Richard wiseman is a truly interesting scientist and psychologist. Richard is a member of the inner magic circle, a director of the edinburgh fringe festival the worlds largest arts festival, and the creator of quirkology an illusionbased youtube channel that has attracted over 500 million views. Wiseman is a professor of the public understanding of psychology at the university of hertfordshire in the united kingdom. In quirkology, he navigates the oddities of human behavior, explaining the telltale signs that give away a liar, the secret science behind speeddating and personal ads, and what a persons sense of humor reveals about the innermost workings of his or her mindall along paying. He also acts as a creative consultant, including work with derren brown, the.
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