Captain Mediocre posted:

I like him, but my only gripe with him is that he wins his viewers in by talking about how he doesn't believe in magic, that its all psychology and illusion, then continues to expound the reality of stuff like hypnotism to an audience which now trusts what he says to be on sound scientific footing.

I totally get that this is the most essential part of his act because he gains people's trust in such a way as they credit him with an explanation for the trick he has performed which is far more impressive than the simple stage-magic hoodwinking that he more likely uses, like everyone else in his line of work. At the end of the day he's still a magician so I don't begrudge him success in tricking people, even on some meta level, but I do object to him abusing the position of authority he creates to keep dumb people thinking that people can be hypnotised or forced into buying poo poo just because he slips in related words throughout a sentence.