--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote:
Orson Welles discusses the nature of 'cold reading', a type of
analysis used by many phony psychics and fortune tellers to trick their
customers into thinking they indeed do have special powers, and how some
can become so skilled at it that they
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote:
I sometimes see this as it is after another show I watch when I can.
I would give it a grade of B (using my subjective scale for network TV
here in the States).
B sounds about right. It wasn't great, but it was often well done and
NBD, but never occurred to me Derren could be gay, as he is...
---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb@... wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,
wrote:
I sometimes see this as it is after another show I watch when I can.
I would
FWIW, Derren Brown portraits:
https://www.google.fi/search?q=derren+brown+portraitstbm=ischtbo=usource=univsa=Xei=XJOMUuFchMTiBM3KgLgEved=0CCwQsAQbiw=1280bih=630
I watched the whole thing and found it utterly fascinating. The interesting
thing is, Derren definitely possesses unusual abilities and he knows this so
the 'joke' is on us, the viewers, who are supposedly 'in the know' about what
he is doing to the 'unsuspecting' 5 experts. The whole concept
Re Derren definitely possesses unusual abilities:
Yes, but not *psychic* abilities. He uses NLP trickery (eye-movement cues);
lip-reading expertise; amazing memory recall; covert hypnosis; muscle reading;
old-fashioned conjuring ; . . . ; but nothing that can't be understood by a
hard-nosed
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote:
Re Derren definitely possesses unusual abilities:
Yes, but not *psychic* abilities. He uses NLP trickery (eye-movement
cues); lip-reading expertise; amazing memory recall; covert hypnosis;
muscle reading; old-fashioned conjuring ; . . . ; but
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote:
Re Derren definitely possesses unusual abilities:
Yes, but not *psychic* abilities. He uses NLP trickery
(eye-movement
cues); lip-reading expertise; amazing memory recall; covert
Here's the problem: some people DO actually have psychic abilities.
They may not know they even have them. They can be somewhat incomplete
because they sometimes work and sometimes don't. They may also only
work with certain things. If one doesn't have any of these abilities
then it is
Re Here's the problem: some people DO actually have psychic abilities.:
You may be right. I think the value of Derren Brown's work is that he gets you
to see what's possible just by using mentalism-style magic so you learn to be
more cautious and less credulous.
I suspect that the
Speaking of such things, did you ever get a US TV series called Lie To Me
there in the UK?
---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb@... wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,
wrote:
Re Derren definitely possesses unusual abilities:
Staring contest:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6gzuKti1-I
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6gzuKti1-I
---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, s3raphita@... wrote:
Mind-control magician and skeptic Derren Brown takes his debunking mission to
America to show just how easy it is to dupe
The video ain't available in the U.S., sadly.
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, s3raphita@... wrote:
Mind-control magician and skeptic Derren Brown takes his debunking mission to
America to show just how easy it is to dupe people into believing impossible
things before breakfast. He
Does this site work for you?
http://vimeo.com/46045821 http://vimeo.com/46045821
---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend@... wrote:
The video ain't available in the U.S., sadly.
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, s3raphita@... wrote:
Mind-control magician and skeptic
Re As a confirmed skeptic, would he even recognize it if he were getting
genuine little nudges from the Beyond?:
Yes, that's an intriguing suggestion. However, having taken a look at the
previous thread you referenced, I'm sure you've all got it wrong. Yes, he does
use NLP ideas in some
On the thread Judy referenced there's a cynical message by one curtisdeltablues
It makes more sense that his NLP skills are instantly effective and magical on
strangers. Yeah that makes much more sense. How could anyone actually give
money to another person for the purposes of making it look
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