Probably not, it's a bit of a weird one to explain.

[ He laughs, and pushes one of the empty test tubes along the counter. ]

In short terms: if you think it, your subconscious makes it real. Say I were holding a rubber knife; if you were looking at it from a distance you'd think it were real... so it is real.

I put together things that could act as smokescreens, but I do think the cognitive pscience side of things is what made it work.