I wanted to quickly share with you all some neat science-related tricks from Professor Richard Wiseman; these will no doubt make for all manner of fun at those end-of-the-year Christmas & New Years gatherings. Enjoy! 🙂
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Fun Science Tricks for Christmas & New Years
Posted by mattusmaximus on December 9, 2010
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Telepathy Tricks for Your I-Phone/Touch
Posted by mattusmaximus on February 1, 2010
I recently got an I-Touch, and I’m discovering a whole bunch of neat little apps for it. Among one of the most interesting I’ve downloaded recently is an app called “Telepath” made by skeptic Dr. Richard Wiseman, which allows you to give the illusion that the I-Touch/Phone itself (or the operator) is telepathic! Dr. Wiseman knows quite a lot about psychology and how easy it is to fool people – or in this case how easy it is for people to fool themselves. So he put together this little app in order to teach people a little lesson in critical thinking…
Of course, there’s no actual telepathy to it, but it is a really neat trick (it fooled me the first time I saw it). To learn more about it, check out this Youtube video that Dr. Wiseman put together…
In order to learn the secret behind the trick, you’ll have to purchase the app from the I-Tunes store – considering what it does, it’s a real deal for only 99 cents! So if you have an I-Phone/Touch, I suggest that you go pick up “Telepath” and start having some skeptical fun with it 🙂
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Top 10 quirky science tricks for New Year parties
Posted by mattusmaximus on December 31, 2009
In the spirit of the New Year, I wanted to share with you all a quick video about 10 things you can do at a New Year party to share the wonders of science. This video originates from Prof. Richard Wiseman, all the tricks are quick and easy to do, and it’s called “Top 10 quirky science tricks for New Year parties”
Enjoy the fun, and have a Happy New Year! 🙂
*Note: Hat tip to The Blog of Phyz for sharing the video.
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