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Tricks of the Mind
By Derrick | September 8, 2008
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BBC Entertainment has been running a couple of Derren Brown’s shows here in South Africa. Derren is a UK magician and “psychological illusionist” who specializes in getting people to do things they wouldn’t normally do through the use of “magic, suggestion, psychology, misdirection and showmanship”.
Much of what he does is based on suggestion and the power of subliminal persuasion. In the clip I’ve linked to here, he uses NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming) techniques to get a specific result, and in the last minute of the clip he shows what he did.
Copywriters have been using these techniques for many years to get people to buy - it’s interesting to see them in direct action like this.
Tags: derren brown, NLP, programming techniques, psychology, showmanship, subliminal persuasion, suggestion
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September 8th, 2008 at 5:49 pm
Derrick,
This is amusing and interesting, but as with many of Brown’s tricks is not all it seems. What do you think is more likely?
That he can perform these apparent miracles?
Or he switched the letters?
– Jon
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September 9th, 2008 at 9:22 pm
That is a great trick. I will try this with my wife for her next birthday. Somehow I do think it will work in this case. But I’ll surely try
September 19th, 2008 at 9:54 pm
I think it much more likely that he switched the envelopes. BUt, Ive seen this guy before I think (it was a chess game against experts) and I like his style.
September 23rd, 2008 at 5:31 am
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September 23rd, 2008 at 11:22 pm
OK, now you have me Googling Neuro-Linguistic Programming. I do wonder how much the room suggestions really mattered?
I would like to use this for AdWords…
September 24th, 2008 at 8:40 pm
That is really cool trick! I will surely try it.
September 28th, 2008 at 11:23 pm
Thank you fro sharing a very nice trick. Can’t wait to try it.
September 30th, 2008 at 8:50 pm
I have been a bit dubious about his tricks since he admitted that his russian roulette trick was performed with a blank bullett.
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October 1st, 2008 at 5:11 am
A blank bullet at point-blank range could cause considerable damage to a person’s head. And Derren is quite open about the fact that he uses deception at times.
October 10th, 2008 at 10:21 pm
Nice video. It is rather cool! Thanks for sharing!