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== Real Life ==
* Some famous magicians, such as James Randi, and [[Penn & Teller: Bullshit!|Penn&Teller's ''Bullshit!'']], specialize in debunking mysticisms with scientific explanations.
** Houdini debunked seances posthumously. Prior to his death, he gave his wife a [[Trust Password|number of secret phrases]] that he would use if there was an afterlife and
* From the opposite point of view, revealing the secrets of magic tricks.
* The scientific method has done in a small army of wizards, djinn, dragons, and the like. For example, death certificates from pre-scientific England list such causes of death as comet, the king's evil (a real disease, but one thought to be specially curable by the touch of a king), and sorcery.
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