| A mind reading game can shock you with its accuracy. | | | | for how they can figure things out. Yet there is. With |
| So can magicians. Are they truly reading your mind or | | | | card tricks cards are often marked or handled in such |
| is it some trick? Sometimes it is, but not always. There | | | | a way that the magician knows what one you picked. |
| are many online mind reading games. They are fun | | | | It is a slight of hand trick more often than not. Other |
| and intriguing. The challenge is to try and figure out | | | | ways they can read your mind is by reading your |
| how they work. Can a computer program actually do | | | | body. Some it is using body language. Though one I |
| mind reading? | | | | saw used a person's pulse rate to determine |
| In most cases it comes down to the right mathematical | | | | knowledge. |
| formula. These types of games are based on science | | | | Does this mean that all is an illusion? No. There have |
| and probability. It is simply a matter of asking the right | | | | been too many scientific experiments showing some |
| questions that lead to a predictable conclusion. | | | | people have a high accuracy in identifying what |
| I have participated in mind reading games. Ones where | | | | someone was thinking. This is usually done with special |
| you need to answer a series of questions. Sometimes | | | | picture cards. The idea is that one person looks at the |
| there is only one possible outcome. Others are based | | | | card and the person being studied is able to identify |
| on a predictable pattern of choosing. A lot of work is | | | | what the card is. Some people have an accuracy that |
| put into creating the illusion that it was able to read | | | | is almost statistically impossible. Conclusion is that mind |
| your mind. | | | | reading is scientifically probable. No one is willing to say |
| What about mind reading in magicians acts? Can | | | | it is 100% scientifically proven. However it is quite |
| magicians read your mind? It sure seems like the can. I | | | | possible that people are actually reading other peoples |
| have seen magicians know what card or word people | | | | thoughts... |
| have picked. There seems to be no logical explanation | | | | |