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Old 1st June 2009, 05:26 AM   #1
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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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Old 1st June 2009, 07:14 AM   #2
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Jamy Ian Swiss works skepticism into his act. Penn and Teller also do.
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Old 1st June 2009, 09:34 PM   #3
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The trick is to not accidentally insult your audiences' intelligence while doing so.
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Old 3rd June 2009, 09:49 PM   #4
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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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Old 4th June 2009, 02:09 PM   #5
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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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