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6 months ago ::
Jan 13, 2013 - 5:10AM
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How romantic! :P
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6 months ago ::
Jan 14, 2013 - 6:58AM
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well, illusionists in the real world do perform tricks like teleportation of little birds or the like; then of course they say there's a "stunt" (translation of french terme "truc" )... but you can't seriously affirm that Magic doesn't exist, even when science tends to negate this possibility;
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6 months ago ::
Jan 14, 2013 - 7:16AM
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Dec 21, 2012
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I always envisioned sleight of hand as someone simply stealing something so stealthily that you don't know they did it. It happens all the time in real life to be honest. There is nothing magical about it. I was always told that when you go to the big city you keep watch of your purse otherwise it could be stolen without you even knowing until its too late.
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6 months ago ::
Jan 14, 2013 - 7:19AM
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Aug 13, 2004
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well, illusionists in the real world do perform tricks like teleportation of little birds or the like; then of course they say there's a "stunt" (translation of french terme "truc" )... but you can't seriously affirm that Magic doesn't exist, even when science tends to negate this possibility;
Science has just proved that people pretending to practice supernatural feats were cheating everytime it was possible to investigate.
Science never affirm.
Scientific thinking even tells us that true supernatural manifestations could be beyond beeing apprehended trough science in its current state, as our instruments and references are strictly based on nature. Something supernatural could "exist" outside any natural laws by definition.
And magic is also called occult science. Who can affirm that occult science will never be a branch of Science ?
Science can not affirm without stopping being science.
Sleight of hand is like any supernatural things science has been able to investigate until now : cheating.
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