Entries from February 2008

February 28, 2008

Tangent Thursday…Magic and the suspension of disbelief

To get up to speed, check out Last Thursday’s Entry , to sum up, we’re dealing with the question of:
“As a performer who concentrates in the art of “mindreading” and other “psychic” demonstrations, where is the line between encouraging the suspension of disbelief and promoting critical thinking and skepticism”
I’m glad David the LDP (I don’t [...]

February 21, 2008

Thinking Thursday: Magic and Ethics.

Ethics is a pretty strange thing. We all assume that a) we are ethical b) have answers to the majority of the ethical questions we face, and c) even if we don’t have a solid solution or answer, we are at least aware of the major ethical dilemmas. You know, the ones that start the [...]