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A Clever Card Trick That May Leave You Bewildered
Our Hot Finds section has been very serious of late so it's time for a little unabashed silliness.
This old trick from master illusionist David Copperfield is hardly a Hot Find but even today, it can still shock the unwary.
I recall the first time I saw this trick; I was momentarily stunned and flabbergasted. You may be too but after a little reflection you will find yourself smiling in admiration at its simple cleverness.
If you have some fun or light hearted items to contribute send them to me using the site contact form in the left sidebar. They probably won't feature here in "Hot Finds" but rather on our frivolous (and well hidden) "Complete Waste of Time" page. You will get full credit for any contribution.
Step 1:
Step 2:
Step 3
Step 4
Now a magician never reveals his secrets so please don't leave a comment below saying how it works. Instead let folks work it out for themselves.
Do however leave a comment saying how long it took you to discover the solution.
Gizmo
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Check out YouTube's version:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbEei0I3kMQ&NR=1
lol I don't know I think this trick is just for slow people, I realised straight away but I'm observant.
Less than a second.
zbuckone
they changed all the cards...
nevertheless... a wicked pack of cards
he's not even using the same cards on the top as on the bottom
ok dude i dont know how you did that but it was so awesome love always baleigh
ouch thats hard....NOT. lol
took me seconds to work out lol it is pretty obvious to be fair
I'm still stuck on Step 2.
You're way ahead... I'm still back chilling out on the card file page.
http://www.techsupportalert.com/node/201
oh darn make me feel stoopid why don't you ---- I STILL can't figure it out
It took me about 30 seconds - really! A very clever and very simple trick.
It could only be done one way.
AHA - The mystery of the tableau is understood!
Well , call me stupid , call me dense , but I still don't know how they do the card trick.
They changed the cards all those cards that are at the top are not at the bottom
less than a second - lame
Whadyermean don't reveal how he does it?!! It's MAGIC innit?!!
A.T.B .Merlin.
I was startled momentarily...but my mind immediately jumped to the only logical conclusion. S it took about three seconds to figure it out including the time it took to scroll up and check my assumptions. Good though...very tricky.
And a cool Wikipedia page:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cognitive_biases
(unbiased judgment)
I guessed the answer as soon as I read the word "gone"
How about this one!!!
http://www.neco1.com/games/mindreadingcat/index.html
Try this one:
http://www.hortplus.com/FreeStuf/Stress/quiz1.htm
I wonder which population they sampled.
I guess it has only one answer to it.
At step 3, when you add two digits together, you always get 9.
And why it says 98% of population will get it right? B'cos 2% of the population make mistakes in simple math.
If that happens, there's no Kangaroo in Denmark eating an Orange, but something else, maybe a Monkey in Africa climbing up a Coconut tree :>)
I hate to disagree with you about the 2% not being able to do maths.
You presumably picked a kangaroo and orange begins with o. I picked a koala bear and raspberry.
Anyone else have an apple-eating iguana in Djibouti ??
'Koala bear' in 'Denmark' eating 'Rhubarb'?
(or 'Raspberries')
Only 2% will think of that too :>)
Silly page poll:
What's your favorite k-word animal?
a) Koala b) Kangaroo c) Kitten d)*****
Kangaroo. Koala is quite an uncommon word anyway, would never think of it. If it's a bear, people would first think of 'bear', rather than 'koala'. Of course, they are always people who would think otherwise :>)
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