Gérard Majax
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Gérard Majax (April 28, 1943) is a French illusionist and skeptic.
He has appeared in television programs, magic demonstrations, and movies.
From 1987 until 2002 he, along with Jacques Théodor and Henri Broch of the University of Nice Sophia-Antipolis, oversaw the International Zetetic Challenge.
During the 1990s, on a late night television show by Thierry Ardisson Majax gave a demo of the "rotating table" supernatural phenomenon: a group of "randomly" selected people from the audience stood around a round table, put their hands on it, and the table went up and started rotating. Observation of a video recording made of this event showed that some participants had metal hacks hidden in the sleeves of their jackets. When the participants put the hands on the table, the hacks "pinched" the table underneath, allowing to lift it.
[edit] See also
- James Randi is an American illusionist and skeptic who has also offered a prize for a demonstration of paranormal phenomena.
[edit] External links
- Gérard Majax's official site (in French)
- 200,000 Euro Challenge site (in French)
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