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performer wrote:Perhaps times have changed ...

Richard Kaufman wrote:Yes, times have changed.

chetday wrote:I'll say times have changed.

Indeed ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlPV4wtZ6HE

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Today's Guardian happens to have some thoughts regarding the breadth of the autism spectrum:

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/aug/26/autism-neurodiversity-severe

Nothing to say on the magic angle though.

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Jonathan Townsend wrote:How does his review compare to his other reviews?

Indeed, Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?

https://www.nytimes.com/by/tejal-rao

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Coincidentally, I presume, today's daily quote from the Economist Espresso app:
"Time changes all things; there is no reason why language should escape this universal law."
- Ferdinand de Saussure

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Here are two other references to check out when revisiting our shelves of magic books: The section "On Being Natural" in He Fooled Houdini: Dai Vernon A Magical Life , Volume 4 of the Vernon Chronicles, and the last few paragraphs of Chapter 1 of Dai Vernon's Ultimate Secrets of Card Magic...

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As a matter of interest my recollection is that David Letterman always introduced Andy Kaufman with the pronunciation "cowf-man". Truth be told, I thought it was an affectation of Letterman's but now realize that wasn't the case. So as not to be accused of going off-topic by bringing Andy ...

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Point of order: It may have been a typo in the original post but for the sake of accuracy in calculations with respect to this probability question, 15! actually works out to equal 1,307,674,368,000.

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Richard Kaufman wrote:I just read somewhere, ...

Perhaps @ http://nyti.ms/1sHB531

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From the pages of tomorrow's New York Times Book Review:

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/05/books ... books&_r=0

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As the video makes its way around the World Wide Web, Phil Plait of Bad Astronomy fame not only gives Jerry Andrus due recognition but also provides an explanation why our brains are fooled: http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronomy/2013/12/29/another_brain_melting_illusion_the_dragon_that_follows_yo...

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Specifically, here's where it can be found:

http://www.geniimagazine.com/forums/ubb ... Post272293

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http://www.thestar.com/news/article/120 ... vance?bn=1

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mai-ling wrote:its a candian holiday the day after xmas.

Some think of it the other way around: Christmas is a Canadian holiday before Boxing Day. ; - )

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I surrender! There's just no way I can keep this thread on te main page so that I can possibly get a reaction to what I need a reaction to. HL. (But I will keep trying.) Harry, Your reference to the "main page" gives me an idea as to what your problem may be. The main page does indeed sho...

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For every person who thinks the thread should be locked, there are an equal amount (or more, according to the number of views) who are reading it with great interest. I'm guilty as charged, Richard. Similarly when driving I have a bad habit of slowing down to look at car accidents, even those that ...

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Pretty good, but he was wrong on the second deck bit. :) True. Perhaps it was a way of avoiding issues associated with the "too perfect" theory. ;) In reference to Rachel Maddow's comment at the beginning of the YouTube clip, whether or not we consider magic to be as reliable a source of ...

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With all due respect, Derren Brown's lottery prediction has nothing on this:

http://kenlevine.blogspot.com/2009/09/g ... -ever.html

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It seems that internet exposure is the cause of some concern not just in the world of magic but also among our friends who are engaged in the field of Psychology. ... the psychologists object whenever diagnostic tools fall into the hands of amateurs who havent been trained to administer them. Our et...

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With all due respect to Edgar Allan Poe, quantum cryptography suggests the possibility of an unbreakable code. That being said, I don't think it's the solution to the problem being discussed here. Although the consensus in this thread is that the music industry is far removed from the world of magic...

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probably also want to know about this which cuts it all down to one sentence. Hello, Jonathan. I believe, to quote the Great and Powerful Wizard of Oz, that you're talking about a horse of a different colour there. The purpose of that link seems to be to promote a $23 "updated and expanded MP3...

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... you might find some useful information in The psychology of scams: Provoking and committing errors of judgement, available here.

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http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg1 ... avity.html

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A couple of full-length interviews leading up to the opening of Ricky Jay's A Rogue's Gallery in Toronto tonight. The first, a radio interview from the May 13 edition of Q, starts at 24:30. <a class="postlink" href="http://www.cbc.ca/q/pastepisodes.html">http://www.cbc.ca/q/pastepisodes.ht...

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Happy Easter, Mats.

For what it's worth, you've touched on two of the three topics best avoided on these boards: politics, religion and the musicals of Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber.

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@ Richard Perrin Augusta has the Gold unit - <a class="postlink" href="http://www.ringling.com/TourSchedule.aspx">http://www.ringling.com/TourSchedule.aspx</a> @ Craig Mitchell Check out - <a class="postlink" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/24/theater/24ring.html?p...

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Michael Moschen at a TED Conference:

http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/mich ... otion.html

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You may get better results with these links, Richard: <a class="postlink" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWTaVjX9TR4">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWTaVjX9TR4</a> <a class="postlink" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KMwrFKrM3U">http://www.youtube.com/watch?...

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Thanks, Tom, for reviewing this book and bringing its unique method of distribution to the forum's attention. And of course thanks to John for authoring the book and e-publishing it. I'm not sure of its origin but there is a saying to the effect that the motivation for most of the things we do is ei...

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The Surgeon General-designate of the United States makes it look easy enough: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9buzKIjYOg&eurl DISCLAIMER: This link is provided for informational purposes only ... I am not - repeat, I am not suggesting that anyone should attempt to learn fire breathing techniques...

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David Vamer wrote:Oh GREAT!!! Next you're going to tell me that Magicaluniversity is not accredited, and that my degree is no good....

Although the Magical University's academic credentials are questionable, I understand they have one heck of a football program.

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For your holiday viewing pleasure:

http://gelconference.com/videos/2006/marc_salem/

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Salut, Michel.

The English word you may be looking for is one we have taken from French: ensemble.

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... I have no desire to crash and burn in front of an audience. I can identify with that. ; - ) Thanks for sharing the trick, Tom. Of course presenting a card trick as an experiment may lead others to present an experiment as a card trick ... something like this: http://www.quirkology.com/USA/Video...

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McKitterick - what Ms Silverman got and some here may have missed is the clear distinction between tricks and magic. Hello, Jonathan. It seems to me that tricks are a part of magic ... definitely not all that there is to magic but an essential part of it ... so perhaps that's why I may have missed ...

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I don't think that Silverman's comment is quite right. I'd argue that the "underlying assumption" of the Scientific American article is not that "the point of magic, the whole purpose, is to trick people". But rather that, whatever magic's point might be, tricking people ... or t...

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A belated congratulations on Richard's safe return to the Earth a month ago.

Does anyone have any updates on what [s]tricks[/s] effects he might have done on the Space Station?

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... it will of course be Genii.

If you go for a second, you might want to pick up the December Scientific American with an article Magic and the Brain: How Magicians "Trick" the Mind.

For the time being, it's available online: http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=magic-and-the-brain

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I don't think Detective Bookman would be very impressed with Mayor Menino's policy on library fines.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MF2gZu3y ... re=related

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Certainly wishing Garriot and all of the Expedition 18 crew the best on their journey to the International Space Station.

A web site's been set up for those who want more information.

As an aside, this would not be the first time that a magic trick has been performed in space.

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NPH rocks. Indeed. Not only that though, but he does musical theatre numbers (aka "show tunes") too. This is a couple of weeks after its release, which I realize might as well be a millenium in this internet era, but for those who haven't already done so, well worth checking out is Dr. Ho...

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