Comments on: Teller explains the psychology of magic http://boingboing.net/2012/11/13/teller-explains-the-psychology.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sun, 26 May 2013 03:46:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Donald Petersen http://boingboing.net/2012/11/13/teller-explains-the-psychology.html#comment-1581696 Donald Petersen Tue, 13 Nov 2012 21:53:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=193803#comment-1581696 Ah, well.  Our Teller is pretty entertaining, too. Ah, well.  Our Teller is pretty entertaining, too.

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/11/13/teller-explains-the-psychology.html#comment-1581643 Antinous / Moderator Tue, 13 Nov 2012 21:17:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=193803#comment-1581643 No. No.

]]> By: randomuser http://boingboing.net/2012/11/13/teller-explains-the-psychology.html#comment-1581470 randomuser Tue, 13 Nov 2012 18:59:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=193803#comment-1581470 Wasn't something similar posted before on BB?  Video of him giving the explanation of the coin trick to a conference? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5x14AwElOk Wasn’t something similar posted before on BB?  Video of him giving the explanation of the coin trick to a conference?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5x14AwElOk

]]> By: hanoverfiste http://boingboing.net/2012/11/13/teller-explains-the-psychology.html#comment-1581427 hanoverfiste Tue, 13 Nov 2012 18:34:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=193803#comment-1581427 I was an amateur magician in high school and I really liked P&T.  Most of the older guys in local magic club did not like them b/c they sometimes revealed secrets.  To me their edgy style raised the bar for magical entertainment.  I got Cruel Trick's for Dear Friends and it give complete details on the cockroaches and David Letterman.  Also it has trick printing, in between the regular pages are notes and screenplays for Invisible Thread and P&T get killed.  It also came with a little book that called "Would Could Should' stories that is used to perform a mind reading trick  The book is completely readable as long as you know the secret to the trick and it contains fiction stories written by them.  One of them may be favorite short story of all time, The President's Message. Recently I revived my interest and magic and in the last month my sons and I watched ITV's P&T - Fool Us on Youtube.  After that my kids thought the videos of David Copperfield were pretty lame.  As a libertarian I also relate to them very well. I was an amateur magician in high school and I really liked P&T.  Most of the older guys in local magic club did not like them b/c they sometimes revealed secrets.  To me their edgy style raised the bar for magical entertainment. 

I got Cruel Trick’s for Dear Friends and it give complete details on the cockroaches and David Letterman.  Also it has trick printing, in between the regular pages are notes and screenplays for Invisible Thread and P&T get killed.  It also came with a little book that called “Would Could Should’ stories that is used to perform a mind reading trick 

The book is completely readable as long as you know the secret to the trick and it contains fiction stories written by them.  One of them may be favorite short story of all time, The President’s Message.

Recently I revived my interest and magic and in the last month my sons and I watched ITV’s P&T – Fool Us on Youtube.  After that my kids thought the videos of David Copperfield were pretty lame. 

As a libertarian I also relate to them very well.

]]> By: Urbane_Gorilla http://boingboing.net/2012/11/13/teller-explains-the-psychology.html#comment-1581397 Urbane_Gorilla Tue, 13 Nov 2012 18:19:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=193803#comment-1581397 He talks too much.  He talks too much. 

]]> By: jrishel http://boingboing.net/2012/11/13/teller-explains-the-psychology.html#comment-1581355 jrishel Tue, 13 Nov 2012 17:55:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=193803#comment-1581355 Is this where I request science fiction stories inspired by this article? It is? Oh, good. I want a science fiction story about the first human magician to create magic tricks for aliens, with different senses and pattern recognition systems. Is this where I request science fiction stories inspired by this article? It is? Oh, good. I want a science fiction story about the first human magician to create magic tricks for aliens, with different senses and pattern recognition systems.

]]> By: C W http://boingboing.net/2012/11/13/teller-explains-the-psychology.html#comment-1581319 C W Tue, 13 Nov 2012 17:37:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=193803#comment-1581319 I'd rather hear the psychology of appearing in Atlas Shrugged 2: The Shruggening. I’d rather hear the psychology of appearing in Atlas Shrugged 2: The Shruggening.

]]> By: noah django http://boingboing.net/2012/11/13/teller-explains-the-psychology.html#comment-1581308 noah django Tue, 13 Nov 2012 17:27:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=193803#comment-1581308 I see his name as a frequent commenter here.  I always wonder if it's *the* Teller.  He is a prototypical happy mutant, after all. I see his name as a frequent commenter here.  I always wonder if it’s *the* Teller.  He is a prototypical happy mutant, after all.

]]> By: Tynam http://boingboing.net/2012/11/13/teller-explains-the-psychology.html#comment-1581303 Tynam Tue, 13 Nov 2012 17:23:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=193803#comment-1581303 Teller is not just one of the great technical magicians of our time, he gives by far the best interview. Teller is not just one of the great technical magicians of our time, he gives by far the best interview.

]]> By: acerplatanoides http://boingboing.net/2012/11/13/teller-explains-the-psychology.html#comment-1581266 acerplatanoides Tue, 13 Nov 2012 16:52:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=193803#comment-1581266 I believe you left a tag hanging at the end of this post.  I bet I wouldn't have noticed if there had been a joke at the end of the post. I believe you left a tag hanging at the end of this post.  I bet I wouldn’t have noticed if there had been a joke at the end of the post.

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