Den slags magi, jeg kan lige, og jeg er magiker, er magi, som bruger teknologi til at skabe illusioner. Så jeg vil gerne vise jer noget, jeg har arbejdet på. Det er en applikation, som jeg tror vil være brugbar for kunstnere - multimediekunstnere især. Den synkroniserer videoer mellem flere skærme på mobile enheder. Og jeg har lånt disse tre iPods fra folk her i publikum for at vise jer, hvad jeg mener. Og jeg kommer til at bruge dem til at fortælle jer lidt omkring mit yndlingsemne: vildledning.
So the type of magic I like, and I'm a magician, is magic that uses technology to create illusions. So I would like to show you something I've been working on. It's an application that I think will be useful for artists -- multimedia artists in particular. It synchronizes videos across multiple screens of mobile devices. I borrowed these three iPods from people here in the audience to show you what I mean. And I'm going to use them to tell you a little bit about my favorite subject: deception.
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En af mine yndlingsmagikere er Karl Germain. Han havde dette vidunderlige trick, hvor en rosenbusk blomstrede lige for øjnene af dig. Men det var hans produktion af en sommerfugl, som var den smukkeste.
One of my favorite magicians is Karl Germain. He had this wonderful trick where a rosebush would bloom right in front of your eyes. But it was his production of a butterfly that was the most beautiful.
(Optagelse) Speakeren: Mine damer og herrer, skabelsen af liv.
(Recording) Announcer: Ladies and gentlemen, the creation of life.
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Marco Tempest: Når spurgt om vildledning, sagde han dette:
Marco Tempest: When asked about deception, he said this:
Speaker: Magi er den eneste ærlige profession. En magiker lover at vildlede dig -- og han gør det.
Announcer: Magic is the only honest profession. A magician promises to deceive you -- and he does.
MT: Jeg tænker gerne om mig selv som en ærlig magiker. Jeg bruger en masse tricks, hvilket betyder, at jeg nogen gange bliver nødt til at lyve overfor jer. Jeg har det skidt med det. Men mennesker lyver hver dag.
MT: I like to think of myself as an honest magician. I use a lot of tricks, which means that sometimes I have to lie to you. Now I feel bad about that. But people lie every day.
(Ringer) Øjeblik.
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Pige i telefonen: Hej, hvor er du?
Hold on.
Phone: Hey, where are you?
MT: Jeg sidder fast i trafikken. Jeg er der snart. I har alle gjort det.
MT: Stuck in traffic. I'll be there soon. You've all done it.
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Dame: Jeg er klar om et minut, skat.
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Mand: Det er lige hvad jeg altid har ønsket mig.
Right: I'll be ready in just a minute, darling.
Kvinde: Du var fantastisk.
Center: It's just what I've always wanted.
Left: You were great.
MT: Vildledelse, det er en fundamental del af livet. Undersøgelser viser, at mænd fortæller dobbelt så mange løgne som kvinder -- hvis man antager, at kvinderne, de spørger, fortalte sandheden.
MT: Deception, it's a fundamental part of life. Now polls show that men tell twice as many lies as women -- assuming the women they asked told the truth.
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Vi vildleder for at få en fordel og for at skjule vore svagheder. Den kinesiske general Sun Tzu sagde, at al krig var baseret på vildledning. Oscar Wilde sagde det samme om romantik.
We deceive to gain advantage and to hide our weaknesses. The Chinese general Sun Tzu said that all war was based on deception. Oscar Wilde said the same thing of romance. Some people deceive
Nogle mennesker vildleder for penge. Lad os spille et spil. Tre kort, tre chancer.
for money. Let's play a game. Three cards, three chances.
Speaker: En fem'er vil give dig 10, 10 vil give dig 20. Hvor er damen? Hvor er dronningen?
Announcer: One five will get you 10, 10 will get you 20. Now, where's the lady? Where is the queen?
MT: Denne? Beklager. Du tabte. Altså, jeg vildledte dig ikke. Du vildledte dig selv. Selv-bedrag. Det er, når man overbeviser sig selv om, at en løgn er sandheden. Nogle gange er det svært at skelne de to fra hinanden. Tvangs-gamblere er eksperter i selv-bedrag. (Spilleautomatlyd) De tror, de kan vinde. De glemmer de gange, de taber.
MT: This one? Sorry. You lose. Well, I didn't deceive you. You deceived yourself. Self-deception. That's when we convince ourselves that a lie is the truth. Sometimes it's hard to tell the two apart. Compulsive gamblers are experts at self-deception. (Slot machine) They believe they can win. They forget the times they lose.
Hjernen er rigtig god til at glemme. Dårlige oplevelser er hurtigt glemt. Dårlige oplevelser forsvinder hurtigt. Det er derfor, at vi i dette enorme og ensomme kosmos, er så vidunderligt optimistiske. Vores selv-bedrag bliver en positiv illusion -- hvorfor film er i stand til at tage os på ekstraordinære eventyr; hvorfor vi tror på Romeo, når han siger, han elsker Julie; og hvorfor enkelte noder af musik, når spillet sammen, bliver en sonate og frembringer mening.
The brain is very good at forgetting. Bad experiences are quickly forgotten. Bad experiences quickly disappear. Which is why in this vast and lonely cosmos, we are so wonderfully optimistic. Our self-deception becomes a positive illusion -- why movies are able to take us onto extraordinary adventures; why we believe Romeo when he says he loves Juliet; and why single notes of music, when played together, become a sonata and conjure up meaning.
Det er "Clair de Lune." Dets komponist ved navn Debussy sagde, at kunst er den største af alle vildledninger. Kunst er en vildledning, som skaber sande følelser -- en løgn, der skaber sandhed. Og når du overgiver dig selv til denne vildledning, bliver det magi.
That's "Clair De lune." Its composer, called Debussy, said that art was the greatest deception of all. Art is a deception that creates real emotions -- a lie that creates a truth. And when you give yourself over to that deception, it becomes magic.
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Tak. Mange tak.
Thank you. Thank you very much.
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