Kestrell https://kestrell.dreamwidth.org/ Kestrell - Dreamwidth Studios Fri, 12 Apr 2019 13:54:47 GMT LiveJournal / Dreamwidth Studios kestrell personal https://v2.dreamwidth.org/12439661/307003 Kestrell https://kestrell.dreamwidth.org/ 69 100 https://kestrell.dreamwidth.org/294667.html Fri, 12 Apr 2019 13:54:47 GMT Why do we like magic when we know it's a trick? https://kestrell.dreamwidth.org/294667.html Teller, of Penn and Teller, has been involved in studying the cognition of magic for decades, and my favorite academic on the subject is Barton Whaley, an MIT alum who became the father of "deception studies" <br /><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/education-47827346">https://www.bbc.com/news/education-47827346</a><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=kestrell&ditemid=294667" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments https://kestrell.dreamwidth.org/294667.html deception cognition brain tricksters magic public 3