tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post6683822500175563004..comments2024-03-28T21:34:40.656-07:00Comments on WILD ABOUT HARRY: Houdini's Skeptical Advice in February Scientific AmericanJohn Coxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-154078992141619332011-02-08T01:55:42.850-08:002011-02-08T01:55:42.850-08:00I saw this issue the other day so will go back and...I saw this issue the other day so will go back and get it. Or stand there and read it until told to move on .. either way.<br /><br />Doyle was blinded by belief - I could sympathise with him up to a point but when he turned against Houdini and went over to the dark side, he lost me.melbohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14032793912135092967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-88650334612071373132011-02-07T16:36:38.374-08:002011-02-07T16:36:38.374-08:00Doyle was also fooled by photographs of "fair...Doyle was also fooled by photographs of "fairies" taken by a couple of little girls in 1917...I'm sure Sherlock Holmes would have been appalled.Raymond Betancourthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14261198715350225332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-40484472675303074712011-02-07T09:59:56.212-08:002011-02-07T09:59:56.212-08:00Interesting to see the readers' comments and e...Interesting to see the readers' comments and explanations, such as assuming that Doyle couldn't be fooled by billet switching. The man was utterly gullible. Don't tell the magazine's readers which book about Houdini explains the trick.Ericnoreply@blogger.com