Drop everything and check out Captain Disillusion, really. There are good guys are out there, they just happen to wear silver facepaint…
March 7, 2008
The Dilemma, continued
So with the discussion of “suspension of disbelief” behind us, it should become clear that mentalism does carry a particular problem…
When David Copperfield flies on stage, the audience rationally knows that he can’t really be flying. People can’t fly, and what we know about physics (even on an intuitive level) clearly states that what we’re [...]
