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Mar 2024
2h 47m

What Magic & Mind Reading Reveal About t...

Scicomm Media
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In this episode, my guest is Asi Wind. He's one of the world’s top magicians and mentalists.  We discuss what magic and mentalism reveal about the human mind, including how memories are made, how to erase them, and how and why we perceive things the way we do, all in the context of how he performs his astonishing tricks.  Asi explains that magic works becaus ... Show More
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