REAL Mentalist Reacts to THE MENTALIST | How We READ YOUR MIND Explained!| Part 5.
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- How Do Mentalists Read Minds? Revealed! In this video, I will break down scenes from the hit series The Mentalist and reveal some secrets that mentalists use to know what you're thinking.
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I think, based on the scene, that Patrick made her focus on something else, in this case naming the presidents, so that she loses focus on the position of the cups, so that when he asks her to open her eyes, she, by instinct, look for a second at the cup that she had to remember. If you look closely at the scene, when Lisbon opens her eyes, for a second, she looks at the table, and I think he uses that reflex to locate the cup.
i was thinking the same thing. It was a tell i saw.
@@daleesi1257 when she open her eyes..she first look at the cup that have money
Brilliant.
I think that Patrick Jane asked the question about the Beatles because no Mentalist is going to take a risk without having outs, and besides, that scene is only comprising of Barnum Statements, also that question threw the fake psychic off, because he didn't know how to explain that.
Actually, just to make it clear. The other guy is not a psychic, he is an agent from the CBI (same bureau Jane works in). Jane wanted the files on Red John and Boscow (that is the other guy) told him that he is not a cop, he is a victim and a fake (or something like that). To make the point clear, Boscow did the "cold reading" based on what he knew from Jane's files. Jane asked him "Who is my favorite Beatle?" to let him know it's not working because he knows the tricks.
@@Roman-gy7pr I know he is not a psychic because he was using strategies known to most mentalists; Barnum Statements. And what he was doing might count as hot reading, because he is getting information from Patrick's files.
One thought I had at the time I originally watched it was that it was a simple NLP pattern interrupt.
@@TravisRamage What's that?
For TV, they were using the Handles of the cups but, if I were doing it, I would use the Printed makers mark on the bottom of the cups. these are not printed in the same direction on every cup, so the handles would be in facing different directions, making it look more random. The more difficult to read, the more random and honest this trick will look to the observer and the Target! and because only You know the secret, even if the bottom is difficult to read, even a Single letter, if lined up with the others, will make this trick WORK!
Bicycle cards, specially the Seconds that don't have obvious issues, have some slight misalignment, where one of the edges is thicker than the other. It's systematic, the whole deck has the same pattern (at least every deck I've seen with that problem). And it's subtle, people don't see it, but you can train to recognize it and get very fast at it. I've used that way to many times to guess a card, by laying some random cards then when the spectator is not watching I turn the deck 180 and make them chose any card, then I do some other stuff to fluff it up and make the spectator exchange locations sideways between the cards. I can see it from like 3 feet away no problem. And it's like having a marked deck, well it is a marked deck of sorts, so you can do miracles with it.
Btw, it should also work with a stripper deck, but honestly as I have a couple of standard decks with that "issue", I never tried with a stripper. Hope my wife doesn't read my comments.
The creator of "The Mentalist" actually based the character (Patrick Jane) on Derren Brown! So when you mentioned him as "one of the best mentalists in the world", I was like "Hell yeah he is!"
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That was hilarious! 😂
4:02
"I didn't pick your pocket, you gave it to me; you don't remember doing that?"
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Very good, Spidey.
As for the Beatles question - my guess would be that not only is it a complete distraction, but because they can't get any information out of you; no matter what they say, it won't go in their favour. So, I guess it puts them on the spot; and they can't give a definitive answer.
That’s exactly right! Concrete facts are the enemy of cold reads 😊
I think that the guy was cold reading Patrick Jane right. So when Jane asked him about his favorite Beattle, there would be 2 options: getting it right or getting it wrong. If the the guy got it right, then Jane could simply say "Wrong, I hate the Beattles". If he got it wrong, then the guy backed himself into a corner. Either way Jane turned the tables from a 75% win towards Jane, into a 100% win towards Jane. And by the guy failing in his Beattles guess, then that would be enough evidence into put the guy's initial cold read into question. At the end of the day it would go something like this: "If your cold read was right, then you would answer the Beattles question correctly; but since you got the Beattles question completely wrong, then that means that your initial cold read was completely wrong."
Briliant idea, but how could the cold reader then recover from this situation, i keep thinking about this..
That’s the idea. Sapach even said it. There’s no out for the cold reader, so there’s no recovering, period. He’d HAVE to make a definitive statement with no outs and Jane could turn it on him by saying he’s wrong no matter what the cold reader says. Think of it like this: a cold reader is a fisherman using nothing but dynamite and matches with no other way of catching fish. They’re just tossing it in the water after lighting it and hoping they stun some fish. Jane asking him for something that specific where there are no outs for the cold reader, you just took away the matches and the dynamite. There’s no recovering from that, so he just heads back to shore, done for the day.
@@ikeed2059
the cold reader:
Who are Beatles?
He escaped from answering Jane's question...ig that's the only way to escape
Who's your favorite Beatle? He was trying to stop him. It was his "bite me, dude!"
You've basically answered your question about the beatles for us at 10:00 and onward.
Asking "who is my favourite beatle?" puts a mentalist in a no win scenario.
Patrick basically says "i know what are you doing, and you know i don't believe you. If you guess wrong, you don't have an out for such a specific failure, if you guess right - I'll assume you guessed and can totally deny it if I want to be a jerk, and there's no way you can prove you guessed right if I don't cooperate".
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is it just me, or when 2 persons with those skills meet, especially in public, it becomes a chess match. Kind of like lawyers.
i always liked when jane meet someone close to his level in the series.
So glad mind reading isn't real. Imagine having that skill, it would be like listening to a load of radio stations all at once. Exhausting. Great vid Spider
Awesome video. I suspect the Beatles question is just about breaking his train of thought it's hard to continue in a stream of consciousness address if you have to engage your brain to remember who the Beatles were and figure out which one PJ may have liked. As for Lisbon, her posture was such that it's possible he was reading that as the scene starts she is adjusting herself into position and her head is canting slightly - couple that with the handle option and you have a pretty good chance of knowing which mug was used
The mentalist is my fav tv show of all time
Mine too! Just wish there was more!!!
Beatles: With making him think about the question, he breaks his focus and together with the struggle in the task itself, Jane shatters his frame and also his confidence which ultimately takes away the power he was trying to prove.
Breaking momentum is half the answer. Why do you think that that question specifically is a good way to break the cold read?
Loving this series! Is the reason he did the beetles thing that the Barnum Effect is meant to be deep, so it would be weird if he could just know things that casual. It might also be that if he got it wrong, it would look really bad, or that he knew that Patrick knew about the method? Just ideas, not sure if they are correct. I am currently on series 2 of the mentalist :)
It's such a good series - i recently finished it and coming to these videos that break it down is great - isn't it? :)
14.37 it might have been a double strategy. It looks like cup 2 and 4 have a little bit more space in between. Like an invitation to choose this area to hide the bill in cup 3.
Guessing the wrong Beatle would trap him into a corner, And even guessing the right Beatle, Jane could lie about it. And specifically with the Beatles, Jane could response with "Oh, I was asking about Beetles, thou that last point is better for the fake mind readers.
I think that answering your favorite Beatle is so hard because the other person has a chance to screw up and doesn’t want to look stupid if they pick wrong one
I actually think his way was tracking her first look after opening the eyes. I can imagine after you concentrate on something completely different and open your eyes and see the mugs, you get instant "flashbacks" with the familiar image and you squint a little bit to the important mug.
but damn, I love those mentalist videos!
Definitely possible. Although I wonder how reliable or repeatable that would be 🤔
@@SpideyHypnosis the repeatability is a good point, as he even says "we can do it as often as you like and it will always work" and this almost rules the handle out and also the first look, as you'd start staring into his eyes.
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That "Beatles" thing is such a brilliant trick. It suddenly makes the other guy question on at least a subconscious level if he understands ANYTHING about Patrick Jane. It disrupts his flow, basically overloads his circuits and establishes a fundamental doubt, even if meaningless.
So the favourite Beatle question works with numerous things, firstly it's a dead stop - when someone is on a roll throwing something in front of them forces them to lose concentration and stumble. It's also a direct question - making a bunch of observations is easy enough but answering a direct question is tougher because there's no starting point for getting the read. It's also multiple choice - essay answers allow for interpretation of the listener but answering one of a limited number opens the possibility that it could obviously be the wrong answer and it's hard to back away from looking like the fool, especially if there is no correct answer - maybe Jane doesn't like the Beatles at all.
7:07 I think most people run into the trap, where they felt like being read but they aren't. Like a daily horoscope, where ther are blank asumptions, that you verify and give extra information to the mentalist. Patric Jane breaks that pattern, by asking that precise question about his favorit Beatle.
I think maybe he used the mug handle one, coz, as you mentioned spidey, the third mug's handle was a little off the direction the others were pointing. And also, thanks spidey for all these cool tricks. I have been able to entertain many people at a picnic or celebration that we had.
My original thought, was when he distracted her and she opened her eyes, she might have quickily glanced unintentionally towards the mug she put it under, and he caught that.
Could be. But he said he can do it all day and that type of thing wears out of the spectator does it multiple times
@@SpideyHypnosis : Why do you believe him when he says that? :)
@@BrooksMoses because he rarely flat out lies in situations like that
There must have been one or more technical consultants on "The Mentalist." Hey Spidey, please find out and do an interview.
We know who the one was for the first few seasons. I’m sure spidey knows him. His name is Luke Jermay. He’s a great personality and person and I’m sure (as long as he isn’t busy , he does a lot of consulting and his own work and creations) he would do it. When I met him he didn’t know who I was after a few conversations he was offering to help modify some of my routines and effects and proof read a publication for free. So I’m more then sure he would do it. The only reason he left mentalist was to work with a specific TV magician
I think that the Beatles question has been answered. As far as the mugs go , I think that you would have two opportunities to make up your mind about the location of the money. The subtle head tilt as well as the directions of the handles. That’s how I would do it at least.
I think he asked “who’s my favorite beatle” because one, he has a favorite Beatle. And 2 is it just as simple as catching the guy off guard and making him loose his place in the mentalism? Or is there more
7:04
I think because the guy who was reading Patrick obviously has conclusions about his personality. So in order to guess which of the Beatles Patrick liked, he would use the traits he thinks Patrick has to match up with a particular Beatle. But, obviously everyone is different and therefore, Patrick's personality would be such that one attitude of his would match one Beatle and another attitude another Beatle. Therefore it would be a struggle?
The Russian scam :P
Great content as always, man. Enjoying this series about The Mentalist a lot, and it seems you too are enjoying viewing again those episodes we get it too hah
But what about mind "writing"? Would be interesting to see another video of you commenting on how not only to confuse but to influence people's actions.
Influence is my field of expertise. Jane is definitely a lot more into reading than influencing but noted! There are a few good scenes about influence
I always thought the mug trick was also connected with the number of presidents she called out: say I put it under the second cup and I want to hide that, I would be tempted to skip, pause, or have some sort of tell whenever I say the second name ... like A B (tell) C D (tell) and so on :))) - but that may be way out there :))) - the handle with the nose combination seems way more likely now :D
Love this series!
We rarely ever use hesitation or speaking patterns for anything. Quite simply because that hesitation can be due to 1000 things. She could be having a hard time remembering the second president’s first name, the first one could have reminded her of something else for a sec, she could have simply paused to decide which one to name next. It’s unlikely that thinking of cup #2 would have any effect on her naming presidents. 😊
@@SpideyHypnosis That really cool to know! Thank you Spidey!
Love The Mentalist tv show. I feel it was probably the direction of the handle.
It seemed like while she was naming presidents she subconsciously turned her face towards the mug, and as soon as she opens her eyes they are fixated on the cup the money was under. It only makes sense due Patrick was looking at her eyes the whole time. (At least it looked like it).
The trick would make sense, I mean she had money invested + insecurity if the cup is still there after having her eyes closed for a period. Plus the mugs are pretty spread apart making the face movement more "exaterated".
Possible. But high margin of error. But definitely possible
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7:20 It's a flow of consciousness issue. It's why free writing is looked down on.
if someone asks who is there favorite beatle you could probably narrow it down and take a lucky guess. most people's favorite Beatle is Lennon or Mcnartney. Not everyone, but many times you'd get lucky if you snapped back one of the two.
Not a mental effect but a psychological trick, if you somehow haven’t seen, UA-cam: “what does YES spell”? Such a powerful demonstration of priming effect. Couldn’t believe it worked.
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Man if you like the scams you need to watch the Real Hustle, there was an US version which was ok but the original UK one with Paul Wilson is the best one.
@@trinidad17 While I have watched UK shows in the past, I'm a hard sell on those,
but then, I'm a hard sell on American shows too LOL! I'll give it a look tho, thanks!
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Jane asked agent Boscow (the other mentalist - btw Boscow is not a mentalist) "Who is my favorite Beatle?" to let him know his "cold reading" (which was actually a hot reading, since he knew all the things about Jane from Jane's files) has no effect because he knows how he got the information.
Asking what's my favorite Beatle is akin to Caesar Milan, snapping his fingers at a dog, first it derails the course of the questioning since it is so different than what was being talked about., It would catch someone off guard, and the Beatles are very widely know, that person, may not have even thought who there favorite Beatle is, and start to rationalize who their Beatle is, then realize that wasn't the question, but who is "my" favorite Beatle. Then the person would naturally flow from thinking who their favorite is to now, how would I figure out who yours is? By then, it's too late, the original line of questioning and having the upper hand is gone and that person looses traction and the edge of being the aggressor or dominator in the conversation. How did I do?
Something I have learned:
A bad liar needs time to invent a lie
A good liar has a believable lie at the ready, but offers too much.
I great liar has an entire story, but offers nothing.
Wow. Nice
"Stickers on the back of the door which obviously that looks like something a teenager would do"
Me, a 26 year old: Uhmm I- oh no
Looolll you’re talking to a 35 year old with avengers posters on his wall. You’re good lol
I watched the complete series then for a company lunch we had a metalist perform. He performed a bunch of tricks i had seen on the show so i was able to explain how the tricks worked as they were being done to my coworkers 😂😂
I will try the mug trick right now on my family...... I think it will definitely fool them...... Thank you Spidey for teaching me this..... 😉😉😉
Another great scene in the mentalist is in the final season when he meets an "original psychic" and this psychic is reading patrick about his life, personaity etc. and patrick just answer "its called human nature" what a great response he gaves him, amazing scene.
Spidey: This is one of my favorite scenes in this series.
I think he knew what Cup it was in because he read the script 👀 lol
Well, it's funny you mention AJ is your favourite Back street Boy. This is an edited comment. Underneath, I put my prediction on your favourite Back street Boy when you mentioned it.
I can't name any Back street Boy.
Love your videos. Got some free drinks by telling the background story of someone. Fun fact, I saw his other partner through the glass behind him. Other fun fact, I never got the free drinks.
The way I think he did is when she was involved in answering the question asked by Patrick ... Patrick peeked under every cup and also it was an advantage for him as it was a 1 on 1 session ..
Interesting but I don’t think so. That’s not very likely. It would make a sound.
@SpideyHypnosis actually that is the first came to my mind when paused the video after that Patrick's clip and I thought how can we approach this and this is the first thought came to my mind
That's possible but more complicated and error prone than necessary. But reminded me of Lennart Green saying "my technique is to peek" loll I know it was just patter, but the guy kills it, such a fun presentation.
7:20 because by asking that question we are making the guy taking cold reading "think" about it for sometime.. as in cold reading we talk about a "broad" perspective of things but aking "the question" makes it specific..
This is my take on it..😀..don't know if it's right or wrong
Sorry. I couldn't find my original comment. A pattern interrupt in NLP is basically just an unexpected question that throws the other person off their current train of thought. I suspect Jane did this because he doesn't seem to like when other people mind read him. This is evident in several other episodes. He does get more playful about it later though.
To be honest at first I was thinking about the handles at start, but yea! You reminded me the head tilting think, which I have used a couple of years ago and completely forget about it! Well, I would think if he would be an actual mentalist would combine the two, but in this case I think it was just time misdirection and to confuse her with a bunch of meaningless information so it wouldn't be obvious. Just imaging she hides it, you turn back and just grab the mug, she would notice the difference, because she was ready. You know how it is, at the start of first part of the trick they want to burn you, the audience are not stupid, no matter how good you are or fast your moves will not be invisible. That is why we need misdirection, otherwise you would just do the effect right away.
Yeah I go back and forth with that. It could be that he needs the timing misdirection or it could be that hes just being theatrical, he’s often very theatrical. I think this scene will forever torture me lol
Love these
Just watched season 3 finale. What a show. Thank you for reminding me how good this series is. I now find myself watching and wondering what sciences you are going to dissect. Thanks to you I’m trying to look for the subtle clues and guess what he’s thinking. Love the show. Love your take on it and love these videos. Who was the mentalist who helped with this show. Do you know him or know of him.
Yep his name is Luke Jermay. He’s excellent.
You doing these videos has me re-watching the Mentalist and enjoying it trying to figure out what he's up to. Thanks for these videos.
Great value of video
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If you’re looking for advanced card manipulations your are on the wrooooong channel lol. My field of expertise is mentalism.
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Beatles
Jane asked the question to throw the other person off balance while the person was cold reading which would make the situation in Jane's favour, as Jane can lie if the cold reader gets it right or Jane can tell the person that it was a trick question as he does not like any of The Beatles which would make the cold reader leave and not continue with his cold reading as he might feel that reading Jane would go wrong, if he intended on continuing after the question.
That's my thought.
When that guy was doing a cold reading on Patrick he was use general statements and when he was ask a simple but personal question he could not continue with the reading. As for the money under the cup I think it was the handle as well.
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The cup handles are clearly and purposely aligned, so they were used here. Generally the problem for this routine is when the spectator moves more than one cup.
It's hard to say something specific on the spot using cold reading.
You can fish out delicate or personal information using cold reading but it takes time. You ease into that information. So in the case of Beatles .....it is a specific information with no context. I can guess but I can't fish. There's no time for me to set up a way to get back on my feet incase I get it wrong. There's no starting point for me to put my nose in. Any specific information a psychic says to you.... It starts from a generalized foggy area which gets clearer and clearer with each step. This sort of principle makes it hard to say something like your fav Beatles member, pretty hard if not impossible.
Atleast that's what I think it is. I present this reasoning cause I was trying cold reading after reading a book ( full facts of cold reading by Ian Rowland, this is most beginner friendly book I know off) I started trying it out almost immediately and this type of personal questions were the ones that stumped me a lot.
I have to say tho, I got such questions cause I presented myself wrong. Instead of a smartass who can guess all your personal info..... A dude who can "read some parts of your aura" flies better.
i believe that this kind of mentalist just says random things that apply to almost every person . Guessing the beatle is hard because it may be a random choice , a choice based on a memory or a feeling , or it may be not a choice at all if a person doesnt listen to this kind of music . Finding the right beatle requires the exact reason why patric chose him at the first place . And i also believe that there arent many peaple who would doubt about metalists ability to read minds after he would be correct to the first guess so this may make mentalist feel unprepared , uncomfortable and increase the possibility of making a mistake .
The reciprocity thing happened to me with my mom the other day on complete accident. I handed her a bottle of water and she handed me her cell phone for no reason.
Loooolll hilarious
Random note. Love your shirts. Last week was Corinda, this week is Thurston next week will be Alexander Herrmann 😂 awesome.
The guys from the turn of the last century had great posters, my favorite are the ones from Alexander "The man who knows" ominous haha. Only guy that kept that tradition that I remember is Derren Brown I believe, although it's obviously an homage, but still cool. There is even a book "The golden age of magic posters" that seems to be a compilation, haven't managed to get my hands on it, but it must be amazing.
@@trinidad17 I'm 100 with you and I agree. I would love some originals.
It's probably the handles like you said, or maybe he just peeked under the cups while she has her eyes closed :D
Probably a dumb question, but why couldn't the cold reader just say "I don't know"? I have not seen the full scene so maybe I am missing something, but he never seemed to claim to be able to read detailed thoughts. Wouldn't a seemingly honest statement like "I don't know. I'm having trouble nailing down such a specific thought" work just fine? Or was the point of the scene that the cold reader was trying to prove a point and got in over his head?
In a performance, that also could lead to a more traditional mentalism performance with billets or something to reveal the exact answer. Although if the participant was clearly trying to throw off the reader I wouldn't see a reason to continue the read anyway.
Yep in a performance we would probably have them write it down. Your question about “I don’t know” it’s also sort of part of the answer. It shifts the control of the situation from the person doing the read to the person being read. The reader in this case was very arrogant.
@@SpideyHypnosis I guess that's why its important to not get a big head. Nobody likes that type of performer and it invites challenge. It is always more enjoyable for everyone if you keep some humility in your performances.
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4:07 is there a reaction video of him watching the footage?
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Yeah there is footage of him watching the footage. He’s veryyy confused lol
@@SpideyHypnosis that’s my uncle. Lol. I’m gonna have to send him this video. 😂 this is hilarious.
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Hey spidey big fan I have a question. So I have always wanted to be hypnotized and I have the chance to be soon but I’m scared that since I have been watching ur vids for a while I will find the techniques and not be able to be hypnotized. Is this true? Thank you
You’ll be like a guitarist at a rock concert. Try to not overthink it and just relax and give it a fair try. 😊. Some of the best subjects I know are hypnotists
@@SpideyHypnosis thanks for the advice once again
Mind blown!
Cold readings consist of generalizations and vague statements based on the person’s responses and micro expressions. BUT, throwing in a question that requires a specific answer throws off the reader and shuts down the vagueness
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Could it be when she opens her eyes, they are looking at the mug with the money? Like instinctually, that's where someone's eyes will go?
Yep very possible. The reason I don’t think it’s that tho is because he said he can repeat it all day. Things like that have a margin of error. But it’s possible
@@SpideyHypnosis When he said "our minds are insync" his hand almost pointed at his eyes as If he was trying to tell something
This is making me want to watch this more and more
He didn't do any of the things you suggested. It's a TV show. A PA was told to put the bill under a certain cup for the scene. The actors said their memorized lines, he turned the cup over that the script said for him to turn over. 😂
Damn. Never considered that! Frickin fake mentalists!
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@@SpideyHypnosis : I think the "answer" you're looking for is in there too, though. The editing of that scene is clearly intentional, and they put in that overhead shot with all the handles of the mugs in almost the same direction to show us something.
Personally, I'd guess he was using all of the techniques at once, both for in-character and out-of-character reasons. In-character, it provides redundancy if one of them fails for some reason and it also provides lots of "if he did it this way, why did he do that?" distractors. The distractors are also useful out-of-character, and having the "tells" in place for a lot of techniques means that it's a little more likely for viewers to get the "Oh, I see how he did that!" reaction -- which obviously they want people to have since they're putting in the tells at all and using plausible tricks.
Actually, if you look at the mugs before and after you will see that the one the money was under was the SECOND from PJ's left (NOT the 3rd). As you say, there are a number of ways this trick could be done, but since this is a TV show it wasn't actually done in any of them - it was just scripted! BTW - I love these analysis videos of yours. More please!!
I think that’s honestly a continuity error in the filming. Because look at where that cup is positioned and look at the cup he lifts to reveal the money. He goes straight forward. But you’re right the alignment at the end is weird. (Both middle cups have moved it seems). We shall never know. Glad you’re digging it 😊
Whos my favorite beatle, I assume works in the same way Derren Brown mentioned he has diffused a tense situation by cutting them off and posing an unrelated question like “these walls aren’t 4 feet high? In europe walls are much smaller...etc”. Throwing the person off, cutting off their train of thought.
That’s one reason but there’s a reason that a question like that is very effective against a cold/warm reader
Randomly, I think there's a reasonable comeback for the "Who's my favorite Beatle?" question: Rather than addressing the question, immediately talk about why they're asking that question and what they're trying to do with it and what that says about their thoughts. "That's a fascinating question. You don't think this is real, and you're trying to trap me with a question that you can deny the answer to...."
It should be particularly useful to emphasize the "this is an intentional trap" part of the response, because then you can be directly responding to that and dismiss the fact that it's a question at all, and thereby shift the focus away from the fact that you never give them an answer to it while you talk at some length about it.
Clever, and a decent way “out” but still stuck as hell lol
So on the cup trick, it could also be some kind of a mental monte key card trick using cups... though I've only seen diamond Jim's method on that which is for 3 cards... but I know there's a 4 card mental monte out there. Not sure if it works in the same way though. That would also require her to mix them up in a controlled way, but we didn't see the set up.
Not a bad theory. The end would look that way.
You know these videos made me wonder about TV shows/movies that depict things like magic and mentalism. I wonder if it kinda helps the real life mentalists and magicians. Because it's portrayed differently across all media so I feel like average people don't know what's true if that makes sense. Like one movie says it works like this and another says it works like that so people watching magic shows can't be like "oh he did this, I know how it works. That's how they do it in every movie." I wonder if it helps or hinders real life performers.
This is a great observation. It does both. Some movies set unreal expectations of us but at the same time make us seem so much more capable than we actually are lol
I agree with you , handles for sure . Great video
Isn't it the question about the beatles is supposed to be startling because there's nothing to base the guess on? Like, there are simply no cluess on which you could take the 25% or whatever the chances to do a cold-reading guess without using some additional tricks? It's just not possible to guess it right on the spot which is what can stop the "reading person" in their tracks for a moment at least. And if they chose to do the additional tricks, it exposes that they weren't really "reading their mind", heh :D
Perfect answer. Even more detailed than I was thinking and still super accurate 😊
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With the cold reading, I also thought it would be a kind of pattern interupt or doing the unexpected. Derren Brown describes an incident where he distracted an aggressive person, which made sense, as does this one. I've done it successfully on multiple occasions (once before seeing either of these) with aggressive husbands of domestic abuse victims I was helping. The fellow was on a roll, accusing me of influencing his wife (she'd asked for help) and presumably talking to me as he talked to her. Simply bringing in something that made him stop to think broke his momentum and allowed me to walk out of their home with his wife without any drama (I'm a menopausal woman - getting aggressive wasn't an option). I interpreted it as he didn't know what to make of me, and we walked out before he figured it out. Then I saw Derren's video and was like well, that was what I did...
Would a counter to the beatle question be to say "it doesn't matter" and continue on with the cold read?
It’s confrontational but not bad. And kind of what the guy did
It could be as simple as checking while her eyes are closed? Very dextrous hands or a soft tabletop could make it possible. Also if they peek it's obviously game over I just thought it was funny I didn't see the explanation anywhere else.
A few other people said it in the comments but I find it unlikely. It would make a sound in my opinion.
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Thanks! Buckle up, a lot more on the way
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My pleasure. Thanks for watching