Jay does not regard “amateur” as a pejorative. His two most trusted magician confidants are Persi Diaconis, a professor of mathematics at Harvard, and Steve Freeman, a corporate comptroller who lives in Ventura, California. Both are world-class sleight-of-hand artists, and neither ever performs for pay.
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Quoted by Ryan on August 15 2009. There is 1 comment.
John Gruber 15 Aug 09
One of my favorite bits from the piece, too.
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