Whenever I find out how a trick is done, it never changes how I think the world works. I mainly just learn again that I can be fooled, which is a bit of a no-brainer.

This is why I listen to scientists at all. They have many tricks for detecting and rectifying foolage. As a bonus, they’re individually simple.

So I guess it does verify something else: magic tricks unambiguously set off the science klaxons. But then, if they didn’t, it would just seem normal, not counter-intuitive at all, and wouldn’t make a very good trick. Which sadly means it isn’t a good test. Which means I need tricks that aren’t supposed to be seen as tricks, for testing.