Magicians fought over an ultra-secret tracker dedicated to stealing magic tricks

Re:Magicians fought over an ultra-secret tracker dedicated t... by simonw on Sunday December 04, 2016 @02:58PM (#13101482)

If I want to know how a classic trick is done I'll look at the Wikipedia page. It often won't reveal the secret directly, but if you check the page history you'll find an edit war between magicians which exposes exactly how it works.

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Re:Magicians fought over an ultra-secret tracker dedicated t... by nyolfen on Sunday December 04, 2016 @04:36PM (#13101895)

now this is interesting! what exactly is the rationale used by those who would prefer it remain secret? i assume it's for the preservation of their job or hobby, but i doubt that would fly on its own.

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Re:Magicians fought over an ultra-secret tracker dedicated t... by imron on Sunday December 04, 2016 @08:48PM (#13102876)

A culture of a magician never reveals his secrets.

With the secret unknown it's 'magic'. With the secret known it becomes just a simple trick.

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Re:Magicians fought over an ultra-secret tracker dedicated t... by Tempest1981 on Sunday December 04, 2016 @05:34PM (#13102146)

These are essentially trade secrets -- like the recipe for KFC or Coca Cola. Except with the latter, there is plausible denial.

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