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Al Angello Eternal Order Collegeville, Pa. USA 11045 Posts |
I have a degree in electrical engineering, and I have high hopes for "the science of magic".
Al Angello The Comic Juggler/Magician
http://www.juggleral.com http://home.comcast.net/~juggleral/ "Footprints on your ceiling are almost gone" |
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mrunge Inner circle Charleston, SC 3716 Posts |
I can't wait!!! This should be a really interesting room to visit.
Mark. |
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ibm_usa Special user In Your Mind, Ky, USA 722 Posts |
Finally a place where we can have more indepth discussions of the apparatus of magic
"You may think that i only talk of things from the past, you know, history, well magic is history"
-Guy Jarrett "Curiosity isn't a sin Harry, but it should be exorcised with great caution." -Albus Dumbledore (Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire) http://www.jordanallen-mentalist.webs.com/ |
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tbaer Inner circle Pennsylvania 2004 Posts |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4EABdAEt_fM
Anyone here of Bob Friedhoffer, he does magic with science to make it interesting so people learn without getting bored. I wouldn't mind getting some of his books. |
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Bob Johnston Inner circle Philadelphia, PA 1251 Posts |
He (Friedhoffer) still sells is books on his website,
http://members.aol.com/scienctrix/index.html I used to use one of them in classroom magic at the middle school and high school level. Bob |
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Al Angello Eternal Order Collegeville, Pa. USA 11045 Posts |
Wait a minute is "the science of magic" the opposit of "the good news" where the godless heathens talk about magic tricks? I don't know any godless heathen tricks, but I was just a thinken.
Al Angello The Comic Juggler/Magician
http://www.juggleral.com http://home.comcast.net/~juggleral/ "Footprints on your ceiling are almost gone" |
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ibm_usa Special user In Your Mind, Ky, USA 722 Posts |
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On 2007-08-13 21:12, Al Angello wrote: when I saw this forum I thought it was for those wanting to help unravel mysteries to help invent new tricks using scientific methods, I didn't think that this was going to be a "athiest" version of the Good News Thread
"You may think that i only talk of things from the past, you know, history, well magic is history"
-Guy Jarrett "Curiosity isn't a sin Harry, but it should be exorcised with great caution." -Albus Dumbledore (Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire) http://www.jordanallen-mentalist.webs.com/ |
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Jonathan Townsend Eternal Order Ossining, NY 27300 Posts |
There's lots of work on subjective reality and perception and behavior under the influence of magical thinking.
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Spellbinder Inner circle The Holy City of East Orange, NJ 6438 Posts |
The ancestors of magicians are the alchemists, the first scientists. We should all be interested in science. It runs through everything we do. The only real art of magic is concealing the science behind it.
Professor Spellbinder
Professor Emeritus at the Turkey Buzzard Academy of Magik, Witchcraft and Wizardry http://www.magicnook.com Publisher of The Wizards' Journals |
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Jonathan Townsend Eternal Order Ossining, NY 27300 Posts |
Funny how magic is not about what is but about the experience of perceiving.
Alchemy... well that brings much personal responsibility and a commitment to self improvement to the base empirical model and scientific rigor. As above, so below, one thing, and that includes you too.
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Justin R Veteran user 303 Posts |
I think (not sure) that the following thread was the inspiration for this room: http://www.themagiccafe.com/forums/viewt......forum=40
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enginemagic Special user Bluffton Indiana 597 Posts |
Theres a collage in our town of fort wayne at IPFW that has a magic course provided by one of our best magicians.
theres a lot to learn out there,many interesting subjects,and hobbies to enjoy
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Jonathan Townsend Eternal Order Ossining, NY 27300 Posts |
Interesting thread.
Does this mean folks here are ready to look at how the feeling of "truth" can be elicited and then anchored?
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GeorgeG Special user Thousand Oaks, CA 978 Posts |
The magic of today is the science of tomorrow
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Doug Peters Special user I have a life, so I only have 591 Posts |
Many years ago, I had a public "discussion" on science and magic with a "big name" on the EG. The "name" had no compunction to disparage me because I was not a "professional" magician. But he then seemed genuinely surprised when his pontifications on "the science of magic" were questioned by a professional scientist! Go figure.
Here are some things I'd like to see (as magic invites science all the more): - statistics on audience responses, and factor analysis thereof - measurement of angles/flash-lines for various sleights - standards in publication: crediting and documentation cheers, Doug
"if you have any answers, it's time to ask harder questions!"
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Al Angello Eternal Order Collegeville, Pa. USA 11045 Posts |
Justin
We read the same thread, which is why I asked if this area is for the godless heathen magicians?
Al Angello The Comic Juggler/Magician
http://www.juggleral.com http://home.comcast.net/~juggleral/ "Footprints on your ceiling are almost gone" |
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Doug Peters Special user I have a life, so I only have 591 Posts |
If this is an area for godless heathens, it is certainly an odd choice of title.
"if you have any answers, it's time to ask harder questions!"
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Al Angello Eternal Order Collegeville, Pa. USA 11045 Posts |
Doug
There was a time when all unknowns like crop failure were answered by the tribal witch doctor, now we have weather men. The scientists are slowly, and grudgingly getting contorle of scientific beliefs from the churches, or the witch doctors. I saw a TV show just recently on the history channel that claimed the walls of Jerico were toppled by an earth quake. Yes Doug this is the place were the godless heathens magicians can spin straw into gold.
Al Angello The Comic Juggler/Magician
http://www.juggleral.com http://home.comcast.net/~juggleral/ "Footprints on your ceiling are almost gone" |
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Doug Peters Special user I have a life, so I only have 591 Posts |
Al,
As a scientist, I can assure you that I am not the least bit "grudging" in my growing control over scientific *facts*. I do not, however, peddle in "scientific" *beliefs*, and frankly, I distrust anyone who does (or who claims to spin straw into gold, for that matter). But you seem to have a muddled notion of the miraculous. If an earthquake toppled the walls of Jericho, or a meteorite hit the altar at Carmel, how would that change history? The miracle was not in the destruction of the walls/altar. The miracle was in the coincidental presence of the folk who leveraged that destruction. A lesson for all aspiring wonder-workers... Incidentally, as an electrical engineer, you should have more than passing respect for Michael Faraday or James Clerk Maxwell. (For the uninitiated, perhaps the two most influential scientists in history from an elec.eng. perspective). No doubt you are also familiar with their respective positions on the supernatural? cheers, Doug
"if you have any answers, it's time to ask harder questions!"
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Al Angello Eternal Order Collegeville, Pa. USA 11045 Posts |
I have no idea what Faraday, or Maxwell's belief in the supernatural were. I was taught about Faraday cage, and I was taught about Maxwell's theorem, but what church they went to was not taught in my school. I have a bachelor's degree from what's a matta U. in Frostbite Falls, Minnesota.
Al Angello The Comic Juggler/Magician
http://www.juggleral.com http://home.comcast.net/~juggleral/ "Footprints on your ceiling are almost gone" |
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