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Anyone who thinks this isn't real, go and read some mentalism books. Derren's ebooks and audio books are especially interesting for beginners. I was staggered
by corruption 17y ago
Anyone who thinks this isn't real, go and read some mentalism books. Derren's ebooks and audio books are especially interesting for beginners.
I was staggered at the practicality of many of their ideas. E.g. I now recognise when someone unwittingly is using hypnotic suggestion in a conversation and it doesn't have the effect it may have. I'm able to pretend to be psychic at parties, and can pull of some pretty good cold reading tricks as well now.
It's worth learning how to do memory palaces just for fun (one of Derren's audiobooks has this, which is a good beginner introduction).
If you don't think he's capable of tricks like this without cutscenes, there are some videos floating around of him performing tricks better than this on other top class magicians which couldn't have been faked. I suspect he claims he's doing illusions because it makes it seem less powerful than it really is, and makes us seem more in control than we really are.
- rbreve 17y agoI lost respect for Derren Brown when he did the show where he guessed the lottery numbers. The video was clearly edited.
- JshWright 17y agoYeah... _clearly_ is was faked. It was so obvious, I'm sure you spotted it before you read the detailed analysis of how it was done, right?
- mapleoin 17y agoYou're just trolling now. Could you be a bit more informative and point the rest of us, who don't know what this is about, to a link with that detailed analysis?
- JshWright 17y agohttp://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1213841/Derren-Browns-lottery-trick-Amateur-film-maker-recreates-stunt-perfectly---magic-hocus-pocus.html http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1213841/Derren-Brown...
- viggity 17y agoany specific mentalism books you'd recommend?
- corruption 17y agoI would recommend getting a torrent containing some popular ones to see what authors you enjoy (some writing really rubs me the wrong way), then buy the relevant books from the authors directly. There are so many different parts & approaches to mentalism you have to do some searching to see what fits best. If you want some simple tricks to get into it, just get derrens audio books which are quick and powerful. http://www.google.com/search?q=derren+brown+audio+books http://www.google.com/search?q=derren+brown+audio+books