No amount of logic can shatter a faith consciously based on a lie.'' According to The Skeptic's Dictionary, an example of this syndrome is evidenced by an event in 1988 when stage magician James Randi, at the request of an Australian news program, coached stage performer Jos* Alvarez to pretend he was channelling a two-thousand-year-old spirit named ``Carlos''.
No amount of logic can shatter a faith consciously based on a lie.''
det
no
No
DET
DT
nsubj
Number=Sing
amount
amount
NOUN
NN
case
of
of
ADP
IN
nmod
Number=Sing
logic
logic
NOUN
NN
aux
VerbForm=Fin
can
can
AUX
MD
root
VerbForm=Inf
shatter
shatter
VERB
VB
det
Definite=Ind|PronType=Art
a
a
DET
DT
obj
Number=Sing
faith
faith
NOUN
NN
advmod
consciously
consciously
ADV
RB
advcl
Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part
base
based
VERB
VBN
case
on
on
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Ind|PronType=Art
a
a
DET
DT
obl
Number=Sing
lie
lie
NOUN
NN
punct
.
.
PUNCT
.
punct
''
''
PUNCT
''
According to The Skeptic's Dictionary, an example of this syndrome is evidenced by an event in 1988 when stage magician James Randi, at the request of an Australian news program, coached stage performer Jos* Alvarez to pretend he was channelling a two-thousand-year-old spirit named ``Carlos''.
case
ExtPos=ADP|VerbForm=Ger
accord
According
VERB
VBG
fixed
to
to
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
The
DET
DT
nmod:poss
Number=Sing
Skeptic
Skeptic
PROPN
NNP
case
's
's
PART
POS
obl
Number=Sing
Dictionary
Dictionary
PROPN
NNP
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
det
Definite=Ind|PronType=Art
a
an
DET
DT
nsubj:pass
Number=Sing
example
example
NOUN
NN
case
of
of
ADP
IN
det
Number=Sing|PronType=Dem
this
this
DET
DT
nmod
Number=Sing
syndrome
syndrome
NOUN
NN
aux:pass
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin
be
is
AUX
VBZ
root
Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass
evidence
evidenced
VERB
VBN
case
by
by
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Ind|PronType=Art
a
an
DET
DT
obl:agent
Number=Sing
event
event
NOUN
NN
case
in
in
ADP
IN
obl
NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card
1988
1988
NUM
CD
advmod
PronType=Int
when
when
ADV
WRB
compound
Number=Sing
stage
stage
NOUN
NN
nsubj
Number=Sing
magician
magician
NOUN
NN
flat
Number=Sing
James
James
PROPN
NNP
flat
Number=Sing
Randi
Randi
PROPN
NNP
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
case
at
at
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
obl
Number=Sing
request
request
NOUN
NN
case
of
of
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Ind|PronType=Art
a
an
DET
DT
amod
Degree=Pos
Australian
Australian
ADJ
JJ
compound
Number=Sing
news
news
NOUN
NN
nmod
Number=Sing
program
program
NOUN
NN
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
advcl
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
coach
coached
VERB
VBD
compound
Number=Sing
stage
stage
NOUN
NN
obj
Number=Sing
performer
performer
NOUN
NN
flat
Number=Sing
Jos*
Jos*
PROPN
NNP
flat
Number=Sing
Alvarez
Alvarez
PROPN
NNP
mark
to
to
PART
TO
advcl
VerbForm=Inf
pretend
pretend
VERB
VB
nsubj
Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs
he
he
PRON
PRP
aux
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
be
was
AUX
VBD
ccomp
Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part
channel
channelling
VERB
VBG
det
Definite=Ind|PronType=Art
a
a
DET
DT
compound
NumForm=Word|NumType=Card
two
two
NUM
CD
punct
-
-
PUNCT
HYPH
nummod
NumForm=Word|NumType=Card
thousand
thousand
NUM
CD
punct
-
-
PUNCT
HYPH
obl:npmod
Number=Sing
year
year
NOUN
NN
punct
-
-
PUNCT
HYPH
amod
Degree=Pos
old
old
ADJ
JJ
obj
Number=Sing
spirit
spirit
NOUN
NN
acl
Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part
name
named
VERB
VBN
punct
``
``
PUNCT
``
xcomp
Number=Sing
Carlos
Carlos
PROPN
NNP
punct
'
'
PUNCT
''
punct
'
'
PUNCT
''
punct
.
.
PUNCT
.