I remember reading this article a while back, and this phrase in particular stuck with me: > You will be fooled by a trick if it involves more time, money and

I remember reading this article a while back, and this phrase in particular stuck with me: > You will be fooled by a trick if it involves more time, money and practice than you (or any other sane onlooker) would be willing to invest. There's a strong analogy here I think with how computers are essentially magic: CPUs do very simple things just insanely fast, essentially investing way more "time" than you as a human could consider putting into a task.