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Re:Think of a Number. How Do Math Magicians Know What It Is? by dehrmann on Saturday May 07, 2022 @12:22PM (#31295974)
Then there's the time with David Blaine and George W. Bush:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vzuDkjtDOY

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Re:Think of a Number. How Do Math Magicians Know What It Is? by 4jsfgja5aj on Sunday May 08, 2022 @09:58AM (#31304017)
That is a great trick. I played along with the number trick, and I also had my number predicted. So this is success on a random independent sample of 2 people, with 1-in-20 odds. I'm sure LLN eventually kicks in, but I'll remember this coincidence for a long time.
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