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  • Photographic memory, he knew which bean wasn't there because he knew what it looked like before.

  • It doesn't look like that "there are 1,347 beans on that tray". I think that its only 347 beans!

  • I don't belive in any of his shits

  • Derren Brown is like God.. Or Satan.

  • @XLoveCanChangeLifeX no, derren is more than a shitty magician lol. Far more talent.

  • So hes like eglands chris angel?

    

  • i was flicking my bean watching this

  • @yido09 No... Just no

  • "Very good." "I'm impressed". That's awfully strong language. I would firmly suggest that you cease and desist immediately. We can't risk children hearing language like that.

  • 1:10 you can hear him drop the concealed bean onto the tray

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  • @wirelessboiler How did you misspell his name? It's at the top of the video...

  • no youre wrong, bean is a strong language.

  • I think i got it. He blocked the spectators sight with his hand and turned ovr a cuple of beans, and turned it back. He knew that the bean would be closer to the guy by using psychology and then he saw the X. Still, a really good trick, sleight of hand i think

  • "pick a card...go ahead" (I offered you that one.. ) This is the same...

  • i know that prick he is a barista champion and his name is james ...lol what the fuck is he doing on tv ?

  • my memory is so bad, i can't remember what i did until 3 days later.

  • hand on a second right lads a ladies that was blandly ovies while he was searching for the bean he saw the x mark and he goes yer that's your bean anyone can do that right?

  • strong language?

  • i copy to the flame

  • what if there's a cross on every bean??

  • @nogie8

    You'd notice sice other beans were knocked over when he moved them, and the guy that placed it would remember roughly where he put it.

  • @BNPisFTW yeah, ur right it would be too easy for Derrens tricks.. I really think he actually made a "picture" in his mind of all those beans... or its something else.. hmmm i'll keep thinking about it xD

  • @nogie8

    Well what he does is usually based around either trickery of exploiting arts of peoples mind that they don't consciously use. So it's hard to say for sure how he did it, but still impressive.

  • @BNPisFTW it could be that he holds a bean with a cross in his hand. He has a pretty large number of beans left on the plate. He could have suggested to the guy (uncounciously ofcource) in wich area he has to put the bean. (to Derrens right) and I already know people usually put it somewhere at one third of all the beans so... I know i speak rubbish, but the fact is we don't know how he did it... but i'll never stop trying to find out..

  • @nogie8 aside from giving the dude a bean with an unusual shape, special contacts lenses that would have made the bean glow in his vision, theres always the chance there was crosses on lots of beans

  • @ruthlessandevil Yes, I thought of that too, but the guy did know where he put the bean, right? So at least Derren needed to know the area of where the bean would be.

  • @nogie8 also, how do we know he didnt have something stuck in his thumnail to mark an x on it as he picked it up?

  • @ruthlessandevil like i just said. The guy who put down the bean knew where he put it right?

  • @nogie8 would you really remember where after he took it from you, turned it round and fucked about with it for a few minutes like he did? he has shown in the past he picks people deliberately for each particular trick, perhaps he picked someone he knew wouldnt remeber/wouldnt argue.

    but yes at the end of the day your guess is as good as anyones ;)

  • @ruthlessandevil Ok i've looked closely and the place where the bean was put is different than where Derren picked up the bean. But it was in the same area. This can mean several things, but at least it's a different bean.

    I wouldn't say everyone's guess is just as good. I also don't say my guess is the best. However I'm trying to see how the trick is done, because I want to see the world in reality. And I get closer and closer every time. Everyone is suggest able in some way.

  • FUCK CRIME IN NEW YORK CITY

  • Here 0:01, use it to skip to the Programme.

  • refresh the page if you get an advert

  • Okay haters calm down CALM down! No matter how you look at DB, he's an extraordinary entertainer PERIOD.

  • @PeaceIsRad I agree!!!

    I love the whole presentation, it is so cleverly thought out.

    In Derren's own words: his "misdirection and showmanship" are top notch here. He to me is one of the finest showmans in the business.

  • A basic con. He tricked the guy into believing a lie. That he was accurately able to count the beans and that there were over a thousand beans when there was only around 200. This distracted the fellow to not realize that he A) used slight of hand to pick an identicle x marked bean or B) that many of the beans already had x's.

  • @intervalkid Both of those theories are complete bullshit, fueled by a combination of frustration and laziness.

  • @theycallmefibb

    Well "fibb" it's obvious from your name "fibb" that you are a liar and also very presumptuous. I don't care if you are psychic spying. Duties take planning.

    Mind your own bussiness. You must be one of those blasphemous "undercovers"

    that think whatever is in your mind doesn't matter on the outside as long as you lie well enough and fuck just enough to convince yourself that you are straight even though you really don't enjoy it. Psychology isn't the Truth.

  • @intervalkid Well "kid" it's obvious from your name "kid" that you are a child and also very naive. I don't care if you are ignorant embarrassing. Duties are not yours. Mind your own intellectual boundaries. You must be one of those moronic "idiots"

    that think whatever is in your mind matters on the outside as long as you use your imagination and jerk off just enough to cover up the fact that you're alone even though you deny it. You know next to nothing.

  • @theycallmefibb

    Mind my own intellectual boundaries? If I'm jerking off I am obviously alone how would that cover up the fact. Make some sense. You think I am ignorant huh?

    Bullshit. You know I'm not.

    It is you, the servants of the false accuser that do not mind your own psychic boundaries. You are as filthy as a transvestite, yet project your filth on others so as to avoid punishment.

    Your kind of disrespect shall be rewarded with fire and death. The time comes quickly.

  • @intervalkid Christ, you could use a book; your sentence flow is drier than a barren river bed.

    If you're going to impress me, you'll have to be classier. Pure effort and nothing more makes you look sloppy and incapable.

    Try, son. Try.

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  • @intervalkid Rofl. It's amazing to me how much thought it's clear you put into something so underwhelming.

  • @theycallmefibb

    Huh? I haven't put much thought into our little banter. I suppose it must have taken a lot of thought for you then though since you mention it.

  • @intervalkid That's just the impression I got. I call it like I see it.

  • I like Derren Brown but sometimes I think that he may just be using television to manipulate what we see? Too simple????

  • he doesn't usually rely on camera tricks, as far as I can tell, but he certainly did for the lottery one.

  • go to his live shows and he does the exact same stuff in front of your eyes. Ive been to 2. hes amazing

  • There could have been multiple beans with x's on them and all Derren had to do was hear which side he placed the bean, and picked a marked bean in the general area .

  • look at derren's hand when he turned around he put it in front of the guys face thus darren is limiting the area where the guy is suppose to put the bean...... yes memory but he also said to the guy "put the bean on top" which also increase the odds of finding it...

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  • Who said this,

    "youre all a bunch of f*cking morons"...?

    me, just now. shut up.

  • Derren from a child has been very intelligent with his memory, that's why hes banned from all casinos as he able to memorize whats came out and whay maybe in a deck of cards

  • banned from ALL casinoes? seriously thats ridiculous...

  • @skuggeporten i don't think so... he probably wouldn't get stopped on the door, but if they noticed him they'd probably ask him to leave.

  • @skuggeporten Derren said that hes banned from all casinos in the USA because his face got around too much and people recognised him. Also the fact that he went to a casino in Europe. Hes only banned from casinos in the USA.

  • he's not obviously or how would he have done the casino event ????

  • @123domndalex456 you know that was filmed in a studio, right?

  • if the rest of the beans have tiny piece of metal injected into them and the tray is attatched to an electomagnet,,,, as he slides some beans to one side he can see which bean is not stuck but instead wobbles etc.

  • u dumbass the man chose a bean himself

  • @ philyfree: lol. Inject a tiny piece of metal into EVERY bean? That would take a colossal amount of time and money for a trick that would give him a minute and a half of television time. If he dedicated that much money to everything he did, he'd bankrupt Channel 4 in no time. It's possible that there's some trick with the beans, but that certainly wouldn't be it.

    ... how the fuck do you inject a bean? Are there special bean syringes? hahahaha.

  • No not all the beans bollix. Just the one the guy placed. :D

  • magnetic beans?

  • it sed there was strong language

    there wasnt!!

  • I think it is because in the tv version Derren said something like: "I'll be carefull not to flick the bean... That'll be a first". Or something like that. I'm not english, but I remember he said it... (Flick the bean I think it s slang for female masturbation.? )

  • no. Even if so, that would take so much stretching of the word's meaning that ti wouldn't matter anyways.

  • @TRINITYFC11 "Bean" is a bad word :(

  • @CobraLoquendo Shut up you bean

  • @Tjcguy D:

  • check out "HYPNOTISE A POWER METHOD"

  • Derren has performed the rapid calculation part of this trick so many times. It was used in both the first and second series of Trick of the mind and in the 'Something wicked this way comes' live show. There is a mathematical knack to it and I'd love to know how it's done.

  • @fedokosmokrator i think he's blocking off portions of the tray with his hand and memorized them in quadrants. kind of like the trick with drawing a copy of a picture, where you make grids and draw them in 1 at a time.

  • he never says he's physic, he always says he's an illusionist. Why would he waste his time, saying he's not using any magic, then using actors to show the tricks he says arent real.

  • thats cool. why did it say theres strong language?

  • derren calls the puff a cunt at the end

  • he says excellent you idiot.

  • really? -.-

  • Obviously ... your trying to act sarcastic now but you really thought he called him a cunt.

  • lmfao you really are an idiot

  • Haha your the one who should feel like an idiot. You miss understood derren brown and i proved you rong. So now your tryin to pretend you new so u dont look like an idiot but deep down your stil an idiot

  • look over your argument with alexormrod its just a complete mental clusterfuck :P

  • lmao, you really think i mistook excellent with cunt? God you sir are truley an idiot

  • But he can probably spell really "difficult" words like YOU'RE

  • It's not hard to spell you're but why waste time writing properly with an idiot ? Also other people are agreeing me that your an idiot for mistaken excellent with cunt.

  • LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL

  • later on there prob would.

  • very intelligent man, what i would give for 1/3 of his understanding of memory and the human mind

  • whats with the people trying to say the bean is different he just has a fucking good memory

  • The guy who was holding the bean made it warm.

    Also, Excellent :)

  • Derren doesn't use stooges you fucking moron.

    Do you really think he could of gone 10 years on TV without being exposed once.

    All it would take is ONE whistle-blower. Do you know how much papers pay for gossip, he would have to be a billionaire to keep all those people shut for a decade.

    Especially when he 1st started and was unkown. You fool.

  • Plus he does everything live around the country every year and I saw him live and he did something on somebody I was with. So you think he's setup the whole country bar you? Fucking moron.

  • Also what would an actor achieve in this trick you idiot LMAO. It wouldn't help in cheating this effect.

    Plus I've been doing magic for 7 years I know for a FACT Derren doesn't set people up. He has no need to.

    Just because you can't work it out. Get your head out of your ass.

  • 1) That bean is warmer than the rest because the guy has been touching it.

    2) May be there is a mirror that Derren could look where he put the bean?

  • lmfao...MAGICAL/HEAT SEEKING COFFE BEAN DETECTING HANDS!!

  • the bean is proably differen then the others

  • it shud say warning contains strong coffee, more like lol

  • The dude with the glasses is a horrible actor

  • because hes not an actor. theres no point for derren to use actors to fake his abilities because they do exist and are possible to learn, unlike people claiming to be psychics

  • I've met people with naturally photographic memories. It's amazing, they can read an entire book and quote the whole lot back to you, perfectly! This, however, I was even more impressed with. Fantastic stuff!

  • wtf how does this have strong language

  • FUCKING ADVERTS!

    copy if u agree

  • thats where the strong language is ^^^^ lol

  • @theflame150 If there were no adverts we would have to pay for what we see not get it for free

  • @FEARxMaGiiK Yea good point. But there doesnt have to be multiple does there? Wont one single advert do?

  • @theflame150 yea i do agree

  • @FEARxMaGiiK Hi sparkz you watch this type of stuff too LOL

  • @sjkfxc yeah lol :D

  • @FEARxMaGiiK never used to be :(

  • @theflame150 FUCKING ADVERTS! WHATS THAT? THERES A FRICKEN AD BLOCKER!? NEVER KNEW THAT...

  • he'd be fucked if you said treat

  • holy shit he found a bean! boring haha

  • There are crosses on all of the beans.... OF COURSE!

    Incase you didnt notice, that was sarcasm. People really do have photographic memory and I think the fact that most people here do not are just showing their ignorance and presume it is a trick.

    Thank you to those, like me, are a little more open minded about these things. It must take a lot of years and practice to perfect that skill :)

  • well rokchick121's comment was nice.. all beans have mark on them.. but i think the tray is rly shiny and you can see the cross on a bean.. that's why he moved some beans.

  • Omg what the crazy satan thing at the end, I knew he was getting help by demonic forces

  • idiot

  • hes not saying its magic,if he has photographic memory then he remembers before hand what each "square" of beans looks like (using his hands as the square shape) then he picks out the one tht wasnt there before.

  • this is soo obvious..

    ALL OF THE BEANS HAV A MARK ON IT!!

  • wtf?

  • why does everyone comment saying ohh this trick is so easy and start explaing bull shiti to us? if you don't kno shut up

  • When he said "there is one thousand beans in this tray.." he had picked up a bean and put is hands down to his side. Then he puts a cross on that bean and pretends to pick it up. very simple.

  • ok, this is the "sniffing" trick. basically the human mind doesnt take in little noises....unless you are looking for them. someone in the background who saw where he put the bean is sniffing everytime derren comes close to the bean, so he puts his hands over the beans area and narrows it down unitl.....the bean is found!.....pure memory he would get it straight away.

  • probably the worst possible way to cheat at this

  • no....

  • not totally convinced that this is how its done myself but try it if u think its not possible. get a load of objects on a table, get a mate to touch one while u look away, and another mate to sniff everytime u hover over the right one....i guarentee your mate who touched the object wont hear him sniff!

  • but that wont work with the beans because they are so small

  • wow. youtube comments really make me feel better about myself realizing how many dumb shits there are out there.

  • i know hwta you mean, nice to think that it is magic though so keep it alive for all of them =)

  • Agreed

  • lol

  • its obvise the bean has a magnet in it an he has one in his hand

  • you, are, retarded. lol.

  • hahahahahahahahaha

  • lol you stupid person

  • did he check that there was a camera above the dish? and that there was a bloke talking through a earpiece?

  • Watch the one about the casino it showshe has a great memory,,,x

  • i could do that, if i had five minutes to look at the tray before i would be able to do that.

  • no you couldn't

  • He knows as soon as he turn rounds and looks where the bean is. The moving them around stuff is just for show :P

  • dumb fucksssssss! why would they make a show about him and give him loads of money and stuff if he was just a cheat?????? they would hire anyone wouldnt they ????? :)

  • how could he pour 1400+ beans onto a tray without a single white cross showing. Idiots this is just a short clip.

  • what would impress me if he done it with his sleves rolled up

  • Derren Brown has an amazing memory. He has been training it since he was a kid.

    He memorized where all the beans were.

  • at what point is there any strong languige?

  • clearly there isnt. pause at 0:42. some are turned up, some down and i cant see another one with a white cross. can you?

  • So he happens to not not one bean over when he moves them all?

  • you cant really cheat that ermmmmmmmmmmm YES YOU CAN JUST FUCKING PUT A WHITE X ON EVRY FKIN BEAN U RETARD!!!!!!

  • He's moving the beans, he would see the cross on at least a few of them as he moved them, this trick is suprisingly easy to do! No cheating was involved!

  • he rolled some over while he was looking through (like below) + it was in the exact area we saw him put it.

  • No cause when he is moving the beans out of the way they are turning over and there are no white crosses. Fail.

  • ErrrrrrRia is correct,

    What he does is, you see when he does the hand action?

    He makes a square with his fingers and pictures it over the beans.

    This is because he stores quadrants of the beans in his memory, like a jigsaw puzzle.

    Then when the participant puts the bean in, he scans the beans with his square shape in his hand again to see which one has the small difference.

  • this is spot on, took me ages to learn what he did and how to do it

  • notice though, he still had maybe 300 beans untouched?

  • i heard no languege??

  • basically he know s how the beans pattern is in the dish and if they have been moved they wont be in the exact same position so he can notice them the sifting is just part of the time wasting

  • How he memorise such a complicated pattern i think its where he heard it drop

  • has anyone noticed the titles of the total recall video and the pile of beans video are inverted?

  • thats an advert for Nissan...dofuss.

  • i loved the bit at the begging, with the awesome dancing cars.... and stuff...

  • That's... impressive. With how he holds his hands, you can infer that when attempting to recall very well the beans, he split them into sections so instead it became "is the bean in this square" until he had a small enough area to recall all at once.

    Derren has stated in other videos and shows that he uses the "House of the Mind" kind of recall... But I think object association would be tricky for remembering groups of beans >_>

  • can any1 c the refelction?

  • if the bean was magnetic it would have attatched to his hand!! moron.

  • sorry to telL you ohsoradical but ones hand is not magnetic.... MORON!

  • True photographic or eidetic memory has never been properly proved. Having said that, what he has likely done is create a mental image of the arrangement of the beans. Notice how he makes a 'window' with his hands? He's using that as his frame of reference, I guess as a window to the memory of what it looked like. That's why he removes sections of the beans - because those areas looked identical. He's basically trained his memory to work very efficiently. It's easy to see why you would think so.

  • does he have photographic memory

  • I love it when people are so skeptical, they come up with the most feeble of excuse to try and disprove things like this. Magnetic coffee beans?!?!

  • You know what is annoying? People try to figure out how he did it, but they think this is a magic trick (like palming beans, magnets, having another bean with an x on it.

  • but I m not impressed

  • i love derren brown! im seeing him live next wednesday! im sooo excited! :D:D:D:D:D:D

  • im happy for u!!

    make sure he picks you from the audience :P

  • thanks :D he didnt pick me from the audience though haha but it was so amazing! some things were just unexplainable! he has a really funny sence of humour as well haha :P

  • IM JEALOUS!!!

  • same!