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stanalger Special user St. Louis, MO 998 Posts |
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J.Buddy New user 53 Posts |
Tried to listen to this, couldn't hear very good:
Try this instead. http://youtube.com/watch?v=ODj-Dtx8-WA&feature=related maybe help out J.B.
Rediscovering the magician inside.
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stanalger Special user St. Louis, MO 998 Posts |
The links provided on the Point of Inquiry page posted above
are also worth following. Stan |
stanalger Special user St. Louis, MO 998 Posts |
Here's a description of the interview (cut and pasted from the Point of Inquiry
website): "In this conversation with D.J. Grothe, Jamy Ian Swiss talks about his skeptical beginnings, and argues that magic done well is an "entertaining form of skepticism, rather than a debased form of mysticism" (as described by Adam Gopnik in the recent profile of Jamy in The New Yorker). He explores some of the philosophy of why and how magic works, and examines ethical and artistic issues related to the performance of contemporary magic and mentalism, as reflected in the work of a spectrum of performers ranging from Derren Brown to Marc Salem to Uri Geller. He also wonders about the effectiveness of the skeptical movement overall, and the value of getting involved in the skeptical community." |
mentalskeptic Regular user Hollywood, CA 148 Posts |
You can listen to it streaming, or download it through the website. It was a fun discussion. Here is a direct link to the mp3:
Direct link to mp3 of Jamy Swiss interview on mentalism etc
"Few have the courage of their convictions; fewer still, the courage for an attack on their convictions." — Nietzsche
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Andini Special user Columbus, OH 685 Posts |
And, to add another way, you can find it on iTunes. If you do it that way, you can easily subscribe to the podcast series, which is great, and dig through the archives.
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Chris K Inner circle 2544 Posts |
Over-simplification of the month: Jamy Ian Swiss is a skeptic because he lost a buck to a hand-writing analysis machine
Over-simplifications 2-100: Listen to podcast While I agree with their general arguments to some extent, there is absolutely no balance to the podcast. They set-up strawman arguments and insult people without evidence whereas they compliment people who agree with them, even if they happen to be horrible people. Very disappointing. Could have been really good but smacked of patting each other on the back between the host and guest ("You're a gooooood skeptic, yes you are." "You are too. And you happened to be a magician too, whoo hoo, look, we're sharing information about ourselves"). Too bad really, as I happen to like JIS, just not here. Lem |
RichardShure Veteran user 344 Posts |
I had the fortune or misfortune of catching his mentalism show in NYC. I was quite surprised how condescending and arrogant he was to his audience. A few people around me (people I did not know) were insulted and talked about walking out on the show. They did stay but they were not happy.
His technique was OK but he had misses and would immediately blame the people helping him (audience members) One guy (participant) was obviously not happy how he was being treated and it created an uncomfortable tension during the show. Jamy laughed it off and acted like he was joking (but it did not appear to be that to me) The guy was not impressed either. Overall, it changed the way I view much of his material. Richard S |
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