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Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness 11th Annual Meeting in Vegas |
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Wednesday, 22 August 2007 |
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The theme for ASSC 11 this year was The
Magic of Consciousness. This year ASSC has a number of
magicians who "were hand-picked because of their specific interest
in the cognitive principles underlying the magic. Among the
performers were James Randi, Johnny Thompson, Mac Kind and Teller
(of Penn and Teller).
Teller had a few things to say about
exploiting human perception patterns. "In real life if you see
something done again and again, you study it and you gradually pick
up a pattern. If you do that with a magician, it's sometimes a big
mistake."
Teller's says his definition of magic is "The theatrical linking
of a cause with an effect that has no basis in physical reality,
but that - in our hearts - ought to."
More from the New York Times
here
AASC's page can be found here |
Consciousness 
