REPLAY: Magic Meets Macrocognition with Simon Henderson
Naturalistic Decision Making
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Misdirection in Magic
Misdirection is about controlling a target attention, leading them to look in a place that is different from where some cret action is occurring. There are lots of other types of misdirections, not just affecting where somebody looks, but it's affecting when they look,. And there are ways of misdirecting how people remember and recall something. But typically, misdirection tends to be used in terms of affecting where somebody is looking. So you're using the se of social affects to lead your audience to also look at that empty hand. Magicians use this all the time. They use movement and conspicuity to attract attention. The military will use diversions. Will create a lot of
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