Sunday, February 6, 2011

Bill "The Tides Are Inexplicable, To Me, Therefore Divine" O'Reilly might've benefited from a chat with Houdini.

Houdini's Skeptical Advice: Just Because Something's Unexplained Doesn't Mean It's Supernatural: Scientific American:


'Sir Arthur, I have devoted a lot of time and thought to this illusion ... I won’t tell you how it was done, but I can assure you it was pure trickery. I did it by perfectly normal means. I devised it to show you what can be done along these lines. Now, I beg of you, Sir Arthur, do not jump to the conclusion that certain things you see are necessarily “supernatural,” or the work of “spirits,” just because you cannot explain them ...' 
Lamentably, Sir Arthur continued to believe that Houdini had psychic powers and spiritual connections that he employed in his famous escapes. 
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