I stumbled across this gem on On Demand last nigh. What a fun show! (It’s very interactive.) I only watched the first two episode but really liked it.
It basically a show that talks about the science of how the brain works. In doing so they have a lot of “games” that you, the viewer, take part in. Very trippy, very mind blowing.
Yeah, my kids and I are loving this show. I’ve set my DVR to make sure we never miss an episode!
I’ve been DVR’ing it. I’ve watched the first two episodes. Pretty cool stuff!
I’ve caught bits of it, and like it, but there was one part that annoyed me. It was an alleged magic trick with a dozen crates, and the host hiding in one of them. The interactive part was for the audience to supposedly pick a crate at random. The “magician” had his assistants demolish crates with sledgehammers until there was just one left, and the host climbs out of it.
Which was fine until they pulled old “a magician doesn’t reveal his secrets” crap. For one thing, this is supposed to be a show that explains things; don’t waste five minutes and then say “we’re not going to tell you.” It was pathetically easy to figure out how it worked, but the whole presentation is not what I look for in a show like that, and what it mostly seems to deliver.
I don’t think it’d be too hard to figure out. The whole trick comes down to a series of forced choices, and the magician herds you in the right direction. I spotted on the first step when they told you to add a number to whatever number you were thinking, which automatically meant the first three crates would be up for demolition. Re-watching a couple of times should make it apparent how each of those steps forced the choice for the viewer.
I figured it out as they were showing it. I just thought the “we can’t reveal the secret” crap was really out of place.