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Documentary filmmaker Lana Wilson says she considered herself a “lifelong skeptic.” Her experience working on “Look Into My Eyes” changed that.
The film documents the life of former magician, escape artist, and skeptical educator James Randi, in particular the investigations through which he publicly exposed psychics, faith healers, and con-artists. The film also focuses on Randi's relationship with his partner of 25 years, José Alvarez, who at the time of filming, had been discovered ...
Wilson draws on the irrationality of trauma in the doc’s disarming opening sequence: an E.R. doctor asking to communicate with a young girl that she saw die from a gunshot wound decades before.
George C. Parker (1860–1936): American con man who sold New York City monuments to tourists, including the Brooklyn Bridge, which he sold twice a week for years. The saying "I'll sell you the Brooklyn Bridge" originated from this con. [13] Charles Ponzi (1882–1949): Italian swindler and con artist; "Ponzi scheme" is a type of fraud named ...
Some well-known magicians, such as Penn & Teller, and James Randi, argue that a key differentiation between a mentalist and someone who purports to be an actual psychic is that the former is open about being a skilled artist or entertainer who accomplishes their feats through practice, study, and natural means, while the latter may claim to ...
Con artists, as predators, love to pounce on these opportunities of emotional vulnerability. During these periods, "we become a little bit uncomfortable because humans don't really like ...
Gina Marie Marks (born January 25, 1973) is an American psychic and convicted fraudster.Using the pseudonym of Regina Milbourne, [1] she co-authored Miami Psychic: Confessions of a Confidante, a memoir published by HarperCollins in 2006.
There are two types of intuitive thinking, he notes: System 1, which is fast and driven by emotions with no real conscious effort to compartmentalize (“gut feeling” decisions), and System 2 ...