I think I’m seconding this when I say that one of the most rational of Muggle studies has been magic, in the sense of stage illusionism. There’s a long history of stage magicians—beginning at least with Houdini—debunking self-declared spiritualists and psychics and so on. James Randi, Penn and Teller, and even Johnny Carson spring to mind.
I think I’m seconding this when I say that one of the most rational of Muggle studies has been magic, in the sense of stage illusionism. There’s a long history of stage magicians—beginning at least with Houdini—debunking self-declared spiritualists and psychics and so on. James Randi, Penn and Teller, and even Johnny Carson spring to mind.