Yeah that logic was a bit ill, but the real point was about the ethics and credibility of Randi wasn't it?
Actually what I found flawed in that logic is that the burden of proof seems to be turned around - Randi's JSEF is there to test claims and see if others can prove them so it's off to make it seem like Randi's skepticism is completely invalidated the moment he fails to check claims properly and gets into these lying kerfuffles... That's taking your eye off the ball which is how hard a time people with claimed paranormal abilities have to prove they're for real under conditions of critical testing.
[Might be getting off-topic, or might not..]
Neither is the point that the world is black and white and that you can make blanket statements about paranormal things / fringe phenomena, a good example is that of Sheldrake's dog experiments. It's not the kind of claim that leaves you no other option than to accept that there is a spirit world.
Some claims are about random unexplained phenomena science isn't ready for, others go much further and would validate (long held) superstitious or spiritual beliefs. And like I illustrated before, part of spirituality IMO is just about personal development and psychology while other parts are about things like immortal souls, spirits, entities or unseen energies with intentionality not originating in our own minds.
Be careful not to take a fringe scientific theory which hasn't been properly tested, take it into your belief system of new age spirituality and go to town on it... Doing something routinely leaves people forgetting what about this is known or even knowable and personal experiences are taken as truth regardless.
I have had plenty of transformative experiences and some involved really wild things that boggle the mind, I've hallucinated from meditation too... but it would a mistake IMO to think that by acknowledging all the illusions played on the mind and by the mind you lose all that magic and transformation. As if you have to choose... And the real problem is if you mistakenly think that and then don't even choose! But instead just believe in things that sound profound and inspire you and on those merits call them true and real.
I'm about done ranting, especially if nobody joins the discussion / dialectics and challenges someone's ideas.