Tag: thomas edison
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Seeking The Explanation Of Reese’s “Mind Reading”
Last week, the Sunday Magazine ran an article on W. Bert Reese, the amazing wizard whose powers astound scientists. There was debate even among those who should know better (*ahem* Thomas Edison) over whether Reese actually could do what he seemed to do. Harry Houdini said later that he detected Reese’s psychic tricks at a…
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Wizard With Amazing Powers Astounds Scientists
For most of the past several weeks, the Magazine published articles about how amazing someone’s magic or telepathic powers are and how they mystify science. But they also published articles explaining the secrets of magic tricks and special effects. You’d think someone would have figured that perhaps they are one and the same. This week,…
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Readers Of The Times Take Issue With Edison’s Statements
100 years ago last week, the Times Magazine ran a front page article in which Thomas Edison states his belief that there is no soul, and no life after death. This week, the Magazine printed several articles in response. Here, the Times prints several letters to the editor in response to the article. They show…
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Author Of “Brain And Personality” Replies To Edison
100 years ago last week, the Times Magazine ran a front page article in which Thomas Edison states his belief that there is no soul, and no life after death. This week, the Magazine printed several articles in response. In the original article, Edison said that our brains are nothing more than bundles of cells.…
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“No Immortality Of The Soul” Says Thomas A. Edison
On the occasion of a Harvard Professor’s death, Edward Marshall asked Thomas Edison about his views on life after death. Searching the inner structure of all things for the fundamental, Edison told me he had come to the conclusion that there is no “supernatural,” or “supernormal,” as the psychic researchers put it — that all…
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Edison Plans An Automatic Clerkless Shop
When I first read the headline, I thought “That sounds like an automat. I had no idea that Thomas Edison invented the automat!” But then I did some research and it turns out that Edison didn’t invent the automat. The first automat in the US had been in business for eight years before this article…
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