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TED talk with Apollo Robbins is very interesting as well. https://www.ted.com/talks/apollo_robbins_the_art_of_misdirection https://www.ted.com/talks/apollo_robb
by williw 9y ago
TED talk with Apollo Robbins is very interesting as well.
https://www.ted.com/talks/apollo_robbins_the_art_of_misdirection https://www.ted.com/talks/apollo_robbins_the_art_of_misdirec...
- baby 9y agoAnything with Derren Brown in it is fascinating as well. He's done pickpocketing, but he's also given orders to people to give him stuff.
- criddell 9y agoDerren Brown isn't as interesting (IMHO). He doesn't mind using camera tricks (e.g. his lotto prediction) and for me, that doesn't feel very clever.
- baby 9y agoI'd have to agree with you about his magic tricks. He doea blur the lines a lot and it's hard to see what he really did. In that sense all of his act is a huge demonstration of misdirection. But when it comes to hypnosis, I've never seen anything more impressive
- criddell 9y agoThat's because some of the people he hypnotizes are just stooges. Ever see his show where over weeks he hypnotized and conditioned normal people to rob a bank (The Heist)? They were actors. :(
- jacquesm 9y agoWhat gets me is that anybody would even believe something like that was real.
- baby 9y agoWhy wouldn't it be real? Hypnosis does work.
- fjdlwlv 9y agoHypnosis only works if the hypnotee wants to be hypnotized or feel social pressure to play along, not what lay people usually think hypnotism means.
- MugaSofer 9y agoI can't find any source for this random comment's claim that they were actors, which seems like it would be pretty easy to prove. I think you've been bamboozled.
- bigbugbag 9y agoDo you have any evidence or source for this or are we expected to believe a comment from a random person on the internet ?
- baby 9y agoNo they weren't?
- bigbugbag 9y agoGo see his live on stage shows. no camera tricks there.
- driverdan 9y agoA lot of Brown's act isn't what you think. He uses psychology and hypnosis as his form of misdirection for regular tricks. He isn't actually using psychology tricks. Edit: If you're going to downvote facts please explain why.
- baby 9y agoSure, but hypnosis is awesome.
- adrianm 9y agoThat is actually how all mentalism works. It's traditional stage magic that is sold as psychology as part of the act to lower the audiences guard. It's super effective. Reading books like Corindas 13 steps to mentalism blew my mind when he goes over all of the shtick and stage magic gimmicks they employ so effectively.
- driverdan 9y agoTrue but I've heard other magicians critique him for overstating the psychology aspect.
- bigbugbag 9y agoIf you're going to make unsourced bold claims expect to be downvoted or disregarded.