How does this trick work? You are directed to focus on the single card and not the six. If you looked at all six you see how it was done. It is such an outrageous trick and so simple with the odds being so impossible that one by one most audience members work it out,although its fun to watch those still stuck inside the box, linger indefinitely in a frustrating world of ambigouty, and fooled by their narrow mindedness.
The Magic of Creative Thinking : Trick 6 card dissapear
1. THE FOOLED BY MAGIC TEST: How creative are you?
1) Click and chose a card. (you have 5 seconds before this slide changes)
2) Click and we will make your card disappear …
(from the article “Fooled by Magic” based on the book “Who Killed Creativity? And How Can We Get It Back”
by Andrew & Gaia Grant www.whokilledcreativity.com
2. THE FOOLED BY MAGICTEST: How creative are you?
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3) Did we made it disappear…
4) Now click again for some real magic….
(from the article “Fooled by Magic” based on the book “Who Killed Creativity? And How Can We Get It Back”
by Andrew & Gaia Grant www.whokilledcreativity.com
3. THE FOOLED BY MAGICTEST: How creative are you?
5) did we made it disappear this time?
(from the article “Fooled by Magic” based on the book “Who Killed Creativity? And How Can We Get It Back”
by Andrew & Gaia Grant www.whokilledcreativity.com
4. THE FOOLED BY MAGICTEST: How creative are you?
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If you were fooled it was because the focus keeps the
audience thinking inside the box while the magic
operates outside the box.
If you were not fooled by this simple trick it means you
can see beyond the boundaries, and are on your way
to developing great creative thinking skills, as creative
thinking frees us from the constraints of the box.
•Read / return to the full article and see the video, to
discover the tricks behind real magic and the link to being
a creative thinker.
(from the article “Fooled by Magic” based on the book “Who Killed Creativity? And How Can We Get It Back”
by Andrew & Gaia Grant www.whokilledcreativity.com
Editor's Notes
Make a card appear What is creativity? KEY CONCEPT: Creative thinking leads to innovative problem solving To look at this topic we are going to ask you to BE creative and we will approach this topic in a creative way. PRESENTATION: Pick a card (note this has gone viral on the internet so intro is as if some have might have seen it) Pick a card Each person picks an individual card and doesn’t look at the over all group. Then move the PPT and when the next 5 cards come up the chosen slide has vanished (All cards have vanished but participates don’t know this as they only looked at one card Follow the instructions on the ‘Mind Reading’ page in the Resource Appendix (MIND ILLUSION: Mind Reading) 1.1 DEVELOPING A CREATIVE MINDSET
What is creativity? KEY CONCEPT: Creative thinking leads to innovative problem solving PRESENTATION: Magic works by keeping the audience thinking inside the box while the magician operates outside the box . Creativity works on the same principle: whereby creative people can learn to think outside of the box, beyond the limitations of ‘everyday’ thinking Follow the instructions on the ‘Mind Reading ’ page in the Resource Appendix (MIND ILLUSION 5) 1.1 DEVELOPING A CREATIVE MINDSET
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