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I gather this is the (reasonably old) clip with the logo designers? Great clip - and I recommend you watch more of Derren Brown. He is by far one of my favorit
by ErrantX 17y ago
I gather this is the (reasonably old) clip with the logo designers?
Great clip - and I recommend you watch more of Derren Brown. He is by far one of my favorite entertainers because he makes very clear that everything he does is a matter of manipulative psychology and "sleight of hand".
Which makes it all the better because you spend the whole episode trying to figure out how he managed it - and wondering if the solutions (which he often provides) are actually real.
The other great thing about Brown is that he loves debunking pseudo-science and other rubbish. The section in one of his books about Neuro-linguistic programming (NLP) is a fantastically well thought out debunking - he actually tried NLP at one stage in his early career and you can see his fascination with the idea before his final realization it was just pop psychology (his section on religion is equally compelling).
But best of all he pulls some awesome stunts/tricks. Highlights from the past include: playing Russian roulette, live.... (with blanks, but still lethal...) and (my personal favourites) "programming" a group of people to pull off a fake heist and paying for stuff (in the US as it happens) with paper instead of real money.