explanations

Okay, I'm not a magician. I don't have any great interest but I do remember reading a book back in the late 1970s that explained a lot of tricks and how to do them. I thought it was fascinating. Where can I find such a book today? Or preferably, a website?

#1) This happened about nine months ago. I was watching a show on the National Geographic channel about Birds of Prey. The word "kite" popped into my head about 2sec. before the show started talking about Kites. I wasn't thinking about kites. #2) This happened yesterday at church(I'm an...

In the recent issue of the SI (p. 16), Massimo Pigliucci has an interesting article on predictions and explanations. "Good explanations do not necessarily imply the ability to make good predictions. Furthermore, the ability to predict doesn't mean that one has an explanation of the predicted...

OK I was talking to my Mum just now about the old 'Levitation party trick' where 4 people lift a person up high using their fingers. You know the one. Anyway I told her how it is just a case of the weight being distributed over 4 people and them being in a position which gives them good...