Uri Gellar James Randi challenge (opaque glass, spoon bending) failed even though he was studied at Stanford

d and believed. Nina Kulagina Russian who could move things but always performed at home or hotel and needed a few hours to prepare herself first... Someone discovered her moving items with a hair attached to her leg.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4FFUL6qu3U

How did Uri Geller convince parapsychologists at the Stanford Research Institute that his powers were genuine? What did Shafer et al at Washington University claim to have found? What problems with their research methodology did James Randi reveal with Project Alpha, and how did he do it?

 More scientifically studied Princeton Random Event Generator (coin flipper)

 Jahn (97) 12 years of trials. With small number of trials the results were just above chance but over 12 years the results were highly significant (1 in 10,000,000,000,000!)
Operators could work at a distance Could influence outcome even when machines were not operating 2 volunteers who were emotionally close had stronger effect than one. http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Random+Event+Ge nerator&search_type=&aq=f http://library.thinkquest.org/C0120993/onlinepk.html - test yourself

 Fraud Uri Gellar Desire to believe in audience (Randi) Effect size decreasing Bierman (Analysed results over time and finds the effect reduces which is the opposite of usual science)