February 2012
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Teller Reveals His Secrets →
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Have magicians been inadvertently studying neuroscience for ages? Teller, of Penn & Teller, weighs in:
“Magic is an art, as capable of beauty as music, painting or poetry. But the core of every trick is a cold, cognitive experiment in perception: Does the trick fool the audience? A magician’s data sample spans centuries, and his experiments have been replicated often enough to...
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In the sick room, ten cents’ worth of human understanding equals ten dollars’...
– Martn H. Fischer, physician and author (via klbyrd)
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The Anatomical Art of Dr. Frank Scali →
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I aspire to produce work that will outlive me and live by the statement of Ben Franklin, “Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing”. Trained in science, I objectify uncertainty from a logical perspective. My artistic side allows me to reveal answers to scientific questions from an imaginative angle. With these character traits, I am able to weave within...
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