Forum Sceptique

Les videos sont les videos de psi les plus impressionantes que j'ai pu voir, j'ai du mal a comprendre pourquoi il est presque introuvable sur youtube et google, quelqu'un en connait plus sur ce bonhomme?

Banachek and Project Alpha
Today Nuzum, though still claiming on his website to have “mastered many mind-over-matter studies,” runs a magic shop in Pennsylvania. I contacted mentalist and friend Banachek who, under his real name of Steve Shaw, was one of the celebrated alumni of Project Alpha (in which young magicians fooled scientists into thinking they had extrasensory perception [ESP]). Steve confirmed to me that he was a friend of Nuzum at the time of Project Alpha. They lived in the same town, had been friends for at least five years, and used to exchange tricks and ideas on magic. However, it appears that Nuzum—who had specialized in escapology at the time—was impressed by the press coverage that Steve had been able to gather while pretending to be a psychic, and he wanted to achieve the same result.

Nuzum started to perform mentalism tricks, most of which were pretty standard purchased items, and with these he convinced psychiatrist Berthold Schwartz that he was the real thing.

Schwartz had already been “amazed” by Steve during Project Alpha, and he continued to believe that Steve really had psychic powers even after the hoax was revealed. When Steve tried to explain to him via letters that Nuzum was a colleague and was just performing conjuring tricks, Schwartz refused to listen.

Still another study in which no competent magician was actively involved resulted in one of the poorest reports of recent years. Schwarz’s (1985a, 1985b) descriptions of macro-PK phenomena produced by Joe Nuzum read like descriptions from the conjuring literature. The reader may wish to compare the pictures of the match under the glass on page 21 of Schwarz’s (1985a) article with that of page 45 in Tannen’s Catalog of Magic No. 15 (Louis Tannen, Inc., 1985). One might also compare the third feat of Affidavit A (p. 17) with the effect called “Rupert’s Pearls” (sometimes known as “Devil’s Tears”) advertised on page 17 of the June 1986 issue of Linking Ring. Many other equally striking comparisons could be made. To Schwarz’s credit, he did consult with several other magicians; however, those he spoke to seemed unaware of a number of standard magic tricks.

viddal26 a écrit :La vidéo parle d'enfants arc en ciel et d'enfants indigo.
Ces enfants auraient des auras indigo, ce qui serait la preuve de pouvoir psy.
Ils ont proposé ça comme alternative aux diagnostics des enfants autistes et hyperactifs.
Ca me rappelle quelqu'un sur ce forum qui voit dans des autistes des génies potentiels.

Ce mouvement avait été accusé de dérive sectaire.

Bref, mon opinion est pratiquement faite. En mode Redico, ça se résume à :

D1 : Joe Nuzum est un prestidigitateur qui utilise des trucs.
Denis : 99.99% | LiL'ShaO : 95%
Toi, à combien évalues-tu D1? Merci de répondre.