bentarm comments on Recent updates to gwern.net (2012-2013)

bentarm 19 Mar 2013 18:46 UTC
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(One could argue that these questions should probably be ignored and not investigated in depth—to paraphrase Teller, often magic is simply putting in more effort than any sane person would—but nevertheless, this is how things work for me.)

I can’t find a source for this quote (and if it’s from a longer interview, I think I’d probably like to read it), possibly because I’m not picking the right words to Google. Do you have a citation?
- TheOtherDave 19 Mar 2013 20:36 UTC
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  Googling “teller magic sane” turned up this interview including the quote:
  
  You will be fooled by a trick if it involves more time, money and practice than you (or any other sane onlooker) would be willing to invest.
  - bentarm 24 Mar 2013 19:59 UTC
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    Thanks, I was not trying the right combination of keywords.
- ESRogs 23 Mar 2013 16:36 UTC
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  “Sometimes magic is just someone spending more time on something than anyone else might reasonably expect,” Teller says.
  
  http://www.esquire.com/print-this/teller-magician-interview-1012?page=all
- arundelo 19 Mar 2013 19:18 UTC
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  http://lesswrong.com/lw/bdo/rationality_quotes_april_2012/68hu?context=1#comments