Richard Wiseman is not just an amateur wizard but a professional psychologist. He uses his tricks and the Internet as a platform to study people. The more he knows about whats going on in the heads of his victims the better he can enchant them. But hes also got a message thats not necessarily good for business: dont trust everything you see.
Richard Wiseman, member of the UK's magic circle is a man who gets bored easily. So to avert his bordom he's channeled it into his internet magic videos, which is all great research as he's also the first ever professor for the public understanding of psychology at the University of Hertfordshire, North London.
His color changing card trick is a real internet hit, but although explaining how magic works is what Richard Wiseman is a ll about, he would never dream of betraying his fellow magicians by revealing their most well-kept secrets.
The quirky aspects of everyday human life seem to be enough to keep him occupied for the moment but he hopes his work will inspire others to get fired up about his favorite suject: Human behaviour and perception.
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