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Want to know how this works? Indian Levitation Trick

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Opus Angelorum said:
Well we don't see the basket being placed on the ground, so therefore I assume it's sitting atop an underground cave of sorts.
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He picks it off the ground at about 1:42 but then again he is holding the rope while doing that plus there's no shot of the ground directly beneath the basket.
 
Window said:
He picks it off the ground at about 1:42 but then again he is holding the rope while doing that plus there's no shot of the ground directly beneath the basket.
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he picks it up, then the trick goes "wrong" and they hide behind a sheet for an hour

magic
 
D4Danger said:
he picks it up, then the trick goes "wrong" and they hide behind a sheet for an hour

magic
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Oh no I'm not claiming that isn't a trick, just wondering what the method could be.
 
crazy monkey said:
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I want one of those.
 
bozeman said:
I've never heard the secret of David Blaine's levitation. I'm sure that's been debunked now????
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The one in the street is just tip-toe on one foot facing the right angle to the spectators.

The one in the studio was on wires and editing.
 
levious said:
did you fall for their sleight of hand "you have a ear wax rock in your ear" thing?
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No, nothing like that.

But some things aren't so easily explicable as illusions. I don't think we are in a position to talk about the absolute possibilities of the human body and mind when people have achieved remarkable and seemingly impossible feats in the past.
 
Poimandres said:
No, nothing like that.

But some things aren't so easily explicable as illusions. I don't think we are in a position to talk about the absolute possibilities of the human body and mind when people have achieved remarkable and seemingly impossible feats in the past.
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Pretty sure no human being has used solely their body to break the laws of physics.
 
brucewaynegretzky said:
I was expecting a cool physics distribution of weight mind blowing explanation. I was let down.
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agreed. but i learned something new today at the very least.
 
How is this news to ANYONE? Seriously, if you look at the setup is should be blindingly obvious to anyone with a jot of common sense or intelligence.

It's either "he's being suspended by the stick in his hand" or "he has magic powers." Why anyone would choose to believe the latter is mind-blowing.
 
Risible said:
How is this news to ANYONE? Seriously, if you look at the setup is should be blindingly obvious to anyone with a jot of common sense or intelligence.

It's either "he's being suspended by the stick in his hand" or "he has magic powers." Why anyone would choose to believe the latter is mind-blowing.
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Given the choice between the mundane and the fantastic I can't really fault anyone for going with the latter.

Reality is boring.
 
Risible said:
How is this news to ANYONE? Seriously, if you look at the setup is should be blindingly obvious to anyone with a jot of common sense or intelligence.

It's either "he's being suspended by the stick in his hand" or "he has magic powers." Why anyone would choose to believe the latter is mind-blowing.
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The point is trying to figure out how the guy is balancing his entire body on a stick by using one hand.

Anyway there was a show on discovery or national geographic (forgot the channel) that showed a monk doing this without a stick, sitting in the middle of a stone floor.

EDIT: Here we go -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MR0UHkyoNc

Of course it could've all been staged...
 
Poimandres said:
No, nothing like that.

But some things aren't so easily explicable as illusions. I don't think we are in a position to talk about the absolute possibilities of the human body and mind when people have achieved remarkable and seemingly impossible feats in the past.
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What remarkable and seemingly impossible feats have people achieved in the past?

I'm pretty sure even the strongest mind can't bend the laws of physics. But I guess I'm just a rational human being. Not all are.
 
Poimandres said:
But some things aren't so easily explicable as illusions. I don't think we are in a position to talk about the absolute possibilities of the human body and mind when people have achieved remarkable and seemingly impossible feats in the past.
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Human beings cannot levitate. Sorry.
 
Poimandres said:
No, nothing like that.

But some things aren't so easily explicable as illusions. I don't think we are in a position to talk about the absolute possibilities of the human body and mind when people have achieved remarkable and seemingly impossible feats in the past.
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Do you believe every ghost story, every religious anecdote (making you a combination of practically every religion worldwide), and every UFO story? Everyone always says the same thing. That the story is "too difficult to explain away as a fault of human perception."

Since time and time again it has been shown that such stories are bogus, and that human perception really is indeed that flawed, I'd say that yes, they can be dismissed as simple illusions. Harry Houdini did some pretty crazy shit. I'm sure had he not been so vocal about it all being smoke and mirrors that many people would have cried "supernatural!!!" Indeed, some people still thought that despite his protests.
 
Poimandres said:
No, nothing like that.

But some things aren't so easily explicable as illusions. I don't think we are in a position to talk about the absolute possibilities of the human body and mind when people have achieved remarkable and seemingly impossible feats in the past.
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Lots of illusions have extremely, complicated difficult explanations. A clever, well-executed trick is still a possibility you have to eliminate before you pursue an explanation is something we've never been able to confirm, like magic, psychic powers, etc.
I know it's tedious, but having a good "skeptical radar" will serve you well in the long run.
 
Orayn said:
Lots of illusions have extremely, complicated difficult explanations. A clever, well-executed trick is still a possibility you have to eliminate before you pursue an explanation is something we've never been able to confirm, like magic, psychic powers, etc.
I know it's tedious, but having a good "skeptical radar" will serve you well in the long run.
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I prefer the term "baloney detection kit."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUB4j0n2UDU
 
It´s not real? *puts away exorcism kit*

Damn. I would´ve liked a good old fashioned exorcsim better. I could´ve become a GOP politician afterwards!
 
Teknoman said:
The point is trying to figure out how the guy is balancing his entire body on a stick by using one hand.

Anyway there was a show on discovery or national geographic (forgot the channel) that showed a monk doing this without a stick, sitting in the middle of a stone floor.

EDIT: Here we go -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MR0UHkyoNc

Of course it could've all been staged...
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He's got a curtain behind him.
 
So the trick where street magicians basically 'fly' a deck of cards to their other hand like a magnet... how do they do it?
 
Halycon said:
Given the choice between the mundane and the fantastic I can't really fault anyone for going with the latter.

Reality is boring.
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Is it? I think it's fucking fantastic. Incredible shit going on out there all the fucking time.
 
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