Richard Wiseman

Does this scare you?

Richard Wiseman — Thu, 23 May 2013 07:30:39 +0000

Another video care of Denis M today. Does this scare you?

Where does the ball come from?

Richard Wiseman — Wed, 22 May 2013 07:30:31 +0000

I have just made a new Quirkology video….

It took many a take, but hope that you enjoy it!

Like Angry Birds? Then you will love this!

Richard Wiseman — Tue, 21 May 2013 07:30:17 +0000

@Stippidoo brought this wonderful clip to my attention. It is a great example of how advertisers are turning to YouTube!

Like it?

Answer to the Friday Puzzle…..

Richard Wiseman — Mon, 20 May 2013 07:30:29 +0000

On Friday I set this puzzle….

What is special about these two sentences?

1) I am not very happy acting pleased whenever prominent scientists overmagnify intellectual enlightenment.

2) Show this bold Prussian that praises slaughter, slaughter brings rout.

If you have not tried to solve it, have a go now. For everyone else the answers are after the break.

1) The number of letters in each word increases by 1 on each word. I=1, am = 2, not=3 etc.

2) You can remove the first letter of each word and the sentence still makes sense!

Did you solve them?

I have produced an ebook containing 101 of the previous Friday Puzzles! It is called PUZZLED and is available for the Kindle(UK here and USA here) and on the iBookstore (UK here in the USA here). You can try 101 of the puzzles for free here.

It’s the Friday Puzzle!

Richard Wiseman — Fri, 17 May 2013 07:30:56 +0000

Please do NOT post your answer, but do say if you think you have solved the puzzle and how long it took. Solution on Monday.

What is special about these two sentences?

1) I am not very happy acting pleased whenever prominent scientists overmagnify intellectual enlightenment.

2) Show this bold Prussian that praises slaughter, slaughter brings rout.

You won’t believe your eyes…..

Richard Wiseman — Thu, 16 May 2013 06:30:35 +0000

Another great video sent to me by David B today. Watch this, it is amazing.

Short but great…..

Richard Wiseman — Wed, 15 May 2013 06:30:58 +0000

David B brought my attention to this lovely clip. It is very short, very simple, but very powerful.

Test your eyes!

Richard Wiseman — Tue, 14 May 2013 06:30:03 +0000

Two things today.

First, The Magic Circular (magazine of The Magic Circle) has just reviewed my new trick, The Grid. It is a very kind review by Darren Tossell, and ends saying ”…a masterful piece of magic from the ingenious mind of Professor Richard Wiseman. Highly Recommended”. If you are interested in the trick, click here.

Second, Darren S sent me this wonderful weird photograph…..

Can you get your head around it?

Answer to the Friday Puzzle….

Richard Wiseman — Mon, 13 May 2013 06:30:21 +0000

On Friday I set this puzzle.

A puzzle via Tod B this week. Can you figure out the secret of this sequence and so discover what numbers should replace the question marks?

111 = 13

112 = 24

113 = 35

114= 46

115= 57

117= ??

If you have not tried to solve it, have a go now. For everyone else the answer is after the break.

The pattern is 10 x the units plus the sum of all the digits.

So, 111 = 1 x 10 + 3 = 13, 112 = 2 x 10 + 4 = 24 etc.

The final one is 7 x 10 + 9 = 79

Did you solve it? Any other answers?