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Eps 75: Magic, Deception, Hypnosis–Guest, Kevin Ferguson

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Today, my guest is writer and magician Kevin Ferguson.

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SHOW NOTES:

MIN 1:00

Kevin’s start in magic

MIN 4:00

What is possible (learning magic)

Min 5:30the Magician the tricks that have most stumped Kevin: Derek Brown

Reading minds, predicting the future,

(no stooges)

MIN 7:00

magic as Psychological

MIN 9:00 Hypnotic techniques

faith healers

Deception and influence

MIN 10:00

ARTICLE:

Should we have a Science of Magic? Kevin’s latest piece in @NautilusMag: http://go.nautil.us/magic_psych

Magic as a Science

Nautilus Magazine

Gustav Kuhn

Psychology and Magic and the Brain

How beliefs form or are manipulated.

MIN 12

Eye tracking

Limits of attention

How beliefs are formed

Agency and choice

Events the violate causality / magical thinking

MIN 14:30

Prayer

Looking for patterns

Placebo effect and hypnosis

Assassin episode

A man is hypnotized to murder someone in a theatre.

MIN 17:30

Who is susceptible?

Did they truly believe it was real or just play along?

MIN 18:00

Based on Robert Kennedy assassination case.

MIN 20:00

In Kevin’s opinion, can hypnotized people do something against their morals?

MIN 22:30

What is the hypnosis state actually and measurably?

MIN 25:30

You have to believe you will be hypnotize.

MIN 28:00

Learning from the Science and art of Magic to understand mental disorders and childhood states of wonder.

MIN 29:30

Bringing wonder (or unsolvable puzzle) in the present to adults which is what children have all the time.

MIN 32:30

Performing magic for analytical audiences.

MIN 34:00

Performing Magic in different cultural settings. Card tricks for Japanese.

MIN 36:00

People who believe the magic is real and Kevin has really supernatural powers and the ethical dilemma that presents.

MIN 38:00

Once all mystery is gone. Shallow and throw away knowledge.

MIN 40:30

Never make an iPhone disappear.

MIN 42:30

kferg.me

Awake in my dreams: Lucid dreaming

I have to do a post about this, esp since it’s fresh in my mind. This morning I had really vibrant lucid dreams. That is, I woke up within the dream, and could control the things I did/decided, and I could consciously control some of the dream’s outcome.

I used to have insomnia as a tween (pre-teen, ages 9-12) and teen. Now, I have trained my mind to fall asleep in usually under 2 minutes. (Much to the astonishment of my spouse, and friends who happen to see it take place.) I usually remember 3-7 dreams per night. I dont’ bother with a dream journal much, because I don’t have several hours to take it all down when I wake up.

If I can’t fall asleep in 5 minutes or less, I tend to be awake for a while. So, I’ve developed some skills to fall asleep. The one I use the most, and the most effectively is counted down from 100. I concentrate on the numbers (number shape and order themselves), and allow my breathing to grow slow and deep. Often I beginning dreaming immediately as I drift off into unconsciousness.

A person can develop this sort of (lucid) dreaming as a skill, much like training yourself to remember dreams. Here are some tips to start remembering your dreams. I also got some quite handy tips on how to wake up a bit better within my dreams from Tim Ferriss, who has researched it a bit.

For me personally, I’ve always had a vivid imagination, been highly creative, and highly stimulated visually. I had always thought everyone had the chance to dream this way. Since I was a little girl I’ve had fantastic lucid dreams, and I would pick *flying* when I would wake in my dreams. This just seemed like the most fun and exhilarating choice, and crashing didn’t happen too often either. (It’s more like bouncing usually.)

Can you wake up during your dreams?

Interesting- Quick facts about lucid dreams here.