 that we could communicate with the dead. He just knew the tricks. He knew what mediums were doing at that time, and he didn't like that they were defrauding the public and making them pay for something that wasn't real. A magic show, you know what you're paying for, right? You understand that what you're seeing is an illusion. He felt people were paying mediums to speak with the dead, and they were taking advantage of their grief. So he didn't like that.