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The amazing Randi would talk about those often during his interviews. Apparently some were a bunch of random hardware glued together + a bunch of ants in the i
by savant_penguin 5y ago
The amazing Randi would talk about those often during his interviews.
Apparently some were a bunch of random hardware glued together + a bunch of ants in the inside
- xabi 5y agohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruTmqfGJhTI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruTmqfGJhTI
- kabdib 5y agoI guess they tried it without the ants, and it didn't work?
- 0xcde4c3db 5y agoRandi also spoke about the ideomotor effect, which is the basis of how these things "work". The short version is that if someone believes a force is present, there is a tendency to subconsciously generate a corresponding body movement. To the extent that any actual information is involved, the user is feeding information to the device, not the other way around. See also: Ouija boards, facilitated communication, no-touch martial arts, etc..