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The Forum: Magic

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22/08/2015 GMT

Magic

BBC World Service - The Forum, Magic

The art - and science - of magic and its place in the world today.

Is misdirection really at the root of all magic – distracting and deceiving us to create a feeling of wonder? With Scott Penrose, Aliette de Bodard and Kevin O’Regan.

Are we too technologically advanced for magic to cast a spell on us, or is there a significant place for the enchantment it can generate? Tim Marlow asks the stage magician Scott Penrose, the fantasy novelist Aliette de Bodard and the experimental psychologist Dr Kevin O’Regan for their thoughts. 

(Photo: Magic cards. Credit: Shan Pillay)

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