Most Magicians Don't Know What a Narrowing Force is

Sometimes you just want the best of both worlds. Yes, I want lemonade. Sure, I’d love an iced tea. Sometimes it’s hard to choose between the two. That is unless you’re in America—where a man presumably called Arnold Palmer invented the drink with his name that’s a mix of lemonade and iced tea.

In my list of the best things about America, the Arnold Palmers are surprisingly high on the list. They’re somewhere near ‘free refills.’ I will never get over my shock when I finish a drink in America and someone just refills the drink… for free?! Sure, America’s got guns and is lacking in national healthcare, but they sure know how to soda.

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Let’s say you’re doing a prediction.

You can force the selection.

Ensure the free choice is not so free at all.

You can use multiple-outs.

Limit the choices and swap the prediction accordingly.

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Forces and multiple-outs both have their benefits. Forces allow for a more impossible-feeling outcome but can feel restricting in their processes. Multiple-outs allow for a more free-feeling selection but with quite limiting guardrails.