Being a Magician

Being a Magician is actually quite simple. You first tell everyone that you are a Magician, get them to believe it, and then go about doing Magical things. Nothing could be simpler.
The only small problem is that there are no existing records of any Magical Things to do, consequently no one could ever, possibly or in any way, believe that you are a Magician. Once you have conquered this small obstacle, however, the path of the Magician is fun, interesting and potentially lucrative.
Human beings love to believe the impossible, and are very likely to believe almost anything, at least in small numbers, so that Magicians have always done well throughout History. There are a number of rules for Magicians, one of which is well documented, "People are Stupid". All of the rules require explanation, for example this one, If one has a group of individuals, the average intelligence of the group in any action, will tend toward the intelligence of the member possessing the least amount of this resource. It follows that, in any group of sufficient size, at least one member will be, to use the American Phrase, "Dumber than Dirt". This, in turn, will force the intelligence of the entire group toward the level of potting soil, which gives rise to the above mentioned rule.
In My Blog, http://theancientmagician.blogspot.com/" >http://theancientmagician.blogspot.com/ I discuss Magic in greater detail, as if anyone would want to know, or would care. I have degrees, but they're not important, and a vast amount of experience in Computers, also not important. I'm looking forward to being the head of the ancient and wise order of Ancient Magicians, as soon as that organization exists, (if ever)and welcome your comments, so long as they do not imvolve my being certified insane and committed to an institution.

References:
You can fool too many of the people too much of the time. James Thurber
Captain Alexander Williams, a New York City police inspector
of the 1800's, attributed "There's a sucker born every minute, but
none of them ever die" to Joseph Bessimer, a notorious confidence
trickster of the early 1880s known to the police as "Paper Collar
Joe".
You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time.
Abraham Lincoln
Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.
Albert Einstein
Most people would die sooner than think; in fact, they do.
Bertrand Russell
Conservatives are not necessarily stupid, but most stupid people are conservatives
John Stuart Mill
With stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain.
Friedrich von Schiller
Get all the fools on your side and you can be elected to anything. Frank Dane
The two most common elements in the universe are Hydrogen and stupidity.
Harlan Ellison
There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)

Artificial Intelligence is no match for natural stupidity.

Everyone is entitled to be stupid, but some abuse the privilege.

Fools rush in where fools have been before.

Never attribute to malice what can be adequately explained by stupidity.
Unknown (Probably a Magician)

To succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid, you must also be well-mannered.
Voltaire (1694 - 1778)

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