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To: machman

I will point out that Penn and Teller make millions every year on decieving people and getting people to believe things that are not true. So consider the source of this article.


64 posted on 11/27/2005 7:05:37 AM PST by Walkingfeather
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To: Walkingfeather
I will point out that Penn and Teller make millions every year on decieving people and getting people to believe things that are not true.

Actually you're 100% wrong; they're magicians, but they actually are controversial magicians because they routinely explain how they do their tricks, which is taboo among magicians.

And they have a series on Showtime specifically devoted to debunking myths.

70 posted on 11/27/2005 7:07:17 AM PST by Strategerist
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To: Walkingfeather
I will point out that Penn and Teller make millions every year on decieving people and getting people to believe things that are not true.

I'd rather be decieved by a magicican who admits up front that he's performing a trick than a shaman who professes to be telling the Truth.

75 posted on 11/27/2005 7:10:25 AM PST by Wormwood (Iä! Iä! Cthulhu fhtagn!)
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To: Walkingfeather

That's not exactly true. Penn and Teller don't want you to believe what you see on stage is real. They want you to leave never understanding how they did it, which isn't the same thing. They're very up front that it's all illusion and trickery. No real deception on that level at all.


141 posted on 11/27/2005 7:51:03 AM PST by Melas (What!? Read or learn something? Why would anyone do that, when they can just go on being stupid)
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