me, 'Electricity.'
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Han siger, 'Elektricitet.'
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Was he an electrician?" "No."
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Var han elektriker?" Nej?
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"Did he ever have an electric razor?" "No."
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"Havde han nogensinde en elektrisk barbermaskine?" Nej?
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It was a game of hunting questions like this.
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Det var sådan en form for gætteleg.
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This is what they go through.
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Det er den slags de gennemgår.
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Now, folks often ask us
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Folk spørger os ofte
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at the James Randi Educational Foundation,
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hos James Randi Education Foundation,
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they call me, they say, "Why are you so concerned about this, Mr. Randi?
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de ringer op og spørger, "Hvorfor går du så meget op i dette, Mr. Randi?
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Isn't it just a lot of fun?"
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Er det ikke bare uskadelig sjov og spas?
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No, it is not fun. It is a cruel farce.
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Nej, det er ikke sjovt. Det er en grusom farce.
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Now, it may bring a certain amount of comfort,
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Det kan muligvis bibringe en smule trøst,
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but that comfort lasts
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men trøsten varer
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only about 20 minutes or so.
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kun omkring 20 minutter.
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And then the people look in the mirror, and they say,
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Derefter kigger folk sig selv i spejlet og siger,
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I just paid a lot of money for that reading.
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Jeg har lige betalt en masse penge dette.
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And what did she say to me? 'I love you!'"
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Og hvad fortalte hun mig så? 'Jeg elsker dig!'
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They always say that.
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Det siger de altid.
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They don't get any information,
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De får ingen information,
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they don't get any value for what they spend.
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de får ingen valør for de penge de betaler.
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Now, Sylvia Browne is the big operator.
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Sylvia Browne er en af de store forretningskvinder.
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We call her "The Talons."
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Vi kalder hende "Kloen."
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Sylvia Browne -- thank you --
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Sylvia Brown - tak -
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Sylvia Browne is the big operator
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Sylvia Brown er den store forretningskvinde
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in this field at this very moment.
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på dette felt i øjeblikket.
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Now, Sylvia Browne -- just to show you --
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Sylvia Browne - for at give et eksempel -
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she actually gets 700 dollars
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får 700 dollars
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for a 20 minute reading over the telephone,
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for 20-minutters clairvoyance over telefonen
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she doesn't even go there in person,
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Hun behøver ikke engang selv at være tilstede.
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and you have to wait up to two years because
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Og man må vente i op til to år fordi
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she's booked ahead that amount of time.
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hun er booket op, så langt frem i tiden.
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You pay by credit card or whatever,
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Du betaler med dankort eller andet,
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and then she will call you
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og så ringer hun til dig
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sometime in the next two years.
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engang i løbet af de næste to år.
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You can tell it's her. "Hello, this is Sylvia Browne."
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Man véd det er hende. "Hallo, det er Sylvia Browne."
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That's her, you can tell right away.
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Det er hende. Man ved det med det samme.
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Now, Montel Williams is an intelligent man.
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Montel Williams, er en intelligent mand.
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We all know who he is on television.
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Vi kender ham alle fra TV.
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He's well educated, he's smart,
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Han er klog og veluddannet.
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he knows what Sylvia Browne is doing
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Han ved hvad Sylvia Browne foretager sig,
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but he doesn't give a damn.
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men det interesserer ham ikke.
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He just doesn't care.
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Han er fuldstændig ligeglad.
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Because, the bottom line is, the sponsors love it,
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For, det springende punkt er, at sponsorerne elsker det,
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and he will expose her
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og han eksponerer hende
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to television publicity all the time.
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og giver hende TV-omtale konstant.
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Now, what does Sylvia Browne give you for that 700 dollars?
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Men hvad giver Sylvia Browne dig så, for de 700 dollars?
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She gives you the names of your guardian angels, that's first.
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Hun giver dig for det første navnene på dine skytsengle.
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Now, without that, how could we possibly function? (Laughter)
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Hvordan skulle man kunne leve uden?
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She gives you the names of previous lives,
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Hun fortæller dig dine navne i tidligere liv,
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who you were in previous lives.
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hvem du var i tidligere liv.
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Duh.
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Hvor 'flot'!
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It turns out that the women
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Det viser sig, at de kvinder
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that she gives readings for
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som hun udfører clairvoyance for
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were all Babylonian princesses, or something like that.
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alle var prinsesser i Babylon, eller noget i den stil.
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And the men were all Grecian warriors
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Og at alle mændene var græske krigere,
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fighting with Agamemnon.
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der kæmpede med Agamemnon.
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Nothing is ever said about
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Der bliver aldrig sagt noget om
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a 14 year-old bootblack in the streets of London
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en 14-årig skopudser fra Londons gader,
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who died of consumption.
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der døde af tuberkulose.
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He isn't worth bringing back, obviously.
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Han er åbenbart ikke værd at bringe tilbage.
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And the strange thing -- folks, you may have noticed this too.
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Og det mærkelige er, mine damer og herrer - som i måske har bemærket -
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You see these folks on television --
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at disse mennesker på TV -
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they never call anybody back from hell. (Laughter)
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de kalder aldrig nogen tilbage fra Helvede.
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Everyone comes back from heaven, but never from hell.
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Alle kommer tilbage fra Himlen, men aldrig fra Helvede.
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If they call back any of my friends,
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Hvis du skulle fremmane nogle af mine venner
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they're not going to... Well, you see the story.
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kommer de altså ikke til at.. Ja I kan se hvor jeg vil hen.
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(Laughter)
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(Latter)
10:14
Now, Sylvia Browne is an exception,
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Sylvia Brown er dog en undtagelse,
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an exception in one way,
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en undtagelse på én måde,
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because the James Randi Educational Foundation, my foundation,
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for min fond, James Randi Educational Foundation
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offers a one million dollar prize in negotiable bonds.
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tilbyder 1 million dollar i præmie, i omsættelige værdipapirer.
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Very simply won.
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De kan vindes meget enkelt.
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All you have to do is prove any paranormal, occult
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Alt du skal gøre er, at bevise én paranormal, okkult
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or supernatural event or power of any kind
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eller overnaturlig hændelse af hvilken som helst slags
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under proper observing conditions.
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under passende observationsbetingelser.
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It's very easy, win the million dollars.
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Det er meget nemt: Vind en million dollars.
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Sylvia Browne is an exception in that
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Sylvia Browne er en undtagelse fordi
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she's the only professional psychic
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hun er den eneste professionelle clairvoyant
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in the whole world
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i hele verden
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that has accepted our challenge.
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der har taget udfordringen op.
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She did this on the "Larry King Live" show on CNN
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Det gjorde hun i Larry King Live på CNN
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six and a half years ago.
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for seks et halvt år siden.
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And we haven't heard from her since. Strange.
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Og vi har endnu ikke hørt fra hende. Mærkeligt.
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She said that, first of all, that she didn't know how to contact me.
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Hun sagde at hun, for det første ikke vidste hvordan hun skulle kontakte mig.
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Duh.
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Okay?
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A professional psychic who speaks to dead people,
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En professionel clairvoyant, der kan få kontakt til de døde,
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she can't reach me?
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ved ikke hvordan hun skal få kontakt til mig?
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(Laughter)
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(Latter)
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I'm alive, you may have noticed.
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Jeg er i live, som du måske har bemærket.
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Well, pretty well anyway.
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Nogenlunde, i hvert fald.
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She couldn't reach me. Now she says she doesn't want to reach me
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Hun kunne ikke komme i kontakt med mig, og nu siger hun at hun ikke vil,
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because I'm a godless person.
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fordi jeg et gudløst menneske.
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All the more reason to take the million dollars,
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Så meget desto mere grund til at tage den million dollars,
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wouldn't you think, Sylvia?
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synes du ikke, Sylvia?
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Now these people need to be stopped, seriously now.
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Disse mennesker må stoppes, alvorligt talt.
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They need to be stopped because this is a cruel farce.
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De skal stoppes, fordi det er en grusom farce.
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We get people coming to the foundation all the time.
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Folk henvender sig hver dag til vores fond.
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They're ruined financially and emotionally
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De er ruinerede både økonomisk og følelsesmæssigt
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because they've given their money and their faith
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fordi de har givet deres penge og sat deres lid
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to these people.
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til disse mennesker.
11:36
Now, I popped some pills earlier.
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Som I husker tog jeg nogle piller tidligere.
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I have to explain that to you.
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Det må jeg hellere uddybe.
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Homeopathy, let's find out what that's all about.
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Homøopati - lad os undersøge hvad det går ud på.
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Hmm. You've heard of it.
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Hmm. Man har hørt om det før.
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It's an alternative form of healing, right?
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Det er en form for alternativ medicin, ikke?
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Homeopathy actually consists -- and that's what this is.
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Homøopati består af - og det er faktisk hvad dette her er:
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This is Calms Forte,
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Dette er Calms Forte
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32 caplets of sleeping pills! I forgot to tell you that.
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32 sovepiller - det glemte jeg at fortælle jer.
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I just ingested
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Jeg har lige slugt
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six and a half days worth of sleeping pills.
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seks en halv daglige doser af sovepiller
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(Laughter)
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(Latter)
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Six and a half days, that certainly is a fatal dose.
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Seks en halv daglige doser - det må da være dødeligt.
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It says right on the back here,
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Her på bagsiden står der,
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"In case of overdose,
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"I tilfælde af overdosering,
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contact your poison control center immediately,"
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søg lægehjælp øjeblikketligt"
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and it gives an 800 number.
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Og så angiver de et alarmnummer.
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Keep your seats -- it's going to be okay.
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Bliv endelig siddende. Det skal nok gå.
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I don't really need it
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Jeg får ikke brug for hjælp
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because I've been doing this stunt
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for jeg have lavet dette stunt
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for audiences all over the world
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for tilskuere over hele verden
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for the last eight or 10 years,
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igennem de sidste 8-10 år,
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taking fatal doses of homeopathic sleeping pills.
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hvor jeg har taget dødelige doser homøopatisk sovemedicin.
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Why don't they affect me?
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Hvorfor påvirker det mig ikke?
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(Laughter)
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(Latter)
12:32
(Applause)
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(Bifald)
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The answer may surprise you.
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Svaret kommer måske bag på jer.
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What is homeopathy?
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Hvad er homøopati?
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It's taking a medicine that really works
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Det går ud på, at tage medicin, der virkelig virker
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and diluting it down
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og fortynde det
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well beyond Avogadro's limit.
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ned til molekylært niveau.
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Diluting it down to the point
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At fortynde det ned til et punkt
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where there's none of it left. (Laughter)
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hvor der ikke er noget af det tilbage.
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Now folks, this is not
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Det jeg siger nu, er ikke
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just a metaphor I'm going to give you now, it's true.
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bare en metafor jeg slynger ud. Det er sandt.
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It's exactly equivalent to taking
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Det svarer nøjagtigt til at tage
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one 325 milligram aspirin tablet,
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én aspirin-tablet på 325 mg.,
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throwing it into the middle of Lake Tahoe,
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og smide smide den ud i Arresø,
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and then stirring it up, obviously with a very big stick,
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og derefter røre rundt med en meget stor rørepind,
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and waiting two years or so
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så venter man et par år
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until the solution is homogeneous.
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til opløsningen er blevet homogen
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Then, when you get a headache,
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og så - når du får hovedpine,
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you take a sip of this water, and -- voila! -- it is gone.
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så tager du en tår af vandet, og viola! Smerten er væk.
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(Laughter)
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(Latter)
13:19
Now that is true. That is what homeopathy is all about.
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Og det er sandt. Dét er hvad homøopati går ud på.
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And another claim that they make -- you'll love this one --
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En anden påstand de kommer med - I vil elske dette -
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the more dilute the medicine is, they say,
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jo mere fortyndet medicinen er, siger de
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the more powerful it is.
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jo mere effektfuld er den.
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Now wait a minute, we heard about a guy in Florida.
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Hov - vent lige et øjeblik. Vi har hørt om denne her mand i Florida.
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The poor man, he was on homeopathic medicine.
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Den stakkels man, der var på homøopatisk medicin.
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He died of an overdose.
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Han døde af en overdosis.
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He forgot to take his pill.
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Han glemte at tage sin pille.
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(Laughter)
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(Latter)
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Work on it. Work on it.
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Tænk lidt over den..
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It's a ridiculous thing. It is absolutely ridiculous.
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Det er latterligt. Fuldkommen latterligt.
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I don't know what we're doing,
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Jeg ved ikke hvad vi har haft gang i,
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believing in all this nonsense over all these years.
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når vi har troet på al denne nonsens gennem alle disse år.
13:53
Now, let me tell you,
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Lad mig understrege at
13:55
The James Randi Educational Foundation
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James Randi Educational Foundation
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is waving this very big carrot,
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vifter med en meget stor gulerod,
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but I must say, the fact that nobody
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men jeg må medgive, at det faktum at ingen endnu
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has taken us up on this offer
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har taget imod vores tilbud
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doesn't mean that the powers don't exist.
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ikke er ensbetydende med at disse kræfter ikke eksisterer.
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They might, some place out there.
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Det gør de måske, et eller andet sted derude.
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Maybe these people are just independently wealthy.
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Måske er disse mennesker bare økonomisk uafhængige
14:12
Well, with Sylvia Browne I would think so.
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I Sylvia Brownes tilfælde vil jeg i hvert fald formode det.
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You know, 700 dollars for a 20 minute reading
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I ved, 700 dollars for 20 minutters clairvoyance
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over the telephone --
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over telefonen,
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that's more than lawyers make!
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det er mere end hvad jurister tjener.
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I mean that's a fabulous amount of money.
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Jeg mener, det er en utrolig sum penge.
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These people don't need the million dollars perhaps,
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Måske har disse mennesker ikke brug for den million dollars.
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but wouldn't you think they'd like to take it
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Men tror I ikke at de ville tage imod den
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just to make me look silly?
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bare for at få mig til at se dum ud,
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Just to get rid of this godless person out there
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bare for at lukke munden på den gudløse mand, derude
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that Sylvia Browne talks about all the time?
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som Sylvia Browne taler om hele tiden?
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I think that something needs to be done about this.
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Jeg mener, at der må gøres noget ved dette her.
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We really would love to have suggestions from you folks
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Vi vil rigtig gerne have forslag fra jer
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on how to contact federal, state
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til hvordan vi kontakter de føderale, statslige
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and local authorities
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og lokale myndigheder
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to get them to do something.
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for at få dem til at skride ind.
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If you find out -- now I understand.
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Hvis i finder ud af det - og jeg forstår
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We've seen people, even today, speaking to us
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vi møder mennesker, også idag, der taler til os
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about AIDS epidemics
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om AIDS-epidemier
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and starving kids around the world
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og sultende børn over hele verden
14:57
and impure water supplies that people have to suffer with.
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og urent drikkevand, som mennesker lider under.
15:00
Those are very important,
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Dette er utrolig vigtigt,
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critically important to us.
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af kritisk betydning for os.
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And we must do something about those problems.
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Og vi må gøre noget ved disse problemer.
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But at the same time,
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Men samtidig...
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as Arthur C. Clarke said,
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Som Arthur C. Clarke sagde,
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The rotting of the human mind,
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"Forrådnelsen af menneskesindet".
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the business of believing in the paranormal and the occult
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At tro på det paranormale og det okkulte
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and the supernatural --
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og det overnaturlige,
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all of this total nonsense,
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er altsammen total nonsens,
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this medieval thinking --
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denne middelalderlige tankegang,
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I think something should be done about that,
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den mener jeg der skal gøres noget ved,
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and it all lies in education.
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og det starter med uddannelse.
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Largely, it's the media
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Det er overvejende medierne
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who are to blame for this sort of thing.
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der bærer skylden for disse ting
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They shamelessly promote
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De promoverer skamløst
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all kinds of nonsense of this sort
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al slags nonsens af denne slags
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because it pleases the sponsors.
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fordi det behager sponsorerne.
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It's the bottom line, the dollar line.
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Det er bundlinjen, den økonomiske bundlinje,
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That's what they're looking at.
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som de kigger på.
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We really must do something about this.
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Vi bør virkelig gøre noget ved dette.
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I'm willing to take your suggestions,
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Jeg er villig til at modtage forslag,
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and I'm willing to have you
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og jeg vil meget gerne have jer til
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tune in to our webpage.
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at gå ind på vores hjemmeside.
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It's www.randi.org.
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www.randi.org
15:53
Go in there and look at the archives,
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Gå derind og kig i arkiverne,
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and you will begin to understand much more
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så vil i forstå en del mere
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of what I've been talking about today.
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om det jeg har snakket om i dag.
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You will see the records that we have.
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I vil se de optegnelser vi har.
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There's nothing like sitting in that library
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Der er ikke noget som at sidde i det bibliotek
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and having a family appear there
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når en familie kommer ind
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and say that Mum gave away all the family fortune.
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og fortæller at mor har givet familiens formue væk.
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She cashed in the CDs,
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Hun har solgt cd'erne,
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she gave away the stocks and the certificates.
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og solgt aktier og værdipapirer.
16:13
That's really sad to hear,
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Det er virkelig trist at høre,
16:15
and it hasn't helped them one bit,
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og det har ikke hjulpet dem én millimeter,
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hasn't solved any of their problems.
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det har ikke løst ét af deres problemer.
16:20
Yes, there could be a rotting of the American mind,
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Jo, der kunne sagtens finde en forrådnelse af det amerikanske sind sted
16:22
and of the minds all the way around the earth,
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og en forrådnelse af sindene over hele jorden
16:25
if we don't start to think sensibly about these things.
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hvis ikke vi begynder at tænke rationelt omkring disse ting.
16:29
Now, we've offered this carrot,
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Vi har tilbudt denne dusør,
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as I say, we've dangled the carrot.
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som jeg siger, vi har viftet med guleroden.
16:33
We're waiting for the psychics to come forth and snap at it.
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Vi venter bare på at de clairvoyante skal komme frem og gribe efter den.
16:35
Oh, we get lots of them,
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Og vi har masser af dem,
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hundreds of them every year come by.
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hundredevis kommer forbi hvert år.
16:39
These are dowsers and people
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Det er mændene med pilekviste, og folk
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who think that they can talk to the dead as well,
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der tror de også kan tale med de døde,
16:43
but they're amateurs; they don't know how to evaluate
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men de er amatører, de aner ikke hvordan de skal vurdere
16:45
their own so-called powers.
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deres såkaldte evner.
16:48
The professionals never come near us,
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De professionelle kommer aldrig i nærheden af os,
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except in that case of Sylvia Browne
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pånær Sylvia Browne,
16:52
that I told you about a moment ago.
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som jeg fortalte jer om for et øjeblik siden.
16:55
She did accept and then backed away.
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Hun accepterede, men bakkede så ud igen.
16:58
Ladies and gentlemen,
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Mine damer og herrer,
17:01
I'm James Randi,
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jeg er James Randi,
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and I'm waiting.
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og jeg venter...
17:07
Thank you.
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Tak skal I have.
17:09
(Applause)
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(Bifald)
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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