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"Magic is just completely fake. It's just another word for lying." -- Penn Jillette, on the random Space Ghost episode that popped up on my playlist

Yeah, you slick conceited asshole. But if you're gonna play those games... so is "literature." So is "culture." Fuck, you probably know some biology, Penn: so is "human perception." All "lies"-- useful, vital ones.

This is a classic example of how a rationalist can be totally factual and completely fucking misled at the same time. -_-

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@zebratron2084 was he referring to "woo"-type magic or stage magic, though? i wouldn't really conflate them more than just on a very surface level.

stage magicians do tricks with the intent to deceive viewers; it wouldn't surprise me if that's what he was thinking of

but it also wouldn't surprise me if he wasn't into the other sort of magic either i guess

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