People do not come to a Penn & Teller show to see a magic show. They just don't. They come to see weird stuff that they can see no place else, that will make them laugh and make the little hairs stand up on the backs of their necks.
If there isn't at least the threat of violence in art, it tends to be kind of tiresome.
I always assumed I'd spend my life happily performing in artsy-fartsy little theaters.
Given my absolute druthers, I would certainly like to see that every part of my body is used for spare parts for science.
I'm a lazy sod.
Neuroscientists are novices at deception.