Suggestions for that annoying sceptic

[Kellhuss]

Imagine you're discussing magick with someone you know to be a sceptic; you usually avoid the issue given your friend's tendency to dismiss out of hand the topic. This time though, they seem a bit more interested, but still find the idea of magick highly questionable.

For a moment it seems as though you might have them considering something, but can see you're about to lose them. Given your friend's scepticism, you think that giving them a practical task to try themselves might actually be worthwhile.

You lean forward, getting their attention, and say:

'Actually, why don't you just try. . . '

Well? What would your direction be here?

 

[Robert Ramsay]

"Buying my book"

The demo I give at my talk is the Necker Cube. I describe it as "the tiniest piece of magic you can do" and challenge them to stop the cube flipping orientation as they look at it.

 

[Kellhuss]

"Buying my book"

The demo I give at my talk is the Necker Cube. I describe it as "the tiniest piece of magic you can do" and challenge them to stop the cube flipping orientation as they look at it.

Nice; that’s a great example as a lead into the issue of direct / naive realism and how intention apparently has external perceptual effects; an excellent base to build from.

 

[Robert Ramsay]

Nice; that’s a great example as a lead into the issue of direct / naive realism and how intention apparently has external perceptual effects; an excellent base to build from.

incidentally, I found one bug - you need two different sizes on the screen - if people are too close, they can't get the effect.