Re: [tips] Copperfield trick

[Gerald Peterson]

Is this, and other magic effects, just further evidence that applied, 
non-scientific practitioners acquire a "knowledge" of principles that science 
only later learns about and systematizes?  Gary



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Professor, Department of Psychology 
Saginaw Valley State University 
University Center, MI 48710 
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From: "Riki Koenigsberg" 
To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" 
Sent: Sunday, December 20, 2009 12:33:06 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
Subject: Re: [tips] Copperfield trick





All the cards are gone. He replaced them with other queens, kings, and jacks, 
but since you only paid attention to your own card, you didn't notice. This is 
another example of inattentional blindness. 


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Does anyone know how this trick is done? 





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Re: [tips] Copperfield trick

[Riki Koenigsberg]

All the cards are gone.  He replaced them with other queens, kings, and
jacks, but since you only paid attention to your own card, you didn't
notice.  This is another example of inattentional blindness.

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Re: [tips] Copperfield trick

[Britt, Michael]

Good point Stephen.  The link came from a trusted source on my end -  
but still, I'm not sure where that person got the original link.  I  
should have found the trick on its original web site and then given  
everyone the link to that page.  Hopefully no one was infected by this  
(I'll keep my fingers crossed and learn my lesson).



Michael Britt
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On Dec 20, 2009, at 11:23 AM, sbl...@ubishops.ca wrote:


On 20 Dec 2009 at 8:11, Britt, Michael wrote:


Does anyone know how this trick is done?


Before I pass this clever  presentation on, I'm wondering
whether it could possibly be a means of spreading something
malicious. Anyone know whether this should be a concern?

Also, would it be safer to refer people to the originating website
than as Michael sent it to us (presumably pasted into his post)?

Worst case scenario: could we already all be infected?

Stephen
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Re: [tips] Copperfield trick

[Britt, Michael]

Wow - I can't believe I didn't figure that one out (...looking for my  
"embarrassed" emoticon)! Good example of the confirmation bias too.



Michael Britt
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On Dec 20, 2009, at 9:25 AM, tay...@sandiego.edu wrote:


Michael, we should let you figure this one out! Tsk tsk.

It's very easy.

None of the cards are the same suit and value throughout the game;  
they all look so similar that it's easy to be fooled.


Annette


Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychology
University of San Diego
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Date: Sun, 20 Dec 2009 08:11:56 -0500
From: "Britt, Michael" 
Subject: [tips] Copperfield trick
To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" >


 Does anyone know how this trick is done?
 Michael Britt
 mich...@thepsychfiles.com
 www.thepsychfiles.com
 Twitter: mbritt



 

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Re: [tips] Copperfield trick

[sblack]

On 20 Dec 2009 at 11:26, Jonathan Mueller wrote:
 
> I have linked to a similar demo for years on my intro psych site. It is here
> 
> http://sprott.physics.wisc.edu/pickover/esp2.html
> 

Ok, that's one solution. Thanks, Jonathan. I take it from this  
that my concern may have a degree of validity.

Now the carp. I find the Pickover version competent but 
somehow less creepy and convincing than the one posted by 
Michael Britt (everyone's a critic, I guess). Perhaps it's the 
prestige of David Copperfield that produces this effect.

On the good side, I loved the "explanations" (click on it) Pickford 
has collected at his site.

Stephen

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Re: [tips] Copperfield trick

[Jonathan Mueller]

I have linked to a similar demo for years on my intro psych site.  It is here
 
http://sprott.physics.wisc.edu/pickover/esp2.html
 
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On 20 Dec 2009 at 8:11, Britt, Michael wrote:

> Does anyone know how this trick is done?

Before I pass this clever  presentation on, I'm wondering 
whether it could possibly be a means of spreading something 
malicious. Anyone know whether this should be a concern?

Also, would it be safer to refer people to the originating website 
than as Michael sent it to us (presumably pasted into his post)?

Worst case scenario: could we already all be infected?

Stephen
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Professor of Psychology, Emeritus   
Bishop's University   
e-mail:  sbl...@ubishops.ca
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Sherbrooke QC  J1M 1Z7
Canada
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Re: [tips] Copperfield trick

[sblack]

On 20 Dec 2009 at 8:11, Britt, Michael wrote:
 
> Does anyone know how this trick is done?

Before I pass this clever  presentation on, I'm wondering 
whether it could possibly be a means of spreading something 
malicious. Anyone know whether this should be a concern?

Also, would it be safer to refer people to the originating website 
than as Michael sent it to us (presumably pasted into his post)?

Worst case scenario: could we already all be infected?

Stephen
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Stephen L. Black, Ph.D.  
Professor of Psychology, Emeritus   
Bishop's University   
 e-mail:  sbl...@ubishops.ca
2600 College St.
Sherbrooke QC  J1M 1Z7
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Re: [tips] Copperfield trick

[Dr. Bob Wildblood]

Yes, none of the original 6 cards is included in the five cards at the bottom 
of the display.  One is so busy concentrating on the card they picked that they 
don't notice that the cards displayed are different than the original ones.



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>Date: Sun, 20 Dec 2009 08:11:56 -0500
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>Subject: [tips] Copperfield trick  
>To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" 
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>   Does anyone know how this trick is done?
>   Michael Britt
>   mich...@thepsychfiles.com
>   www.thepsychfiles.com
>   Twitter: mbritt



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