to wonder if The Dynamo does actual real magic?

[MalibuStacy]

OK, forgive me, I live abroad so have only recently seen this guy on the TV. He was going around the UK doing magic tricks. They were incredible! And the people he was doing the tricks on looked utterly amazed. How can he know what people are thinking? How does he do that? How?

I have to know...

[Ifyourawizardwhydouwearglasses]

It's just Dynamo.

And yes, it is real magic

[divingoffthebalcony]

Magic isn't real. It's sleight of hand and cold reading.

[Writerwannabe83]

It's real magic

[MalibuStacy]

OK, so common sense tells me it's not real magic. But then, how does he do it? Does anybody know? I don't believe in anything woo, but this is really troubling me… .

What's cold reading, by the way?

[divingoffthebalcony]

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_reading

[AlistairSim]

Yes, it's real magic.
If you look closely at the front of his trousers, you might see his magic wand.

[divingoffthebalcony]

Derren Brown has also written books on the techniques he uses: www.derrenbrown.org.uk/books.php

[riverboat1]

If you do a bit of googling there's a website that provides explanations for lots of his tricks. I don't know if they're correct or not but they seem plausible. Quite a few seem to rely on high-tech gadgets like 3D projectors and a heat-generating wristwatch.

[EveDallasRetd]

Dynamo scares me. I can't watch him any more - he creeps me out