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The
"1" group:
1=1
3=1+2
5=1+4
7=1+2+4
9=1+8
11=1+2+8
13=1+4+8
15=1+2+4+8
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The
"2"
group:
2=2
3=1+2
6=2+4
7=1+2+4
10=2+8
11=1+2+8
14=2+4+8
15=1+2+4+8 |
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The
"4" group:
4=4
5=1+4
6=2+4
7=1+2+4
12=4+8
13=1+4+8
14=2+4+8
15=1+2+4+8
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The
"8"
group:
8=8
9=1+8
10=2+8
11=1+2+8
12=4+8
13=1+4+8
14=2+4+8
15=1+2+4+8 |
Backstage,
magician Max Maven appears
on video to show how he was able to read the symbol from your
mind in the front stage.
Secretly,
he gave each symbol on the table a number from one to fifteen.
Each of those numbers can be represented by a unique combination
of the numbers 1, 2, 4 and 8. Max grouped the numbers into
four sets accordingly (see the chart).
In
the front stage, Max showed the set of symbols associated
with each group, saying he was sure yours was there, and asking
for a yes or no answer. With
four answers and some quick addition, he was able to reveal
the symbol hidden in your mind. The art of performance and
his commanding presence make it very believable that he could
be reading your mind.
At
the end, Max Maven introduces some video of other mentalists
reading minds in ways that have nothing to do with what you've
just learned, leaving you mystified.
Also
backstage, you can be a mind-reading magician with a simplified
version of our custom-made illusion front stage, with a grid
of 16 objects and four questions that will reveal the object
in someone else's mind. At a large magic square you can test
Max's prediction. Or you can make your own magic square, learning
the hidden patterns that make it work. In another video experience,
Max can read your mind again to tell you which animal you're
thinking of, no matter how you respond to his first question.
The hidden math pattern that makes it possible is something
you can take home and try yourself. Hidden patterns surround
us in the world.
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