The Magic of Eri Geller

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I was always a science buftand just consumed with science natural history when i was young. But then i came upon a book by randy the first version of which was entitled the magic of uri geller. And that riveted me, tht. That altered my deana a little bit. A fostering a belief in the pa normal ultimately all alters people's world view and makes them more at puts im more at risk for other similar kinds of of cot artistry or so forth.

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…