spoon bending
Mentalist's signature trick
Spoon bending is the alleged psychic ability to deform metal objects, especially spoons, through mental concentration alone.
The phenomenon gained fame in the 1970s through performers like Uri Geller, though skeptics have consistently demonstrated the same effects using sleight of hand.
The term now often implies dubious paranormal claims: I don't buy any of that spoon-bending nonsense.
- telekinesisMental object manipulation
- mind over matterWill overcoming physical constraints
- psychicOne claiming supernatural perception
- psychic powersExtrasensory mental faculties
- paranormalBeyond scientific explanation
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- party trickscard tricks, card trick, magic trick, magic tricks, juggling
- The MatrixNeo, Morpheus, Trinity, Agent Smith, red pill
- Telekinesistelekinesis, psychokinesis, PK, mind over matter, levitation
- magicwizard, wand, sorcerer, witchcraft, mage
- hoaxesalien autopsy, moon landing hoax, War of the Worlds, fake photos, forgeries
- Psychic Powerstelepathy, mind reading, ESP, clairvoyance, psychic
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Science of matter and energy
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