Comments on: The neuroscience of magic http://boingboing.net/2012/02/26/the-neuroscience-of-magic.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Thu, 23 May 2013 13:04:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Ant http://boingboing.net/2012/02/26/the-neuroscience-of-magic.html#comment-1356450 Ant Wed, 29 Feb 2012 03:24:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=145820#comment-1356450 He's a Jedi? :D He’s a Jedi? :D

]]> By: Ant http://boingboing.net/2012/02/26/the-neuroscience-of-magic.html#comment-1356452 Ant Wed, 29 Feb 2012 03:24:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=145820#comment-1356452 Blue Man Group does this too. Blue Man Group does this too.

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/02/26/the-neuroscience-of-magic.html#comment-1355482 Antinous / Moderator Mon, 27 Feb 2012 21:27:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=145820#comment-1355482 Thus, cake or death. Thus, cake or death.

]]> By: TimmoWarner http://boingboing.net/2012/02/26/the-neuroscience-of-magic.html#comment-1355289 TimmoWarner Mon, 27 Feb 2012 18:49:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=145820#comment-1355289  For myself as well! I had no idea that they meet with the audience after every show. And they stayed until every last person who wanted to had chatted and taken pictures/gotten autographs.  For myself as well! I had no idea that they meet with the audience after every show. And they stayed until every last person who wanted to had chatted and taken pictures/gotten autographs.

]]> By: dasanjos http://boingboing.net/2012/02/26/the-neuroscience-of-magic.html#comment-1355269 dasanjos Mon, 27 Feb 2012 18:22:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=145820#comment-1355269 For me, the most impressive is: "7. If you are given a choice, you believe you have acted freely. This is one of the darkest of all psychological secrets." For me, the most impressive is:
“7. If you are given a choice, you believe you have acted freely. This is one of the darkest of all psychological secrets.”

]]> By: Lobster http://boingboing.net/2012/02/26/the-neuroscience-of-magic.html#comment-1355095 Lobster Mon, 27 Feb 2012 14:26:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=145820#comment-1355095  I saw them live in Hartford once and Teller actually sang during the show.  He wasn't on-stage at the time so I guess it doesn't count.   I saw them live in Hartford once and Teller actually sang during the show.  He wasn’t on-stage at the time so I guess it doesn’t count. 

]]> By: Pedantic Douchebag http://boingboing.net/2012/02/26/the-neuroscience-of-magic.html#comment-1355062 Pedantic Douchebag Mon, 27 Feb 2012 13:26:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=145820#comment-1355062 Hearing Teller speak in the lobby of the theater after a P&T show in Vegas is one of the highlights of my life. Hearing Teller speak in the lobby of the theater after a P&T show in Vegas is one of the highlights of my life.

]]> By: zachstronaut http://boingboing.net/2012/02/26/the-neuroscience-of-magic.html#comment-1354950 zachstronaut Mon, 27 Feb 2012 05:59:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=145820#comment-1354950 I love Penn & Teller on Letterman.  My favorite appearance involved a rabbit and a woodchipper... the ending is amazing, but the ending after the ending was even better. Fantastic article.  The most significant point to me was "If you are given a choice, you believe you have acted freely."  I have been reading more on this very point in a wonderful book about game design by Jesse Schell. I love Penn & Teller on Letterman.  My favorite appearance involved a rabbit and a woodchipper… the ending is amazing, but the ending after the ending was even better.

Fantastic article.  The most significant point to me was “If you are given a choice, you believe you have acted freely.”  I have been reading more on this very point in a wonderful book about game design by Jesse Schell.

]]> By: Bevatron Repairman http://boingboing.net/2012/02/26/the-neuroscience-of-magic.html#comment-1354936 Bevatron Repairman Mon, 27 Feb 2012 04:50:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=145820#comment-1354936 The father of one of my son's classmates is a professional magician in San Francisco and makes a quite comfortable living at it.  I once had him show a simple coin trick to my son (one I can pull off technically, but without any grace or charm) and stood behind him to see what he was doing and even though I knew what he was about to do and when, I still followed the wrong hand every single time.  The psychology of it all is deeply imbedded in the human brain. The father of one of my son’s classmates is a professional magician in San Francisco and makes a quite comfortable living at it.  I once had him show a simple coin trick to my son (one I can pull off technically, but without any grace or charm) and stood behind him to see what he was doing and even though I knew what he was about to do and when, I still followed the wrong hand every single time.  The psychology of it all is deeply imbedded in the human brain.

]]> By: chaoskittenii http://boingboing.net/2012/02/26/the-neuroscience-of-magic.html#comment-1354818 chaoskittenii Mon, 27 Feb 2012 01:09:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=145820#comment-1354818  Teller mind trick. Teller: 'You cannot see any videos that reveal my magic tricks.' You: 'I cannot see any videos that reveal your magic tricks. Move along.'  Teller mind trick.
Teller: ‘You cannot see any videos that reveal my magic tricks.’
You: ‘I cannot see any videos that reveal your magic tricks. Move along.’

]]> By: ymendel http://boingboing.net/2012/02/26/the-neuroscience-of-magic.html#comment-1354812 ymendel Mon, 27 Feb 2012 00:58:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=145820#comment-1354812 It's exactly that video! Why was it so difficult for me to find? It’s exactly that video! Why was it so difficult for me to find?

]]> By: taras http://boingboing.net/2012/02/26/the-neuroscience-of-magic.html#comment-1354811 taras Mon, 27 Feb 2012 00:52:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=145820#comment-1354811 ymendel - Are you sure it wasn't <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5x14AwElOk" rel="nofollow">this video with Teller</a>? ymendel – Are you sure it wasn’t this video with Teller?

]]> By: ymendel http://boingboing.net/2012/02/26/the-neuroscience-of-magic.html#comment-1354791 ymendel Mon, 27 Feb 2012 00:12:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=145820#comment-1354791 I once saw a video of someone showing tricks like that and explaining how they work, especially the coin stuff and the "miser's dream". Part of that involved a metal tub that coins get tossed into, making a noise that could then be produced on its own to fool the audience into thinking more coins are getting tossed in. I wish I could find that video again, and I think the main reason I can't is it's not Penn & Teller doing it and I can't remember who it was. I once saw a video of someone showing tricks like that and explaining how they work, especially the coin stuff and the “miser’s dream”. Part of that involved a metal tub that coins get tossed into, making a noise that could then be produced on its own to fool the audience into thinking more coins are getting tossed in. I wish I could find that video again, and I think the main reason I can’t is it’s not Penn & Teller doing it and I can’t remember who it was.

]]>