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Jul 28

Episode 76: ”Magic is all about directing attention”

Here’s a great TED talk about ‘Brain Magic’, deceiving and misdirecting the brain. It starts off with a cool trick, that I still haven’t figured out yet. Anyone care to explain?

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damn. I am always sooo sceptical. But even more frustrated since i cannot explain. Anybody else?

After initially clasping his hands, he tells someone in the audience “yours is the other way around”. At that time, he unclasps his hands and the camera cuts to the audience. When the camera comes back to him, he has reconnected his hands, but with his left wrist twisted the other way, so he can twist both wrists together in the end.

It’s nice to see a good magician can still keep audiences engaged even in the 21st century.

–Wade

Especialy the last trick with the cups was nerve wrecking. I don’t know what I would have done if my hands were over those cups.

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