Comments on: TAM 5 Report #3: The magic of Jamy Ian Swiss http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/01/23/tam-5-report-3-the-magic-of-jamy-ian-swiss/ I am an astronomer, writer, and skeptic. I likes reality the way it is, and I aims to keep it that way. My real name is Phil Plait, and I run the Bad Astronomy blog. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:39:11 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Irishman http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/01/23/tam-5-report-3-the-magic-of-jamy-ian-swiss/comment-page-1/#comment-28274 Irishman Fri, 26 Jan 2007 16:46:14 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/01/23/tam-5-report-3-the-magic-of-jamy-ian-swiss/#comment-28274 skeptigirl, I don't think the trick on camera is "forcing". I believe forcing is causing the victim - er, subject - to keep picking the same card. The swap technique displayed above may or may not be involved. What is happening in that segment is eye-boggling. I see how me makes the first couple, but then when the card changes in his hands in the split second, that is stunning. skeptigirl, I don’t think the trick on camera is “forcing”. I believe forcing is causing the victim – er, subject – to keep picking the same card. The swap technique displayed above may or may not be involved. What is happening in that segment is eye-boggling. I see how me makes the first couple, but then when the card changes in his hands in the split second, that is stunning.

]]> By: skeptigirl http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/01/23/tam-5-report-3-the-magic-of-jamy-ian-swiss/comment-page-1/#comment-28273 skeptigirl Fri, 26 Jan 2007 09:27:17 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/01/23/tam-5-report-3-the-magic-of-jamy-ian-swiss/#comment-28273 Easy? Right. Call me magically challenged. I cannot see where the card either comes from or goes to. This isn't just close up, it's close up on camera. I assume the exchange (what you all are calling forcing the card) takes place in ~one picture frame. Wonderful stuff. I missed "Heavy Mental" as that was the night I went to Penn and Teller. Sigh, why isn't there more time in the Universe? Easy? Right. Call me magically challenged. I cannot see where the card either comes from or goes to. This isn’t just close up, it’s close up on camera. I assume the exchange (what you all are calling forcing the card) takes place in ~one picture frame.

Wonderful stuff. I missed “Heavy Mental” as that was the night I went to Penn and Teller. Sigh, why isn’t there more time in the Universe?

]]> By: Jack Hagerty http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/01/23/tam-5-report-3-the-magic-of-jamy-ian-swiss/comment-page-1/#comment-28272 Jack Hagerty Wed, 24 Jan 2007 21:16:52 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/01/23/tam-5-report-3-the-magic-of-jamy-ian-swiss/#comment-28272 Tolls Says: "The first one that leapt into my head was Darwin." Even better! - Jack Tolls Says: “The first one that leapt into my head was Darwin.”

Even better!

- Jack

]]> By: spacewriter http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/01/23/tam-5-report-3-the-magic-of-jamy-ian-swiss/comment-page-1/#comment-28271 spacewriter Wed, 24 Jan 2007 21:03:23 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/01/23/tam-5-report-3-the-magic-of-jamy-ian-swiss/#comment-28271 Back when I was studying to be a teacher (back in the Jurassic), I picked up some sleight-of-hand tricks to use with kids. 'Twas fun! But, I stand in awe of those who can do them so effortlessly. Back when I was studying to be a teacher (back in the Jurassic), I picked up some sleight-of-hand tricks to use with kids. ‘Twas fun! But, I stand in awe of those who can do them so effortlessly.

]]> By: hale_bopp http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/01/23/tam-5-report-3-the-magic-of-jamy-ian-swiss/comment-page-1/#comment-28270 hale_bopp Wed, 24 Jan 2007 19:05:02 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/01/23/tam-5-report-3-the-magic-of-jamy-ian-swiss/#comment-28270 I have seen the magician Paul Harris and he is great at close up. I dabble in magic myself and use the same card force as a running gag. Once, I had a person pick the same card again when I DIDN'T TRY TO FORCE IT ON HER! Sometimes, the odds are just in your favor :) I know how a lot of the close up magic is done. The impressive part is that even though I know exactly what is happening, I still can't always see it. There are people out there that are just that good. I have seen the magician Paul Harris and he is great at close up. I dabble in magic myself and use the same card force as a running gag. Once, I had a person pick the same card again when I DIDN’T TRY TO FORCE IT ON HER! Sometimes, the odds are just in your favor :)

I know how a lot of the close up magic is done. The impressive part is that even though I know exactly what is happening, I still can’t always see it. There are people out there that are just that good.

]]> By: Evolving Squid http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/01/23/tam-5-report-3-the-magic-of-jamy-ian-swiss/comment-page-1/#comment-28269 Evolving Squid Wed, 24 Jan 2007 18:40:48 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/01/23/tam-5-report-3-the-magic-of-jamy-ian-swiss/#comment-28269 Indeed, card-forcing can be done by straight sleights with a normal deck, and as sleights go, it's among the easier things to do. I, however, am not sufficiently practiced to do it with a normal deck, but I can put on an effective display with the right tools. Indeed, card-forcing can be done by straight sleights with a normal deck, and as sleights go, it’s among the easier things to do. I, however, am not sufficiently practiced to do it with a normal deck, but I can put on an effective display with the right tools.

]]> By: Gary Ansorge http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/01/23/tam-5-report-3-the-magic-of-jamy-ian-swiss/comment-page-1/#comment-28268 Gary Ansorge Wed, 24 Jan 2007 17:54:12 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/01/23/tam-5-report-3-the-magic-of-jamy-ian-swiss/#comment-28268 Addendum: I still remember Dr. Timothy Leary and his "Question Authority". If he hadn't been so associated with LSD, he would have just been considered an anti-authoritarian rabble rouser. Be careful you critical thinkers. People who espouse resistance to authority are sometimes "disappeared". Gary 7 Addendum:

I still remember Dr. Timothy Leary and his “Question Authority”.
If he hadn’t been so associated with LSD, he would have just been considered an anti-authoritarian rabble rouser. Be careful you critical thinkers. People who espouse resistance to authority are sometimes “disappeared”.

Gary 7

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