The Science of Illusion with Penn & Teller

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🗓️ 4 December 2015

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Learn the secret of magic when Penn & Teller sit down with Neil deGrasse Tyson. Chuck Nice and neuroscientist Susana Martinez-Conde join Neil in studio, Michael Shermer calls in about skepticism, and Bill Nye explains why we want to believe.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Star Talk.
0:04.0	Your place in the universe
0:06.0	where science and pop culture collide.
0:09.0	Star Talk begins right now.
0:14.0	Welcome to the hall of the universe of the American Museum of Natural History right here in New York City.
0:19.0	I am your personal astrophysicist, Neil deGrasse Tyson.
0:22.0	And tonight, on Star Talk, we're featuring my interview with legendary magicians and illusionists, pen and teller.
0:29.0	What you might not have known is that they are also passionate about the world.
0:34.0	And so this conversation went everywhere to orbit those two subjects.
0:38.0	So let's do this.
0:41.0	Yeah!
0:43.0	All right.
0:46.0	So I've got with me my coat, Chuck Nice.
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