A new paradigm of magic and lying to Magicians

Wyattsb · 09-19-2012, 08:57 AM

How would total exposure of magic affect the art? Not only to amateur magicians but to laymen, what if the spectators knew what we were all up to? Magicians would be forced to create new and abstract techniques of a totally different kind to achieve the impossible. Those numbers of people who could perform magic would drop way down to a spare few, would this benefit the art? An example of this can be seen in ourselves, we see someone do a trick, and most of the time if we don't know exactly how its done, we can at least recognise the style of the technique used. what if laymen had that knowledge, we would only be left with those rare magic effects that completely and totally fool us. Would this be a good thing?

For the second idea I will use Mark, as he is a perfect example. He is commonly accused of using camera tricks and such to achieve his effects, what if hypothetically, he has been? Magicians believe him, laymen don't. Say he had been lying to us the whole time, provided he hadn't released anything, taking advantage of the inexplicable trust between magicians, doing what he can to make us believe him. Really all we're doing is believing in the impossible, which is all what we strive to achieve in others. Should the method used really ethically matter when the ultimate goal is to make them believe?

09-19-2012, 08:57 AM	#1
Wyattsb Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Australia Posts: 32	A new paradigm of magic and lying to Magicians How would total exposure of magic affect the art? Not only to amateur magicians but to laymen, what if the spectators knew what we were all up to? Magicians would be forced to create new and abstract techniques of a totally different kind to achieve the impossible. Those numbers of people who could perform magic would drop way down to a spare few, would this benefit the art? An example of this can be seen in ourselves, we see someone do a trick, and most of the time if we don't know exactly how its done, we can at least recognise the style of the technique used. what if laymen had that knowledge, we would only be left with those rare magic effects that completely and totally fool us. Would this be a good thing? For the second idea I will use Mark, as he is a perfect example. He is commonly accused of using camera tricks and such to achieve his effects, what if hypothetically, he has been? Magicians believe him, laymen don't. Say he had been lying to us the whole time, provided he hadn't released anything, taking advantage of the inexplicable trust between magicians, doing what he can to make us believe him. Really all we're doing is believing in the impossible, which is all what we strive to achieve in others. Should the method used really ethically matter when the ultimate goal is to make them believe?