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1st June 2009, 05:26 AM
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Critical Thinker
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Sarnia, ON, Canada
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Working skepticism into a magic routine?
I was wondering if anyone might have thoughts on working skepticism into a magic routine, or even building a routine around skepticism. It seems that magicians and psychics, etc. share many of the same techniques. Just that the magician is more honest about it.
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1st June 2009, 07:14 AM
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Illuminator
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Nyack, NY
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Jamy Ian Swiss works skepticism into his act. Penn and Teller also do.
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1st June 2009, 09:34 PM
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The Infinitely Prolonged
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Westchester County, NY (when not in space)
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The trick is to not accidentally insult your audiences' intelligence while doing so.
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3rd June 2009, 09:49 PM
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Muse
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Las Vegas
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Richard Wiseman uses magic to help teach concepts of skepticism. Check out Quirkology for more detail on his work like this.
Here's a great example:
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4th June 2009, 02:09 PM
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Muse
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Auckland NZ
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Luke Jermay...
umm... This one: http://www.penguinmagic.com/product.php?ID=1703 His presentation is all about psychics - THE SCAM... IIRC he's quite vehement in trashing the woo - I'd probably present it a little more diplomatically... |
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