The Scientist Among the Spiritualists

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Alfred russell wallace was a scientist among the spiritualists. He came to this conclusion by going to some of the's seances. His sister hand wrote a little note, which i am going to read you here. She said she found her brother's book with red crayon marks on it. I have no idea how thi goes, but my god, that's evidence.

The most fundamental lesson that all magicians learn is that seeing is not believing. In episode 195, Michael speaks with internationally acclaimed sleight-of-hand artist and 35-year activist for scientific skepticism, Jamy Ian Swiss, about his lively, personal book, The Conjuror’s Conundrum, that takes readers on a magical mystery tour of the longstanding connection between magic and skepticism. Shermer and Swiss discuss: Swiss’s first encounter with fraud, the paranormal and supernatural, magic and mentalism, hot/cold/universal readings, pychics, talking to the dead, James van Praagh, belief, the afterlife, “the amazing” Kreskin, the Alpha Project, and more…