eli5 forced choices in magic tricks?

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How do you force a choice/number/card when it seems like there is a completely free choice?

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There are tons of ways to subtly influence choice and there are lots of psychological tricks you can use to prep someone for a forced choice.

Then there’s just human behavior, something like 60% of people if asked to pick a number between 1 and 10 are going to pick 7 mostly this boils down to the same reasons – even numbers don’t feel random, 5 is right in the middle, 3 and 9 are too close to the edges, nobody is picking 1 leaving just 7.

Then there’s other tricks, like them pointing to the card but you pull it out and make the swap.

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