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chrusa
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Is anybody out there aware of any principle that allows you to do the following.

You have a spectator, or a few spectators think of a random 3 or 4 digit number. No force.

Then another spectator adds them up and you have predicted the total.

I would like to do this basically just like that, not pick a number multiply it by this, subtract this, add 5, etc.


Chris
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Philemon Vanderbeck
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I can think of three off-hand...

Check your copy of Corinda's "13 Steps."
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chrusa
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Thank you I'm looking at 13 steps right now. I have so many books I start researching then something catches my eye and sidetracks me, next thing its 5am and I'm still reading. I wish there was some sort of index out there that was searchable to find out what is where.
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If you're like me, an index wouldn't help you stay on topic. Smile
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chrusa
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Great point! Everytime I see an index I say oooooh I want to read that! I swear and next thing I know its 5am!
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Brent McLeod
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here opens his shows with this similar effect-4 random nos & has the prediction inside an envelope
inside his wallet in the pocket-Plays Huge & gets a great response
as the spectator on stage reads this prediction in a mic

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plungerman
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The classic method usually involves switching the pad on which the numbers are written just before they are added up. One of the best is Bruce Berstien's Dangle Book. Turning the pad over is just as effective

Could help if you tell us what the effect will be.

P
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Many years ago I saw Glenn Falkenstein perform this effect in the Parlour at the Castle. He began by having four people each think of a three-digit number. He then read the mind of each person, added the numbers in his head, wrote the total on a slate, and set the slate (back to the audience) on his table. He then had each person write his number on the pad, and asked a fifth spectator (one of my guests that evening) tot up the sum; he asked me to check the addition. Of course, he got the total correct.

I like this presentation better than a prediction previously sealed in an envelope because the real-time aspect better promotes the idea that the result is different every time it's performed (as, of course, it should be).
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A switch is necessary, yes, S-2000? Like Plungerman mentions?
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