We have often had this illusion at the counter, and everyone to whom we present it is amazed at how their senses are completely deceived. Even if you try again and again, it's hard to explain why it works the way it does - but it does!
It was Lennart Green who first presented us to the impossible illusion - known as "The Charpentier Illusion" or "Less is More". It is actually difficult to describe the experience, as the illusion itself happens in one's own brain...
At the table are three identical wooden blocks on top of each other. You ask a person to try to lift all three pieces at once and feel the total weight. After that, he is asked only to lift one block, and the completely inexplicable thing is that the person will experience it as if this one block of wood weighs more than the three of them together!
It is completely self-working. There are no magnets or other secret gimmicks – just the three wooden blocks.
Fascinating and an eminent example of how our senses can deceive. In fact, one of the few magic effects that will also work for the blind.
The fine wooden blocks are produced by Arsene Lupin in a collector quality and comes to you safely packed in a solic box. The size is made to fit exactly into a card box, and you can demonstrate the same effect with three decks, if you prefer. You will always have The Baffling Blocks lying on your table and enjoy short-circuiting both your own and your friends' brains.
