It' magic, how they con you.
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Maybe it is a bloke thing, but I am really mesmerized by magic tricks. Anyone who can make a dove appear from a hat, or produce a handkerchief from a sleeve is alright in my book. And when the gothic mind takes over and those Penn and Teller guys introduced chainsaws and blood to the scene, bring it on.
In essence, I suppose I admire them as con men, rogues who could really screw with us, but choose to keep it friendly. And even though they are trickery personified, and you may not approve of con men, I think it takes a special kind of person to not only invent a trick, but to practice the moves time after time till they are perfectly natural. Respect!
Magicians are natural born con-men, and with the heat on, performing under the camera lense of TV, basically, they have continued to out-smart us. The cleverest are the magicians who started revealing their secrets. To me, thanks to these revelations, magic has become even more trick-laden than ever and we have even less chance of working them out.
For instance, we know it takes a fifth of a second to pull a sleight of hand, (or if you didn't know that, you do now!) and so we are focussing like mad on hands, unblinking, convinced we will see the trick in action. But the reality is, we have been told a few techniques in order to make us think we know what is going on, and worse than that delusion, now we look in places where the magicians have told us to look. I have no proof, but the trick of sleight of hand is probably a trick involving the feet or head, and the action is taking place wherever it is we no longer look. Clever see!
Criss Angel can't levitate for toffee, but he sure explains clearly how he makes us believe it. Kudos and respect.
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Ed the Editor's personal blog corner
Maybe it is a bloke thing, but I am really mesmerized by magic tricks. Anyone who can make a dove appear from a hat, or produce a handkerchief from a sleeve is alright in my book. And when the gothic mind takes over and those Penn and Teller guys introduced chainsaws and blood to the scene, bring it on.
In essence, I suppose I admire them as con men, rogues who could really screw with us, but choose to keep it friendly. And even though they are trickery personified, and you may not approve of con men, I think it takes a special kind of person to not only invent a trick, but to practice the moves time after time till they are perfectly natural. Respect!
Magicians are natural born con-men, and with the heat on, performing under the camera lense of TV, basically, they have continued to out-smart us. The cleverest are the magicians who started revealing their secrets. To me, thanks to these revelations, magic has become even more trick-laden than ever and we have even less chance of working them out.
For instance, we know it takes a fifth of a second to pull a sleight of hand, (or if you didn't know that, you do now!) and so we are focussing like mad on hands, unblinking, convinced we will see the trick in action. But the reality is, we have been told a few techniques in order to make us think we know what is going on, and worse than that delusion, now we look in places where the magicians have told us to look. I have no proof, but the trick of sleight of hand is probably a trick involving the feet or head, and the action is taking place wherever it is we no longer look. Clever see!
Criss Angel can't levitate for toffee, but he sure explains clearly how he makes us believe it. Kudos and respect.
If you ever miss a day without Pisstakers, you can find a daily snapshot of The Pisstakers Satire Blog Posts (ie the homepage) in the archives
Right, now it's time to relax. Enjoy the content.
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