> Which is why I think that so many magicians get stupid about "exposure." Because they fall into that common psychological fallacy of assuming that other peopl

> Which is why I think that so many magicians get stupid about "exposure." Because they fall into that common psychological fallacy of assuming that other people think as they do. That if given the chance everyone is going to rush to find out how a trick is done. Whereas most people just don't care that much. (I' a very amateur magician) That's absolutely the right take IMO. It's amazing to me that people will try to convince me for ten minutes to tell them how something is done. When I mention that they can probably find out in about 2 minutes of searching online, they're often surprised and say they'll do it. Afaik, not once has anyone ever actually gone and looked. People forget about magic two minutes after it's done. Except for our special subset of people that just have to know :)