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From: ganetauk
Date: Mon Feb 18, 2002 7:55pm
Subject: t.....directed thought
Directed Thought
The performer gives a
number of ESP cards to the spectator and keeps one for
himself. He then instructs the spectator to either deal
the top card to the table or to switch its position
with the next card and deal the pair to the table. The
spectator is then told to follow this procedure for the
rest of the cards, either dealing or switching to
randomize the order of the packet. The spectator is then
asked to do the same with the performer's packet. When
both packets have been dealt, the performer deals the
cards face up in tandem from each pile and shows that
the order of each is identical.
Method - For this
experiment, you only need 20 ESP cards. Simply eliminate one
card of each symbol and arrange the balance into two
packets of ten cards with the order of the symbols
identical in each. Now, you're ready to go. Fan off the top
ten cards of your 20 card packet (do not reverse
their order!) and give them to your spectator. Tell
them that they may either deal the top card to the
table or they may place it under the next card and deal
both of them to the table. What the spectator doesn't
realize is that either procedure accomplishes the same
thing. Essentially, the cards will be reverse-counted to
the table no matter which option is chosen. It will
appear to the spectator, however, that he is changing
the order of the cards. Instruct him to either "deal
or switch" until the packet is exhausted. Once he is
done, hand him the remaining packet of ten cards and
have him repeat the procedure into a second pile. To
end, simply turn the cards over one at a time from
each pile with both hands and show that the order of
the symbols is now identical.
