334 - Magical Thinking - Matt Tompkins (rebroadcast)
3/2/20261 hr 19 min
In this episode, the story of Clever Hans, the horse who changed psychology for the better. We also sit down with psychologist and magician Matt Tompkins. Matt is the author of The Spectacle of Illusion, a book about the long history of the manipulation of our own magical thinking and how studying deception can help us better understand perception, memory, belief, and more.
Society for Psychical Research
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David McRaney· Host0:20
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