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As someone who was crazy about magic as a kid and learned a bunch of magic tricks, yes, it does. Really.

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Oh yeah, for magic “tricks” that’s fair:-).

You could still use it to cause squeals of delight from young’uns who don’t know any better yet. So the utility is vastly diminished, but not entirely gone.

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As someone else who was crazy about magic as a kid, I feel like that just made magic even more magical. Having an understanding of how magic tricks work lets you really appreciate the art and be truly wowed when you see a trick you can’t figure out.

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I still appreciate it, but the “magic” is gone. It becomes an intellectual and physical challenge once you understand the mechanics behind slight of hand and other forms of stage magic.

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Yeah, for sure. To me, the intellectual and physical challenge is the magic.

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What did you think of magic after you learned occultist techniques?

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