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Say your friend’s name and ask them
to concentrate on memorizing their
card. This will make them look at
you, and their focus will be directed
away from the deck. You can now flip
the cards over without them noticing.Ask your friend to slot
their card back into the
deck anywhere they like.Don’t look down as
you flip the cards.Fan out the cards again.
Look! One card is
facing up. Your friend
will be amazed to
discover it’s their card.3
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Quite simply, humans
are not very good at
doing two things at
the same time.So here, by asking your friend to
remember the card or to think of
a word, you are misdirecting their
attention away from what you are
doing—flipping the deck.SCIENCE
PART...
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Be careful they don’t
notice that the cards
below the top card are
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