This (http://sprott.physics.wisc.edu/pickover/esp.html) has been on the web for a while now, but don't recall seeing it posted. It chose my card 4/4 times.

Heh... its an old card trick, but I don't want to give it away.

Heh, the comments are hilarious on the "explanation" page. Especially the ones claiming that it didn't remove their card.

Clifford Pickover rules. I go to his website at least every other day.

So easy though, since EVERY card changes when you select one and click an eye.

it took me a while.. but I found out what and how the **ESP** was done.. :D , had me going for a bit.. but in all good fun.. was a nice trick

..like my Uncle use to say.. **Ya need to slow down and smell the roses**

so someone spill it, hows it done?

So easy though, since EVERY card changes when you select one and click an eye.
This way Mog. ;)

Oh my...just...oh my. The comments on that page, assuming they're real (never believe what an illusionist presents to you) suggest that there is no hope for humanity, we are forever a foolish and stupid race doomed to dwell in darkness.

Neat trick though. Simple, but effective. I've seen others that were far more complex, but didn't generate comments like those. People go nuts when you toss in the words, 'quantum physics.'

Found this old clip.. I think it fits this post best
NSFW
http://mp3.juno.co.uk/MP3/SF75987-01-01-07.mp3

http://sprott.physics.wisc.edu/pickover/espletter.html

To quote the link...

Hi,

Thanks for your note. How did you find my web page?

You were perceptive! It's great you discovered the ESP trick. Try it on friends and watch their faces.

What do you like best/worst at my site? Do you have any suggestions on how to make my web site better?

I don't know how many people realize it's a trick, but all the responses are real. I performed this experiment as research for a chapter in my recent book Dreaming the Future (http://sprott.physics.wisc.edu/pickover/divinead.html).

The book goes into more detail about this "ESP test" and discusses human beliefs in general. In the book, I also discuss an even more interesting study called "The Antinous Prophecies." As I say in my book: "My goal in conducting this little demonstration was to emphasize how easily we can be fooled and how great our will is to believe in the spiritual, the paranormal, and phenomena beyond science. I hope this simple test reinforces the need for skeptical thinking when evaluating claims of the paranormal." My guess is that most people see it's a trick after a few tries, but some don't. I don't have statistics that tell me the ratio of the two classes of people. (After all, only a small set in both classes e-mail me.)

I believe the universe has facets we'll never truly understand -- the universe is mysterious -- but at heart I'm skeptical about ESP until we have very conclusive scientific results.

Regards, Cliff (http://sprott.physics.wisc.edu/pickover/home.htm)


This was in response to an email I sent to Mr. Pickover.

Hi,
How nice of you to write to me about the ESP test! Yes, you were very perceptive. Here's a letter I send to people who discover the trick or ask me questions about the test. Browse to this:

http://sprott.physics.wisc.edu/pickover/espletter.html (http://javascript%3Cimg%20src=%22images/smilies/redface.gif%22%20border=%220%22%20alt=%22%22%20tit le=%22Embarrassment%22%20smilieid=%222%22%20class= %22inlineimg%22%20/%3El%28%27http://sprott.physics.wisc.edu/pickover/espletter.html%27%29;)

You'll learn at the site that this is part of an experiment and that all the "responses" on the page are real.

--
Regards, Cliff
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On 3/1/07, Michael Hillberry wrote: Well every time I picked a card and clicked an eye, 1 card was removed, but
all the other cards were changed too. I think the page is built on people
not being observant enough to notice that all the cards are changed, and
there's just one fewer card. That makes it appear no matter what you pick
that your card got removed because most people won't remember all the cards
that are on the original page.

Mike Hillberry