jamy ian swiss

Pretty good piece in the New Yorker about Jamy Ian Swiss and others in the magic community. I thought it captured some real insights into why we do this nutty thing. http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/03/17/080317fa_fact_gopnik?currentPage=all

Vic Stenger talks about the limits of science, and whether scientists should be critical of religion and the paranormal, or if such sorts of claims are out of the bounds of science, and therefore beyond criticism. He discusses the academic and spiritual career of Fritjof Capra, and his...

Carol Tavris describes dissonance theory and how self-justification and self-deception often keep people from changing their minds even in the light of compelling contrary evidence, because the evidence is often dissonant with one’s self-image. She details the implications of dissonance theory...

Heavy Mental + Science, Magic, and Skepticism These events are sponsored by National Capital Area Skeptics and Center for Inquiry DC to Promote Skepticism, Critical Thinking and Science Understanding Jamy Ian Swiss World-renowned skeptic, magician and mentalist is coming to Washington, D.C...

Don't miss the New York City Skeptics Association's inaugural activity featuring Jamy Ian Swiss performing at Monday Night Magic! On September 10 Jamy Ian Swiss will be headlining at Monday Night Magic, New York's longest Off-Broadway magic show. For this performance, Jamy has graciously...

SUNDAY MAY 20: Non-IBM RING 60 members and guests $10 Where: The IHOP at 1101 South Mopac - 327-9284 When: Sunday - May 20th, Lecture starts at 6 and will end at 9pm Who: Jamy Ian Swiss IBM Ring 60 & Richard Garriott invite all magicians to a special lecture by Jamy Ian SwissSunday May...

Banachek and Jamy Ian Swiss were on Penn Radio yesterday. You can still listen to it under "Featured Audio". It will be there for only about a week. It's a good listen. They mostly talk about mentalism and psychics. http://www.pennradio.com/

It appears that Jamy Ian Swiss has answered the Lord's call... http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/02/fashion/weddings/02PLOT.html?ex=1145505600&en=2bc53f60c48e9bc6&ei=5070 http://geniimagazine.com/forum/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=10;t=002112 Forevermore thou shalt refer to him as...

I'm going to both the pre-convention workshop and the closeup magic show with Jamy Ian Swiss at TAM4. I'm really excited and interested about both of these - well the whole thing really - but I was wondering: Who has seen Jamy? Is he half as awesome as I've heard? My Diary My Band

Hello all, I just got back from Jamy's Card Clinic with Roberto Giobbi and special guest Howard Schwartzman (who has the smallest hands I've ever seen.) Richard Kauffman (editor of Genii) was there as well. It was an incredible weekend. There were only 14 of us, so we got lots of attention...