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> From: CampMars@aol.com[SMTP:CampMars@aol.com]
> Reply To: extropians@extropy.com
> Sent: Thursday, 26 August 1999 11:04
> To: extropians@extropy.com
> Subject: Re: analyze this
>
> In a message dated 8/25/99 8:24:26 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> xli03@emory.edu
> writes:
>
> << i am aware of many mathematical tricks (most of them trivial) with
> which performance "magicians" fake mind-reading, but this one utterly
> escapes me at the moment ... could it be the real thing? >>
>
> This was an easy one. They gave you all new cards so no matter which
> one
> you pick it's not going to be there. Still fun at that first moment when
> you
> see it missing though huh?
>
This used to kick around as an Excel spreadsheet (really!). It's amazing how
convincing this trick really is - I've had many very intelligent people show
it to me, totally sucked in.
Emlyn
(I was sucked in too until someone told me how it worked)