Fibonacci Chaos Golden Ratio One of the coolest ideas in science is something called the Golden Ratio, or Phi. This is calculated from the Fibonacci sequence, and can be found in many places in nature. Like if you take ten people, and divide their height by the fingertip to fingertip length of their […]
Telepathic Bridge Champions
Good Idea At The Time A long time ago, shortly after world war II, the CIA was given a huge budget to investigate the probability if finding UFOs or any alien intelligence. They looked pretty carefully for about five years, but then a few strange things happened. Firstly, the administration of the CIA […]
Pancake Hero
Unexpected Taste I have this really goofy friend who loves to prank people. Lately he’s been putting in fake jars of peanut butter in their house. This only works, of course, is if you are already a fan of peanut butter. And you love to eat peanut butter. What he does […]
Demon Brain Killer
Break Down and Build Up Building muscle, from a biological perspective, is pretty simple. You stress the muscle. You break down the muscle. And when it rebuilds itself, it becomes stronger. Can’t Get Anything Wrong https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Aug16ALoop.mp4 Most people are utterly terrified of making mistakes. So terrified that they play it […]
Self Guided Misdirection
Two Kinds of Magic There are two ways you can categorize stage magic. The kind that uses real props, and the kind that uses imaginary props. The kind that uses real props is regular magic. Pulling rabbits out of heads, card tricks, sawing ladies in half, this is generally accepted stage magic. […]
Hypnotic Mime Control
No Word Riches There is this mime that invented a very powerful form of non-verbal hypnosis. He was already doing very well as a mime. He had all the licenses and only need to work the busy corners on weekends. So when he stared to study hypnosis, he wanted to slowly blend […]
How To Walk Through Walls
No Particles Exist There’s an idea from quantum physics that particles don’t really exist. That particles are really a metaphorical description of tightly packed energetic vibrations. And that any resistance or friction between two objects, like trying to push your hand through a wall, is due to the sum total of the electrostatic […]
The Deception Instinct
Look Over Here Most magic tricks are based on misdirection. They get you looking over here, while the magic happens over here. Then you see the outcome, you don’t know how it happened, and so long as this trick is accompanied by an interesting story, you will believe this is magic. Many […]
Pleasures Of The Flesh
Can’t Go Lower I have a friend who’d hit rock bottom. A bunch of horrible things happened in a row. First, his girlfriend, who he thought would eventually become his wife, dumped him. It turned out she was having an affair with his best friend who he thought he was going to […]
Oration Origin Story
Once Upon A Time I have this friend who started going to Toastmasters. He’s really, really, shy and really, really introverted. His boss wants to promote him but this would required he travel around and give speeches on behalf of his company. So he requires that in order to get the promotion, […]
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