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aliases:
- Stefan Kanfer
born: 1933-05-17
category: Skeptics & Critics
died: 2018-06-19
location: New York City, New York, USA
summary: Stefan Kanfer was a reporter for *Time* magazine.
tags:
- Person
- Skeptic
---

Stefan Kanfer was a reporter for *Time* magazine. He was a vocal critic of the [SRI](/organizations/stanford-research-institute/)'s involvement in [ESP](/concepts/extrasensory-perception/) research, particularly its work with [Uri Geller](/people/uri-geller/). Kanfer targeted SRI for blame, stating, "SRI should be destroyed" for carrying out this kind of research, and that "That’s the way fascism began"[^1].

[^1]: Jacobsen, Annie. *Phenomena: The Secret History of the U.S. Government's Investigations into Extrasensory Perception and Psychokinesis*. Little, Brown and Company, 2017.