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So the type of magic I like,
and I'm a magician,

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is magic that uses technology
to create illusions.

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So I would like to show you
something I've been working on.

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It's an application

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that I think will be useful for artists --
multimedia artists in particular.

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It synchronizes videos
across multiple screens of mobile devices.

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I borrowed these three iPods
from people here in the audience

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to show you what I mean.

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And I'm going to use them to tell you
a little bit about my favorite subject:

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deception.

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(Music)

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One of my favorite magicians
is Karl Germain.

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He had this wonderful trick
where a rosebush would bloom

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right in front of your eyes.

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But it was his production of a butterfly
that was the most beautiful.

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(Recording) Announcer:
Ladies and gentlemen,

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the creation of life.

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(Applause)

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(Music)

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Marco Tempest: When asked about deception,

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he said this:

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Announcer: Magic
is the only honest profession.

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A magician promises to deceive you --

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and he does.

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MT: I like to think of myself
as an honest magician.

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I use a lot of tricks,

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which means that sometimes
I have to lie to you.

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Now I feel bad about that.

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But people lie every day.

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(Ringing)

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Hold on.

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Phone: Hey, where are you?

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MT: Stuck in traffic. I'll be there soon.

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You've all done it.

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(Laughter)

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(Music)

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Right: I'll be ready
in just a minute, darling.

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Center: It's just what I've always wanted.

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Left: You were great.

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MT: Deception,

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it's a fundamental part of life.

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Now polls show

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that men tell twice
as many lies as women --

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assuming the women
they asked told the truth.

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(Laughing)

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We deceive to gain advantage

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and to hide our weaknesses.

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The Chinese general Sun Tzu said
that all war was based on deception.

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Oscar Wilde said
the same thing of romance.

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Some people deceive

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for money.

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Let's play a game.

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Three cards, three chances.

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Announcer: One five will get you 10,
10 will get you 20.

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Now, where's the lady?

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Where is the queen?

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MT: This one?

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Sorry. You lose.

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Well, I didn't deceive you.

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You deceived yourself.

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Self-deception.

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That's when we convince ourselves
that a lie is the truth.

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Sometimes it's hard to tell the two apart.

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Compulsive gamblers
are experts at self-deception.

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(Slot machine)

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They believe they can win.

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They forget the times they lose.

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The brain is very good at forgetting.

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Bad experiences are quickly forgotten.

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Bad experiences quickly disappear.

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Which is why in this vast
and lonely cosmos,

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we are so wonderfully optimistic.

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Our self-deception
becomes a positive illusion --

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why movies are able to take us
onto extraordinary adventures;

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why we believe Romeo
when he says he loves Juliet;

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and why single notes of music,

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when played together,

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become a sonata and conjure up meaning.

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That's "Clair De lune."

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Its composer, called Debussy,

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said that art was
the greatest deception of all.

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Art is a deception
that creates real emotions --

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a lie that creates a truth.

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And when you give yourself
over to that deception,

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it becomes magic.

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[MAGIC]

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(Music fades slowly)

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(Applause)

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Thank you. Thank you very much.

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(Applause)