Don't expect to be blown away by the science -- you've seen it all before.
The checkerboard illusion is actually the first twist you encounter after you're directed to select a name tag. Then you and your group begin the show in a room dressed up like a funeral home, where family photos and lit candles decorate various tables, and frankincense and cedar waft throughout the space. Notes with everyone's new names await atop stiff, wooden chairs lined in front of a coffin.
David then told us to hold our palms six inches from our faces, and that after he'd flashed the light, to slowly move our palms away. The flash led to a shadow of your palm being solidified in your sight, and you can't see your hand moving. Next, he had us do the same with a mirror, with the same effect — only this time, you were staring at a reflection of yourself. This led to another chorus of"Wait, what?" and"How?" and general, amazed laughter.
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