Peppers_Ghost

Skeptic, Fan of (stage) magic - Penn and Teller, Paul Daniels, Derren Brown, Jamy Ian Swiss and, of course, The Amazing Randi. Amateur researcher of psychology - especially the psychology of 'belief' - whether that is belief in religion, holocaust denial, Alien encounters or the whole range of 'conspiracy theory' Musical tastes - very eclectic, from Rammstein to Vivaldi religion - None Pepper's ghost - is an illusionary technique used in theatre, haunted house, dark rides and in some magic tricks. Using plate glass and special lighting techniques, it can make objects seem to appear or disappear, to become transparent, or to make one object morph into another. It is named after John Henry Pepper, who popularised the effect.