Magician Robert Strong shows and explains both moments when your brain struggles with the wrong assumptions and when a new reality is revealed to create magic. Robert Strong is a Comedy Magician who has been amazing audiences since he was 12 years old. Since then, he has performed on national television, in all 50 states, in over 40 countries, and twice at the White House. He was a 10 year artist in residence at The Smithsonian and regularly leads workshops at Singularity University, Stanford University, and at Google. When he was opening for Robin Williams, Robin said that no one is better than Robert Strong at name dropping... This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx