Episode · People I (Mostly) Admire · 2021-02-20
Books mentioned on Joshua Jay: “Humans Are So, So Easy to Fool.” | People I (Mostly) Admire | Episode 16
Joshua Jay discussed Sleights of mind by Stephen L. Macknik, The kingdom of Matthias, and The Discovery of Witchcraft by Reginald Scot.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Sleights of mind
Sleights of Mind: What the Neuroscience of Magic Reveals About Our Everyday Brains by Stephen L.
Discussed“the way it happened was I was hired to do a show for the psychology department of college of New Jersey and so they're I don't know 250 kids in this Hall and they had all been assigned to read a book called slights of mine which is a book on the Neuroscience of magic”
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The kingdom of Matthias
Discussed“I took a class at University the founding of religions and we read this book The Kingdom of Matthias about alternate Messiahs in and around the time of Jesus Christ”
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The Discovery of Witchcraft
The Discovery of Witchcraft by Reginald Scot is a landmark 1584 publication that historically sought to expose fraudulent magical practices while defending people wrongly accused of witchcraft.
Discussed“and in the west we sort of put that at the year 1584 with the publication of a book called the discovery of Witchcraft by Reginald Scott”
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Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing Sleights of mind
“There were, I don't know, 250 kids in this hall, and they had all been assigned to read a book called 'Slight of Mind,' which is a book on the neuroscience of magic. I did my show, and afterwards they were asking great questions, and one after the next, I realized we don't know the answers to these questions.”