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.....Jastrow scientifically demonstrated what most magicians already knew. Magic has little to do with fast movements. Instead, conjurors use a range of psychological weapons to fool their audiences. Suggestion plays a key role in the process.
..........— Richard Wiseman (1966 - ), Professor of the Public Understanding of Psychology at the University of Hertfordshire (U.K.), former magician, fellow of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry (CSI). Quirkology (2007).
.....I showed a group of my students a videotape in which a magician apparently used the power of his mind (actually sleight of hand) to bend a metal key. He then placed the key on the table, stood back, and said, "Look, it's amazing, the key is still bending." Afterward, all the students were interviewed about what they had seen. More than half were convinced that they had seen the key continuing to bend.
..........— Ibid.
.....[A]n expert deceiver can draw upon years of experience to deliver a sentence with such confidence that people believe they see the impossible happening before their very eyes.
..........— Ibid.
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