{"id":18863,"date":"2016-08-19T03:18:36","date_gmt":"2016-08-19T08:18:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/?p=18863"},"modified":"2016-08-23T18:14:07","modified_gmt":"2016-08-23T23:14:07","slug":"eps-75-magic-deception-hypnosis-guest-kevin-ferguson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/eps-75-magic-deception-hypnosis-guest-kevin-ferguson\/","title":{"rendered":"Eps 75: Magic, Deception, Hypnosis\u2013Guest, Kevin Ferguson"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Welcome to Spark My Muse!<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Thank you for your interest\u00a0in the show.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Chip in and help with some support today.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/cgi-bin\/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&amp;hosted_button_id=KVNWHBFV8MHF6\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-18682 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/paypal-150x80.jpeg\" alt=\"paypal\" width=\"150\" height=\"80\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/paypal-150x80.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/paypal-350x187.jpeg 350w, https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/paypal-300x160.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/paypal-768x410.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/paypal-1024x546.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/paypal.jpeg 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Today, my guest is writer and magician Kevin Ferguson.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-18866\" src=\"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/kevinFerguson-300x200.jpeg\" alt=\"KevinFerguson\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/kevinFerguson-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/kevinFerguson-350x233.jpeg 350w, https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/kevinFerguson-150x100.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/kevinFerguson-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/kevinFerguson.jpeg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/player.blubrry.com?podcast_id=16117506\" width=\"100%\" height=\"138px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><br \/>\nJust like magic, you can share an audio clip of the show. 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href=\"http:\/\/derrenbrown.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\">Derek Brown<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Reading minds, predicting the future,<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>(no stooges)<\/p>\n<p>MIN 7:00<\/p>\n<p>magic as Psychological<\/p>\n<p>MIN 9:00 Hypnotic techniques<\/p>\n<p>faith healers<\/p>\n<p>Deception and influence<\/p>\n<p>MIN 10:00<\/p>\n<p>ARTICLE:<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Should we have a Science of Magic?<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0Kevin&#8217;s latest piece in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NautilusMag\">@NautilusMag<\/a>:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cVTUr1i5VJ\">http:\/\/go.nautil.us\/magic_psych\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Magic as a Science<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/go.nautil.us\/\" target=\"_blank\">Nautilus Magazine\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Gustav Kuhn<\/p>\n<p>Psychology and Magic and the Brain<\/p>\n<p>How beliefs form or are manipulated.<\/p>\n<p>MIN 12<\/p>\n<p>Eye tracking<\/p>\n<p>Limits of attention<\/p>\n<p>How beliefs are formed<\/p>\n<p>Agency and choice<\/p>\n<p>Events the violate causality \/ magical thinking<\/p>\n<p>MIN 14:30<\/p>\n<p>Prayer<\/p>\n<p>Looking for patterns<\/p>\n<p>Placebo effect and hypnosis<\/p>\n<p>Assassin episode<\/p>\n<p>A man is hypnotized to murder someone in a theatre.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oC9J6O6soHA\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>MIN 17:30<\/p>\n<p>Who is susceptible?<\/p>\n<p>Did they truly believe it was real or just play along?<\/p>\n<p>MIN 18:00<\/p>\n<p>Based on Robert Kennedy assassination case.<\/p>\n<p>MIN 20:00<\/p>\n<p>In Kevin\u2019s opinion, can hypnotized people do something against their morals?<\/p>\n<p>MIN 22:30<\/p>\n<p>What is the hypnosis state actually and measurably?<\/p>\n<p>MIN 25:30<\/p>\n<p>You have to believe you will be hypnotize.<\/p>\n<p>MIN 28:00<\/p>\n<p>Learning from the Science and art of Magic to understand mental disorders and childhood 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Card tricks for Japanese.<\/p>\n<p>MIN 36:00<\/p>\n<p>People who believe the magic is real and Kevin has really supernatural powers and the ethical dilemma that presents.<\/p>\n<p>MIN 38:00<\/p>\n<p>Once all mystery is gone. 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