REPLAY: Magic Meets Macrocognition with Simon Henderson
Description
Original Air Date: 1/29/2021
Show Description:
Simon Henderson is an independent deception consultant working in the UK and the US. His career has involved researching, teaching, and consulting on deception, counter-deception, information operations and cyber operations within a variety of government, military, and law enforcement organizations. He is passionate about novel and pro-social applications of these fields.
Learn more about Simon’s work:
Evaluation of the counter fake-news game, Harmony Square
Immersive theatre company, Punchdrunk
Learn more about the NDM Association and register for our 2022 conference!
NaturalisticDecisionMaking.org
Where to find the hosts:
Brian Moon
Laura Militello
Timestamps:
Simon’s early path to a career in deception [1:15 ]
First exposure to NDM [5:54 ]
Proposing to apply magic and deception skills to military [20:59 ]
The technique of misdirection in deception [24:42 ]
Nuances of using deception on experts [32:31 ]
One question that could determine if someone is a magician [41:51 ]
Differences between observing and performing magic [47:58 ]
Outlook for the next 15 years and details about Simon’s blog and book [51:48 ]
Two truths and a lie [1:02:55 ]
United States
