For another, better, card trick, also about inattentional blindness, check out this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDLLf_WCyZ4
On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 7:29 PM, Britt, Michael < michael.br...@thepsychfiles.com> wrote: > > A few days ago I asked how that trick by Copperfield was done (the one with > the cards). Here's a related question: I thought that the reason why it > worked was due to confirmation bias, but Riki Koenigsberg explained it as > due to inattentional blindness (which I guess I'm not as familiar with): > anyone want to settle this matter and let me know which one it is? Just > curious. > > By the way, thanks to Jonathan Mueller, here is a link to the trick that > should be safe: > > http://sprott.physics.wisc.edu/pickover/esp2.html > > > thanks, > > > Michael Britt > mich...@thepsychfiles.com > www.thepsychfiles.com > Twitter: mbritt > > > --- > To make changes to your subscription contact: > > Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu) > > --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)