What I was questioning was "nobody notices. Because they don't want to notice", as opposed to it having been obfuscated by "magic, suggestion, psychology, misdi

What I was questioning was "nobody notices. Because they don't want to notice", as opposed to it having been obfuscated by "magic, suggestion, psychology, misdirection and showmanship" to coin a phrase, but from the examples you've given above, it sounds like we agree in principle.