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		dehrmann on May 7, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Think of a Number. How Do Math Magicians Know What... Then there's the time with David Blaine and George W. Bush: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vzuDkjtDOY

4jsfgja5aj on May 8, 2022 [–]

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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