On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 5:12 AM, David3 <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi guys, > I know this could be a bit out of topic, but I would ask you anyway.. > > Last night I have been really amazed watching the magician Dynamo reading > minds of > people instantly, and I am still wondering and searching if this is a > illusionist trick > or if there is a real scientific way to do it: this would be really > interesting, and if true I should add > some summer reading also on this matter. >
This is one of my areas of expertise. While there are scientific "real" methods, more practical methods exist which work 100%. A good performer cannot rely on random chance. > > For example you ask a person to think a number and then, watching body and > eyes moving > you are able to reveal what is he thinking? > Some questions involve 3D/spacial concentration, while others involve analytical concentration. This can involve left brain/right brain involvement, which can be revealed by eye movements. But the right/left brain concept is not 100% consistent. Lefties may have the sides inverted, while a small percentage deviate from the norm as well. People who have had strokes re-learn how to use their brain, and some people were forced to switch their favorite hand, because being a lefty is "evil." See http://wordinfo.info/unit/3777 So it can be done, but not reliably. > Could be a pure trick? > Perhaps he was lucky. :-) how much is it possible? > A lot. > > This happened also to me once. A person wanted to meet me for a job > interview, and in the end asked me a couple of personal things but said > "Don't tell me, just think about the answers" and then he revealed me what > were my answers: really scary. > Read up on the Barnum effect, and the concept of cold reading.
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