Not always true. Sometimes the locks are ‘real’ but deliberately chosen to be easy to pick, and the magician practices picking that particular lock.
This doesn’t change the point much, which is that watching stage magicians is not a good way to get an idea of how hard it is to do X, for basically an value of X.
Locking Picking lawyer on youtube is a fun way to learn about locks.
Not always true. Sometimes the locks are ‘real’ but deliberately chosen to be easy to pick, and the magician practices picking that particular lock. This doesn’t change the point much, which is that watching stage magicians is not a good way to get an idea of how hard it is to do X, for basically an value of X. Locking Picking lawyer on youtube is a fun way to learn about locks.