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The Flash Mind Reader - Revisited

Sep 15, 2003 02:28

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torque_flite September 15 2003, 18:15:45 UTC

i saw this before!! haha.. isnt it freaky?? :P they just switch the symbols around.. but still, it freaked me out the first time

The secret.... _invisigoth_ September 15 2003, 19:23:33 UTC

HereThis is the oldest 'parlor' trick in the book...ehhh It's a trick, of course; "magic" only in the sense that it's an act of misdirection, a skill that is part of every successful magician's repertoire. This is magic of the rabbit-and-hat variety, not of the broomstick-and-cauldron ilk. The key to this trick is the concept of "forcing" a result, that is, the magician appears to give the participant a variety of choices from which to select, hence, amazing his audience when he correctly identifies which one of the myriad of proffered options the participant selected. The trick is that the participant hasn't really been offered a variety of choices; he's been set up through a form of "misdirection" to think he's choosing one of many options when he really isn't. An example would be a magician's asking a participant to pick a card from a deck of 52 cards, all of which are the four of clubs, if the participant believes he plucked his selection from a standard deck of cards, he'll be astounded when the magician accuratly identifies his ( ... )

Re: The secret.... torque_flite September 15 2003, 19:29:59 UTC

and thats why yer so damn awesome :)

night_chamber September 16 2003, 03:20:15 UTC

hrmm... only worked half the time... is it 100% proof? idk, the first time it worked, i think i used 26... and the second time i used 11 and nothing... anyway... ohh the math :) i'll leave that up to you! take care!