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John Oliver Digs Deep Into the Census, Featuring Census Man

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Blind Frog Belly White11/18/2019 1:51:49 pm PST

re: #196 DangerMan (misuser of the sarc tag)

i distinguish the two

conventional magic is based on a fib. we accept that we are being lied to and it could be explained to us. the willing suspension of disbelief

a miracle is a substitute explanation for the inability to admit we collectively don’t know how the trick is done and no one’s gonna tell us.

Right, but the whole point of Magic, whether of the miraculous or the legerdemain sort is that it violates the laws of physics - that dead guy can’t come back to life, or that card leap from your hand to my inside breast pocket.

Or when The Joker says, “I’m gonna make this pencil disappear.”