I saw that in movie recently
JL,
I just watched an old kung fu flick that had what you just posted!
FT:)
Levitating on a train seat?
David - You accept the lesson on skeptism as being a patronising one, and then reaffirm your slight belief in another person's story of someguy levitating up from a train seat?
Lol. Are you being ironic or something? Because up until now, every one of your posts (on this and other forums) have shown you to be a very intelligent and articulate person. I can't seem to match this with this train seat thing you keep mentioning.
Hynotists and magicians sometimes use water to give the appearance of sweating, this matched with real straining (sending blood to the head etc) often gives a sense of authenticity to what they are doing i.e. like they are performng a real physical feat. Of course they are not, it is a trick, they are messing with your perception.
When David Blaine first did his levitation trick, I quickly learnt how to do it and showed peope at work - some went crazy and asked me about meditation and stuff, they started following me around. It was nuts.
I expect the guy on the train was just trying out his latest trick/stunt he had bought from the local magic shop.