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How to solve a magic square..

How to solve a magic square..

This arithmetical stunt is not difficult when you know how, says Jason England.

Magicians often include acts that are not strictly magic, but leave their audiences feeling that they have witnessed something impossible. Memory stunts, unusual scientific demonstrations, playing chess blindfolded and rapid mental mathematics are some examples.

Successful stunts of this kind suggest the performer has an enhanced talent. In some cases, this is true – they may have an extraordinary memory or be a chess grandmaster. But in most cases the performer is using a system. These systems can be simple, or can require tremendous skill – but they are still easier than doing the stunt without any system at all. Read more..

https://cosmosmagazine.com/mathematics/how-solve-magic-square

It’s no trick: These 7 things are killing magic.

It’s no trick: These 7 things are killing magic.

Famous magicians draw large crowds but the art of illusion is withering at a grass-roots level. Here’s why.

(editor’s note.. we can’t post the positive without respecting the negative )

In the last 15 years or so, magic has nearly pulled off the one trick it would rather avoid: vanishing from public view.

At the turn of the 19th century, magicians were among the world’s most popular performers, drawing thousands as they traveled across country.

Despite the efforts of David Blaine, Penn & Teller, Criss Angel and other famous magicians that few people can name off hand, the art has suffered greatly, according Emory Williams Jr., a member of the Society of American Magicians and the International Magicians Society. Read more….

http://www.azcentral.com/story/travel/2015/11/19/killing-magic-illusions/75936232/