Richard Wiseman

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Professor Richard Wiseman started his working life as a professional magician, and was one of the youngest members of The Magic Circle. He then obtained a degree in psychology from University College London and a doctorate from the University of Edinburgh.

Richard currently holds Britain’s only Professorship in the Public Understanding of Psychology at the University of Hertfordshire, where he has gained an international reputation for research into psychology of luck, self-help, persuasion, and illusion. He has published over 50 papers in leading peer reviewed academic journals (including Nature and Psychological Bulletin), and his work has been cited in...more

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Answer to the Friday Puzzle…..

On Friday I set this puzzle….

What is special about these two sentences?

1)I am not very happy actingpleased whenever prominent scientists overmagnify intellectual enlightenment.

2)Show this bold Prussian that praises slaughter, slaughter brings rout.

If you have not tried to solve it, have a go now. For everyone else the answers are after the break.

1) The number of letters in each word increases b...

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Richard Wiseman's Books

Average rating: 3.87 · 5,927 ratings · 622 reviews · 23 distinct works · Similar authors

	59 Seconds: Think a Little, Change a Lot 3.86 of 5 stars 3.86 avg rating — 2,382 ratings — published 2009 — 24 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Quirkology: How We Discover the Big Truths in Small Things 3.83 of 5 stars 3.83 avg rating — 1,998 ratings — published 2007 — 18 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Paranormality: Why We See What Isn't There 4.07 of 5 stars 4.07 avg rating — 1,016 ratings — published 2010 — 11 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Luck Factor: Changing Your Luck, Changing Your Life - The Four Essential Principles 3.73 of 5 stars 3.73 avg rating — 279 ratings — published 2003 — 10 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rip It Up 4.05 of 5 stars 4.05 avg rating — 97 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Did You Spot The Gorilla? 3.35 of 5 stars 3.35 avg rating — 75 ratings — published 2004 — 4 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The as If Principle: The Radically New Approach to Changing Your Life 3.61 of 5 stars 3.61 avg rating — 41 ratings — published 2013 — 6 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	As If: The Simple Idea that Changes Everything 3.67 of 5 stars 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2012	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Deception & Self-Deception 3.67 of 5 stars 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1997	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Parapsychology by Richard Wiseman (Editor), Caroline Watt (Editor) 4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2005	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Our beliefs do not sit passively in our brains waiting to be confirmed or contradicted by incoming information. Instead, they play a key role in shaping how we see the world.”
― Richard Wiseman, Paranormality: Why We See What Isn't There

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“Happiness doesn't just flow from success; it actually causes it.”
― Richard Wiseman, 59 Seconds: Think a Little, Change a Lot

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“Albert Einstein once said, “Sit with a beautiful woman for an hour and it seems like a minute, sit on a hot stove for a minute and it seems like an hour—that’s relativity.”
― Richard Wiseman, Quirkology: How We Discover the Big Truths in Small Things

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