Psychic Ability Claims
Also in the mid-1980s, Caidin began claiming to have the psychic power of telekinesis; specifically, to be able to cause movement in one or multiple small tabletop "energy wheels," also known as psi wheels. Parapsychologist Loyd Auerbach, a friend of Caidin's who sometimes accompanied him in demonstrations and workshops, reiterated a strong endorsement of him in his June 2004 Fate magazine column: "Martin Caidin was capable of moving things with his mind." Magician James Randi offered to test Caidin's claimed abilities in 1994. In September 2004, Randi wrote: "He frantically avoided accepting my challenge by refusing even the simplest of proposed control protocols, but he never tired of running on about how I would not test him."
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