Throughout the show, he exposes the "Ideomotor Effect" (the phenomenon that makes Ouija boards work) and "Cold Reading" (the technique psychics use to scam the grieving). He demonstrates how easily memory can be implanted. By the time the intermission rolls around, you are looking at your fellow audience members with suspicion, wondering if you are a puppet on invisible strings.
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