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11-07-2006, 06:54 AM
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The Jedi Mind trick can be very reliable. It really is amazing how many people there are in the real world that are so simple minded that a simple variant of the JMT will actually work. Not necessarily a hand wave, but more of a query about something in the distance that's absolutely inconsequential. The other person's mind will quietly follow this algorithm:
1. What in the distance? 2. What about it is important? 3. How does this apply to the current topic? 4. It doesn't, so he must mean something else. 5. Repeat 1-4 until all likely objects are rejected as the intended target. 6. Fail to come up with something clever. 7. Nod and smile, mumbling something positive. 8. Fail to recall original topic. Lather, rinse, repeat as needed.
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mudshark: Nate's just being...Nate. Zeke: It comes nateurally to him. mudshark: I don't expect Nate to make sense, really -- it's just a bad idea. Sa'ar Chasm on the 5M.net forum: Sit back, relax, and revel in the insanity. Adam Savage: I reject your reality and substitute my own! Hanlon's Razor: Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity. Crow T. Robot: Oh, stop pretending there's a plot. Don't cheapen yourself further. 
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