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“I don’t want to gross you out, so instead of chicken guts I will use a piece of red silk.” That’s what I tell the audience as I begin my demonstration on “psychic surgery.” Magicians, be they professionals or hobbyists, tend to have strong feelings about anyone who abuses their beloved art by fleecing the public. As “scientists of the stage,” magicians use a variety of scientific and engineering principles to entertain audiences and have a strong disdain for charlatans who perform the same illusions but claim to do so by paranormal means. Fake psychics fall into this category, although I suppose the term “fake” is redundant.