The Advancement of Technology...

[VagueTheory]

I was up last night studying for classes again...then I began to ponder.

As technology advances, will the world of "sleight of hand" be less magical?

While people may rave about a levitation feat that someone may do nowadays, what if human flight does in fact become a possibility in the future?

While teleportation effects (some sandwiches, card to (insert place here), etc) are astonishing now, what if scientists DO discover a method of teleportation of objects? Will "transpositions" still be as effective?

Just a thought...

 

[chriswiehl]

yea it still will be. we just have to work around those with our scripting and presentation.

 

[RickEverhart]

Sleights will be just as astonishing if done with "real world" objects like cards rather than scientific tools. If you don't believe me, go to someone's house....borrow 3 opaque cups out of their cabinet...roll up some tiny paper balls and perform a cups and balls routine. Because it was a normal, borrowed, typical object...it fries them.

 

[timsilva]

Magic has always, and will always be competing for the attention of people.

I still believe that some solid of hand, such as a clean coin vanish, will always be appreciated.

Otherwise, I'm not really sure. There is no definite way to predict the future.

 

[jrod21]

I performed the 3 card monte(This and That) today for a teacher at school with 3 student id's. She was absolutely astounded. Now of course it may be different in the future with new innovations, but a simple trick like the latter with everyday objects can easily amaze people. I'm sure it won't pose a problem