Magic tricks like this are fun. Illusions are utilized for good AND evil. What if, more than just problematic pickpockets, 'illusionists' are downright evil in an organized mafia corporatocracy of rigged systems and propaganda designed to exploit and rob you, or even trick you into killing yourself? by JasonCarswell in Illusions

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Yes. Politics ruins everything.

I like seeing how tricks are done. I'm not hard core enough to learn and use them.

She hot too.

Magic tricks like this are fun. Illusions are utilized for good AND evil. What if, more than just problematic pickpockets, 'illusionists' are downright evil in an organized mafia corporatocracy of rigged systems and propaganda designed to exploit and rob you, or even trick you into killing yourself? by JasonCarswell in Illusions

[–]zyxzevn 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

What I mean is that we can enjoy things sometimes, without being worried about political stuff.

The trick in the video is great and funny.

Magic tricks like this are fun. Illusions are utilized for good AND evil. What if, more than just problematic pickpockets, 'illusionists' are downright evil in an organized mafia corporatocracy of rigged systems and propaganda designed to exploit and rob you, or even trick you into killing yourself? by JasonCarswell in Illusions

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I would try to keep illusionists non-political

Why? People need to understand how easy it is to be tricked, so they can be flexible enough to realize there is likely much we believe that is false. Immediate examples include "authority", lockdown, COVID, banks, war, etc.

Magic tricks like this are fun. Illusions are utilized for good AND evil. What if, more than just problematic pickpockets, 'illusionists' are downright evil in an organized mafia corporatocracy of rigged systems and propaganda designed to exploit and rob you, or even trick you into killing yourself? by JasonCarswell in Illusions

[–]zyxzevn 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Good luck trying this with your girl.
I would try to keep illusionists non-political, because it is not their intention as entertainers, and they teach us a lot about the tricks.

Politically: illusionists are masters in lying to people. They have to pretend something is something else, and that nothing is hidden. The same is for psychopaths, intelligence and politicians.

Dunning–Kruger effect - cognitive bias where people mistakenly assess their cognitive ability as greater than it is, related to illusory superiority, from folk's inability to see their lack of ability, without self-awareness of metacognition to objectively evaluate their competence or incompetence. by JasonCarswell in Illusions

[–]binrobinro 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Too dumb to realize how dumb they are.

3 Ways Your Mind Lies To You | Answers With Joe (19:10) ~ Joe Scott by JasonCarswell in Illusions

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See also:
/s/quotes/comments/6s3w/the_problem_with_the_world_is_that_the/

Max Cooper - Repetition (Official Video By Kevin McGloughlin) (5:56) ~ Max Cooper by JasonCarswell in Illusions

[–]JasonCarswell[S] 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Reminds me of doing acid watching Koyaanisqatsi.

Fool Us - Richard Turner Thoroughly Astonishes Penn & Teller (8:45) by JasonCarswell in Illusions

[–]SierraKiloBravo 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

WAIT WHAT - he's blind? Holy sheet! I had not heard of Turner, or this doco. 'Tis on the list now!

Fool Us - Richard Turner Thoroughly Astonishes Penn & Teller (8:45) by JasonCarswell in Illusions

[–]SierraKiloBravo 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Absolutely brilliant! I love this stuff. The up close work is the best.

Fool Us - Richard Turner Thoroughly Astonishes Penn & Teller (8:45) by JasonCarswell in Illusions

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For every fun magic trick you've ever seen, there's countless nefarious individuals, institutions, and governments pulling un-fun tricks to screw all the good natured people over.

Didn't know about the Dealt (2017) documentary before seeing this. Have you seen it /u/SierraKiloBravo ?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dealt
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3127902/ 7.6
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/dealt 96% 84%
https://web.archive.org/web/20200422153610/http://www.dealtmovie.com/
https://1337x.to/search/dealt+2017/1/

Why The PCR Test Is The Key To The Illusion Of COVID Data (16:00) ~ The Last American Vagabond by JasonCarswell in Illusions

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Good to know. I'll be keeping that in mind and I hope/expect others will tell him. He's got no problem correcting when necessary.

Why The PCR Test Is The Key To The Illusion Of COVID Data (16:00) ~ The Last American Vagabond by JasonCarswell in Illusions

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This video is founded on a piece of fake news. The guy is reading this first article talking about how the inventor said that the method was not appropriate to detect a virus, but the inventor never said that. The actual quote is from someone else. Furthermore, the guy they were actually quoting just said that the test can't detect viral load.

40 Incredible Examples of Optical Illusions in Photos by JasonCarswell in Illusions

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Part 2, 40 more: https://www.boredpanda.com/funny-optical-illusions-part2/

Dumbo's Magic Feather - a special relic granting the bearer confidence when it's really a mental crutch without powers; similar to a placebo effect, sacred religious objects, status symbols to hide inadequacies, or wearing COVID-1984 masks to protect; from Disney's Dumbo the elephant learning to fly by JasonCarswell in Illusions

[–]Myrkskog 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

I made an audible "Pah!" of laughter at that. Touché!

Investigation: C0VlD Positive Results for People Who Were Never Given Tests? (12:58) ~ Ben Swann by JasonCarswell in Illusions

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I died 5 times from COVID-1984 (dint hurt) but now I'm as good as ever and eager for the next wave of this scamdemic!

Dumbo's Magic Feather - a special relic granting the bearer confidence when it's really a mental crutch without powers; similar to a placebo effect, sacred religious objects, status symbols to hide inadequacies, or wearing COVID-1984 masks to protect; from Disney's Dumbo the elephant learning to fly by JasonCarswell in Illusions

[–]JasonCarswell[S] 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

You can share images.

https://images.axios.com/Ssk5PsstZ4Ozp2RYUZAbj3jqg2w=/0x0:1920x1080/1920x1080/2020/06/23/1592946223131.jpg

Click on the JPG expando or directly on the link.

Dumbo's Magic Feather - a special relic granting the bearer confidence when it's really a mental crutch without powers; similar to a placebo effect, sacred religious objects, status symbols to hide inadequacies, or wearing COVID-1984 masks to protect; from Disney's Dumbo the elephant learning to fly by JasonCarswell in Illusions

[–]Myrkskog 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

It's a shame we can't post images in the reply. I would have used the Yao Ming line drawing of him laughing. It would have been funny.

Dumbo's Magic Feather - a special relic granting the bearer confidence when it's really a mental crutch without powers; similar to a placebo effect, sacred religious objects, status symbols to hide inadequacies, or wearing COVID-1984 masks to protect; from Disney's Dumbo the elephant learning to fly by JasonCarswell in Illusions

[–]JasonCarswell[S] 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

I'm mercurial about it.

Dumbo's Magic Feather - a special relic granting the bearer confidence when it's really a mental crutch without powers; similar to a placebo effect, sacred religious objects, status symbols to hide inadequacies, or wearing COVID-1984 masks to protect; from Disney's Dumbo the elephant learning to fly by JasonCarswell in Illusions

[–]Myrkskog 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

without the aluminium and polysorbate 80.

Dumbo's Magic Feather - a special relic granting the bearer confidence when it's really a mental crutch without powers; similar to a placebo effect, sacred religious objects, status symbols to hide inadequacies, or wearing COVID-1984 masks to protect; from Disney's Dumbo the elephant learning to fly by JasonCarswell in Illusions

[–]JasonCarswell[S] 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Let's make it injectable...

Mysophobia - (aka verminophobia, germophobia, germaphobia, bacillophobia, bacteriophobia; from Greek: musos/uncleanness + phobos/fear) a pathological fear of contamination and germs; coined in 1879 describing an obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD) repeatedly washing one's hands. Note Cause section. by JasonCarswell in Illusions

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https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Germaphobe

Dumbo's Magic Feather - a special relic granting the bearer confidence when it's really a mental crutch without powers; similar to a placebo effect, sacred religious objects, status symbols to hide inadequacies, or wearing COVID-1984 masks to protect; from Disney's Dumbo the elephant learning to fly by JasonCarswell in Illusions

[–]Myrkskog 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Interesting thought. A procedure to evacuate ones self-limiting behaviours...

Dumbo's Magic Feather - a special relic granting the bearer confidence when it's really a mental crutch without powers; similar to a placebo effect, sacred religious objects, status symbols to hide inadequacies, or wearing COVID-1984 masks to protect; from Disney's Dumbo the elephant learning to fly by JasonCarswell in Illusions

[–]JasonCarswell[S] 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Placebo
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relic

Necker cube - an optical illusion first published as a rhomboid in 1832 by Swiss crystallographer Louis Albert Necker. A simple wire-frame drawing of a cube without orientation visual cues, so it can be interpreted to have either the lower-left or the upper-right square as its front side. by JasonCarswell in Illusions

[–]la_cues 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Wow

The Necker cube has shed light on the human visual system.[6]The phenomenon has served as evidence of the human brain being a neural network with two distinct equally possible interchangeable stable states.[7] Sidney Bradford, blind from the age of ten months but regaining his sight following an operation at age 52, did not perceive the ambiguity that normal-sighted observers do, but rather perceived only a flat image.[8][2]

Necker cube - an optical illusion first published as a rhomboid in 1832 by Swiss crystallographer Louis Albert Necker. A simple wire-frame drawing of a cube without orientation visual cues, so it can be interpreted to have either the lower-left or the upper-right square as its front side. by JasonCarswell in Illusions

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See also:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambiguity#Visual_art

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Müller-Lyer_illusion

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/93/Sarcone_Sinusoiral_Muller_Lyer_Illusion.gif

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multistable_perception

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhombille_tiling

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schroeder_stairs

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spinning_dancer

The Fear Box and the Present Moment (17:45) ~ Truthstream Media by JasonCarswell in Illusions

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Amazing. Thank you, wonderful person.

Interesting banner and page css.. by deAccount in Illusions

[–]JasonCarswell 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Thanks, I think.

The banner is a temporary stand in until I collage something together this week. It's currently one of MC Escher's horizontal images.

I have a long list of topical subs I'd like to see exist to post under, whether I make them or not. But magnora7 made up an arbitrary maximum limit so I have to be selective about the sub titles. I had always definitely wanted to make one for Op Art and mind twisters, Pareidolia (faces in things), and other misperceptions - not to mention ways they may be exploited for fun or political motives.

I like custom and thematic banners for a little more personality and if I'm going to bother with that then I might as well add a CSS too.

This "Ergonomix" CSS is 99.9% done but I need a little help from M7D3 to learn how to activate the Ergonomix link below the sidebox and how to utilize the announcements space at the top of the sidebox where it currently says "Decentralize All Things" including adding announcements, links to more details, the wiki, and SaidIt donate options. This CSS was initially designed to tweak a few things on the original default to make it more practical and easier to read - and I just kept going until it became it's own thing that is colour coded for practicality and visibility with a touch of design. I think there are over 30 subs with this CSS now, most with custom banners. Since most people on SaidIt aren't blind, once I finalize this CSS I will revise all the colours for a second version "Ergonomix-Muted" for people who don't need the crazy colours.

I also did the /s/Coronavirus and /s/CorbettCommenters and am working on the all new /s/WikiSpooks which will also eventually be toned down colour-wise (it's easier to see differences for coding when more pronounced) with a much easier to customize pallet that's based on a grade between 2 colours. Once that code is completed I will apply that CSS to /s/GreenParty and /s/PinUps in other colours and see if I can do it all in under 10 minutes, maybe even 5. Also, FYI, speaking of Illusions, the WikiSpooks banner is very slowly animated and I may do something like that here.

If you would like custom banners, CSS, or CSS help lemme know. I need to focus on another couple projects until Sept or Oct and then can help, unless the fruits of my labour on these projects I'll be sharing blows up with success.