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''. <sep>, Pronoun: he <sep>, A: James Randi <sep>, B: Jos* Alvarez