NARRATOR: So in June 1988 Benvenist

NARRATOR: So in June 1988 Benveniste's research appeared in the pages of Nature. It caused a scientific sensation. Benveniste became a celebrity. His memory of water made news across the world. He seemed to have found the evidence that made homeopathy scientifically credible, but the story wasn't quite over. Benveniste had agreed to let in a team from Nature. It was a decision he would live to regret. Maddox set about assembling his team of investigators and his choices revealed his true suspicions. First, he chose Walter Stewart, a scientist and fraud-buster, but his next choice would really cause a stir: James Randi.

JACQUES BENVENISTE: I looked in my books and I said who are, who is Randi and couldn't find any scientist called Randi.

NARRATOR: That was because the amazing Randi isn't a scientist, he's a magician, but he's no ordinary conjuror. He's also an arch sceptic, a fierce opponent of all things supernatural.

JACQUES BENVENISTE: I called John Maddox and I said what, what is this? I mean I thought you were coming with, with scientists to discuss science.

NARRATOR: But Randi felt he was just the man for the job. On one occasion he had fooled even experienced scientists with his spoon bending tricks.

JAMES RANDI: Scientists don't always think rationally and in a direct fashion. They're human beings like anyone else. They can fool themselves.

NARRATOR: So Randi became the second investigator.

JAMES RANDI: Astonishing.

NARRATOR: On 4th July 1988 the investigative team arrived in Paris ready for the final showdown.

SIR JOHN MADDOX: The first thing we did was to sit round the table in Benveniste's lab. Benveniste himself struck us all as looking very much like a film star.

JAMES RANDI: I found him to be a charming, very continental gentleman. He's a great personality. He was very much in control.

JACQUES BENVENISTE: We were quite relaxed because there was no reason why things should not go right.

NARRATOR: The first step was for Benveniste and his team to perform their experiment under Randi's watchful gaze. They had to prepare two sets of tubes containing homeopathic water and ordinary water. If the homeopathic water was having a real effect different from ordinary water then homeopathy would be vindicated. (ACTUALITY EXPERIMENT CHAT) As they plotted the results it was clear the experiment had worked.

JAMES RANDI: There were huge peaks coming up out of it and that was very active results, I mean very, very positive results.

WALTER STEWART: The astonishing thing about these results is that they repeated the claim, they demonstrated the claim that a homeopathic dilution, a dilution where there were no molecules, could actually have some sort of an effect.

NARRATOR: But Maddox had seen that the experimenters knew which tubes contained the homeopathic water and which contained the ordinary water, so perhaps unconsciously, this might have influenced the results, so he asked them to repeat the experiment. This time the tubes would be relabelled with a secret code so that no-one knew which tube was which.

JAMES RANDI: We went into a sealed room and we actually taped newspapers over the windows to the room that were accessible to the hall.

WALTER STEWART: We recorded in handwriting which tube was which and we put this into an envelope and sealed it so that nobody could open it or change it.

NARRATOR: At this point the investigation took a turn for the surreal as they went to extraordinary lengths to keep the code secret.

JAMES RANDI: Walter and I got up on the stepladder and stuck it to the ceiling of the lab.

WALTER STEWART: There it was taped above us as all of this work went on.

JACQUES BENVENISTE: Sticking an envelope to the ceiling was utterly ridiculous. There is no way you can associate that with science.

NARRATOR: With the codes out of reach the final experiment could begin. By now Benveniste had lost control of events.

JACQUES BENVENISTE: It was a madhouse. Randi was doing magician tricks.

JAMES RANDI: Yes I was doing perhaps a little bit of sleight-of-hand with an object or something like that, just to lighten the atmosphere.

NARRATOR: Soon the analysis was complete. It was time to break the code to see if the experiment had worked. Benveniste and his team were brimming with optimism.

Results (English) 3:

旁白：所以六月1988本维尼斯特的研究发表在自然页。它引起了科学的轰动。本维尼斯特成为名人。他对水的记忆在全世界制造新闻。他似乎已经发现了顺势疗法的科学可信的证据，但是故事并没有完全结束。本维尼斯特已经同意让来自大自然的团队。这是一个决定他将活的遗憾。马多克斯集团队的调查和他的选择，揭示了他的真实的怀疑。首先，他选择了斯图尔特，一个科学家和打假，但他的下一个选择真的会引起轰动：杰姆斯Randi。

贾可本维尼斯特：我看我的书，我说的是谁，谁是兰迪，找不到任何科学家叫兰迪。

旁白：这是因为神奇的Randi不是一个科学家，他是一个魔术师，但他不是一个普通的魔术师。他也是一个拱的怀疑论者，一个一切超自然的凶猛的对手。

贾可Benveniste：我叫约翰马多克斯和我说了什么，这是什么？我的意思是，我以为你会来，与科学家讨论科学。

旁白：但兰迪认为他是这项工作的人是。有一次，他愚弄了即使是有经验的科学家和他的勺子弯曲的把戏。

杰姆斯兰迪：科学家并不总是理性的思考和直接的方式。他们是人，像其他人一样。他们可以欺骗自己。

旁白：所以兰迪成为二者。

杰姆斯兰迪：惊人的。

旁白：第四七月1988的调查小组抵达巴黎，准备最后的决战。

约翰爵士马多克斯：我们做的第一件事就是围着桌子坐在自己的实验室Benveniste击打我们所有Benveniste看起来更像一个电影明星。

杰姆斯兰迪：我发现他是一个迷人的，陆先生很。他是一个伟大的人格。他是非常控制。

贾可Benveniste：我们很放松，因为没有理由的事情不应该去。

旁白：第一步是本维尼斯特和他的团队兰迪的警惕的目光下进行实验。他们已经准备了两套含顺势水和普通水的管。如果顺势水具有不同于普通水，然后顺势将被证明是正确的实际效果。（现实实验聊天）就密谋的结果很明显，实验成功了。

杰姆斯兰迪：有巨大的山峰上来了，非常积极的结果，我的意思是非常，非常积极的结果。

沃尔特斯图尔特：