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Originally Posted by lonely_but_rich
I dunno if it's really up for debate since it was explained in the first minute of the clip when he shows you the big sheet of metal under the board.
I think it's hilarious how quiet you got after being proven utterly and completely wrong.
This just further proves that Penn & Teller are brilliant performers and people believe what they want to believe and will refuse "the truth" at all costs if it contradicts their beliefs.
You were right about one thing, he does explain the trick. He explains that most memorization acts are in fact, tricks. They are just lies. Which they don't mind you knowing because they believe it's morally wrong to do dangerous stunts because it makes the audience complicit with unnecessary risk.
Then he puts the gun directly to Tellers jugular and says. "If you have any doubt about this being a lie *shoots the gun* I think that proves it".
If at that point you thought there was ANYTHING in that gun that could project outward, then the you couldn't have been more wrong.
I've seen their show live in Vegas and it amazes me how many people saw their bullet catching trick and left the theater thinking that they actually fired real bullets or blanks from their guns and believe it as vehemently as you believed there were nails in that gun.
That's dangerous, utterly stupid and no insurance company would EVER allow such an act to be performed in front of a live audience.
There are NO nails in that gun. Just a trick that relies on the fact that common sense isn't actually common at all...