Fran Posted April 8, 2007 Share Posted April 8, 2007 (edited) Derren Brown went to a London premier psychic training college to do some filming for his very first UK TV programme (2000/01). The idea being that it would show two psychics giving a reading to a subject and then Derren would give his own, non-psychic reading to the same subject, which would be more accurate (all cold-reading and watching body-language skills). Unfortunately, they could not use the footage, because this was what the psychics came up with:PSYCHIC: I sense that you live on your own, or you share a place.SUBJECT: Erm...PSYCHIC: Yes, definitely on your own, or with other people.SUBJECT: Can you be more specific?[PSYCHIC] INSTRUCTOR (angrily interjecting): Do you live alone or share a place? It must be one or the other!SUBJECT (embarrassed): Well, I kind of live with my parents.INSTRUCTOR (snapping): Well, then, that's with other people, isn't it? Don't just sit there and not answer, it blocks the energy.From the book: 'Tricks of the Mind' by Derren Brown.Very funny and one of the chapters is a great and entertaining lesson on how to reason. Edited April 8, 2007 by Fran Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RTB Posted January 4, 2008 Share Posted January 4, 2008 Derren Brown went to a London premier psychic training college to do some filming for his very first UK TV programme (2000/01). The idea being that it would show two psychics giving a reading to a subject and then Derren would give his own, non-psychic reading to the same subject, which would be more accurate (all cold-reading and watching body-language skills). Unfortunately, they could not use the footage, because this was what the psychics came up with:PSYCHIC: I sense that you live on your own, or you share a place.SUBJECT: Erm...PSYCHIC: Yes, definitely on your own, or with other people.SUBJECT: Can you be more specific?[PSYCHIC] INSTRUCTOR (angrily interjecting): Do you live alone or share a place? It must be one or the other!SUBJECT (embarrassed): Well, I kind of live with my parents.INSTRUCTOR (snapping): Well, then, that's with other people, isn't it? Don't just sit there and not answer, it blocks the energy.From the book: 'Tricks of the Mind' by Derren Brown.Very funny and one of the chapters is a great and entertaining lesson on how to reason.Hehe. I did a trick like this in a pool hall after debating the 'validity' of psychics a few years ago. My cold reading was right on. It's really amazing what people can be summoned to believe. Sometimes on the weekends I listen to that coasttocoastam radio show just for kicks. I consider it to be fun Halloween type stories but in reality It's sad. I didn't even stoop so low as to use the 'he may or may not have had a mustache' routine..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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