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mandatory intro thread

Postby malictus » Jun 8th, '06, 05:16



Hey everyone, I'm malictus AKA Jim. I've been a magic enthusiast my whole life (I'm 36 now), mostly as a fan but I've also learned a few tricks from time to time.

I'm a big fan of self-working tricks that rely on mathematical or psychological principles and require little or no props. That's either because (a) I'm a cheapskate who can't afford to buy prop tricks (b) I don't have any skill at sleight of hand or (c) I'm interested in the mathematical and psychological underpinnings of tricks which work all by themselves.

I prefer to pick (c) :lol:

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Postby AJ82 » Jun 8th, '06, 07:59

Hi welcome to the forum.

Magic is real, just look around you, some of the most amazing things have no reason, no explanation but are very real.
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Postby Stephen Ward » Jun 8th, '06, 09:24

Welcome :P

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Re: mandatory intro thread

Postby Tomo » Jun 8th, '06, 11:28

malictus wrote:I'm a big fan of self-working tricks that rely on mathematical or psychological principles and require little or no props. That's either because (a) I'm a cheapskate who can't afford to buy prop tricks (b) I don't have any skill at sleight of hand or (c) I'm interested in the mathematical and psychological underpinnings of tricks which work all by themselves.

Me too. Have you read Scarne on Card Tricks?

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Postby IAIN » Jun 8th, '06, 12:41

Hello!

And can i add R.Shane's Automata book too....sell-working and math prinicples, but very very devious and story driven...beautifully thought-out...

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Postby Larry » Jun 8th, '06, 12:45

oo, a mathemagician! welcome

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Postby Taiven_Grant » Jun 8th, '06, 14:07

Meep, maths -runs for the hills-

Welcome to TM!

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Postby Tomo » Jun 8th, '06, 14:39

Taiven_Grant wrote:Meep, maths -runs for the hills-

Welcome to TM!

Well, to be fair, it's not all "think of a number, add the digits together..."

Some mathemagic is the principle buried in the heart of some really rather excellent tricks.

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Postby malictus » Jun 8th, '06, 15:36

Tomo wrote:Well, to be fair, it's not all "think of a number, add the digits together..."

*groans*
But yeah, there are plenty of clever ways to fool someone into thinking they've made a random choice that are a step above the 'add the digits together' thing...

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Postby Tomo » Jun 8th, '06, 15:44

malictus wrote:*groans*
But yeah, there are plenty of clever ways to fool someone into thinking they've made a random choice that are a step above the 'add the digits together' thing...


Yes indeed. I'm a big fan of mathemagic. I think there's a lot of prejudice agianst self working tricks, though, because they're not "skillful". Personally, I think some of the techniques are utter genius.

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Postby dat8962 » Jun 9th, '06, 17:10

Welcome

Member of the Magic Circle & The 2009 British Isles Close-Up Magician of the Year
It's not really an optical illusion - it just looks like one!
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Postby Mandrake » Jun 9th, '06, 17:34

Tomo wrote:Well, to be fair, it's not all "think of a number, add the digits together..."
You mean like this one :wink: ?
Don't tell me your age; you probably would tell a falsehood anyway-but the Hershey Man will know!

YOUR AGE BY CHOCOLATE MATH

This is pretty neat.

DON'T CHEAT BY SCROLLING DOWN FIRST!
It takes less than a minute .
Work this out as you read ...
Be sure you don't read the bottom until you've worked it out!
This is not one of those waste of time things, it's fun.

1. First of all, pick the number of times a week that you would like to have chocolate
(more than once but less than 10)

2. Multiply this number by 2 (just to be bold)

3. Add 5

4. Multiply it by 50 -- I'll wait while you get the calculator

5. If you have already had your birthday this year add 1756, if you haven't, add 1755.

6. Now subtract the four digit year that you were born.

You should have a three digit number

The first digit of this was your original number
(i.e., how many times you want to have chocolate each week).

The next two numbers are

YOUR AGE! (Oh YES, it is!!!!!)

THIS IS THE ONLY YEAR (2006) IT WILL EVER WORK, SO SPREAD IT AROUND WHILE IT LASTS.


My only defence is that it was just e-mailed to me about 30 minutes ago and it was too good a co-incidence to miss!

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Postby catweasel » Jun 9th, '06, 17:50

thats mad! now can you explain how it works! :D

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