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sufficiently advanced misdirection, dressed up as wonder and charging admission.
means The apparent use of supernatural powers to influence events, or the art of producing illusions and tricks that delight by seeming impossible.
from From Old French 'magique', from Latin 'magicus', from Greek 'magikos' — the art of the 'magoi'. The 'magoi' were a priestly caste of ancient Persia, expert in astrology and ritual, and the Greeks borrowed their name for anyone dealing in arcane knowledge. Ultimately traced back through Old Persian 'magus', so the word carries the dust of Zoroastrian fire-priests into every card trick performed today.
- misdirection works
- Magicians exploit how your brain edits reality automatically
- oldest trick
- Cups and balls dates back over 2000 years
- protected secrets
- Magic Circle expels members who reveal methods
- science roots
- Many early scientists doubled as stage illusionists
- brain hack
- Surgeons study magicians to understand patient attention
david copperfield illusions — magician made the statue of liberty disappear in 1983 on live tv
criss angel mindfreak — illusionist performed street magic on tv show that ran 2005-2010