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  • hahaha I couldn't sop laughing everytime he did. His smile his wonderful.

  • omg, his expression does say it all. I won't be surprised if he didn't get up and go to the bathroom and laugh his arse off after he did this.

  • bahahaha his expression at 1:03 just screams "uhm....wtf."

  • KRYPTONITE!?

  • This is a new imagining of an old hypnosis trick where you tell someone that their hand is stuck to the table and the more they try to lift it the heavier it will get (keep in mind that "try" implies they will fail). He uses the crystals as flair and tells them to focus on it so that they're distracted and more open to suggestion.

  • I love the chemistry between them two, bit bromancic xP

  • Has anyone ever noticed when he tries these types of things, the participant is always wearing red and black?

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  • martin´s cuteeeeeeeee :D

  • Can someone explain how he does this psychological? I get most of these videos with words hidden with words, but what wards did he use?

  • LOL "i don't want to help you at all!"

  • He's so adorable! "This is stupid" *giggles* while it workts. Haha :D

  • i think thats how derren takes ppls powers away from them and keeps them for himself.

  • Ugh, the sounds of the crystals are giving me a migraine. Also, dude-man is hilarious "this is stupid" haha

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  • At 3:59 i like how he goes "Stupid".

    

  • Martin Freeman's tongue. XD

  • this guy could make you go crazy in 10 seconds

  • Had a bit of a panic at 5:29 ish because he happened to set it to my alarm tone. I kept looking at my phone next to my keyboard like "I don't have an alarm set, what's going on? Oh wait, it's just Martin's phone." One second later, "I don't have an alarm set, what's going on?" I might be a little bit stupid.

  • its all about instinct. your brain tells you that your first reaction is that you should pick up the phone becouse its mking noise the crystal thing is just a distraction to keep you trying to do the lifting of the crisps while your brain reacts on the cell phone sound and your brain gives the signals to pick up the phone while some1 els is putting you in a position that you can't do anything else then lifting the plate up. there you go explained.

  • Martin how are you even real?

  • Sexual energy. HAHA martin freeman <3 Poor guy.

  • I like how Martin's facial expressions consistently showed that he was thinking "This is bollocks, you're a madman."

  • Oh... God I love Martin Freeman ^^ S'cute seeing him all confused.

    It's all mind tricks, though. Those kind of things are cool. We used to do loads of little mind tricks on each other at school..

  • @ChuckNorrisKratosLOL DAVID BLAINE.. HAHA.. IMAO

  • has anyone ever tried that phone trick on someone? i doubt it works

  • It's the same thing that happens when you hold your 2 pointer fingers an inch apart and stare at them. The more you stare at them, the less you can resist the urge to keep them from coming together.

    It's Derren saying "pick up the mug" and your brain translating that into "you can't pick up the mug".

    Fucking amazing.

  • @MajesticTOASTER That's really weird. I just did that and my fingers came together no matter how hard I concentrated on refusing to let them come together.

  • @ChuckNorrisKratosLOL win at what? A smackdown?

    Chris Angel is a big phat phony. Derren is not. (even though some of his tricks are film tricks, like the lottery thing, he is the first one to say it)

  • I'm really glad for the last comment by Derren Brown, because I could have only half enjoyed this had I thought he truly believed that chrystal bs. Really funny!

  • God how I love seeing Freeman so weak and lost, just losing it, he's adorable.

  • So many pseudo-scientists here. It's a trick...just a trick. And yes, that is Martin Freeman from the original (UK) and the best version of The Office. And Hitchhiker's...and Love, Actually. And now Sherlock. And unlike prudish Americans (yes, I'm American), the British treat their viewers like adults.

  • It's a very simple suggestion. Actualy, even as being a novice, I can induce heavyness while selfhypnotising. He's making the cristal a placebo. I must say that he seems to be damn talented at what he does...

  • mentalist? pfft darren brown is where its at

  • lol as he was hypnotising that guy, i myself tried to pick up a mug and it did feel heavier than usual o.O

  • LMAO "is that sexual energy"

  • this is a form of hypnosis, indicated by Darren asking him to focus on the crystal. This has nothing to do with crystals.

  • lol theyre both so cute haha that little laugh was adorable lol

  • stupid

  • satans work

  • This is the first Psychology trick that I learned, and I have to say that Derrens variant is very impressive although I personally had more fun doing it using their own watch as the strength sapper.

  • what did he do to the phone? he said that he wasnt supposed to know about it himself (4:48)

  • bullshit the video is made so makes ppl think that the whole energy tvibrations is bullshit!!!

    negative publicity is still publicity!!!!

    thanks 4 tryin!

  • @tsimentor lulz@urlife

  • There is no trick. This guy is being psychologically tricked into thinking that the crystal made him weaker. Then, he kept that state of mind and kept on believing that the crystal made him weaker. That is Darren's trick.

  • That guy is on the UK Office.

  • I noticed that right away! Just finished watching that on Hulu.

  • Perfect placebo !

  • @JesseSkillMaster thats not what that word means

  • @thehasslessydney

    Watch Eric Mead his lecture about it -_-

  • fucking magnet cup

  • Did anybody else find themselves frozen in place or holding their breath when he was being sapped?

  • Derren is my uncle !! .. no he isn't but it would be freakin awesome!!!

  • martin freeman?

  • @MrShorty95 You mean Gordon freeman

  • "yea. yea, it is" XD

  • it has nothing to do with balance or anything, the stone is not special in any way. It's just a device used to help derren tap into the man's malleable state and convince his brain that something external is causing his hand to become weak. The man's brain acts as the barrier. The story about the stone is just there to make his mind malleable.

  • I thought this was fake, but you can genuinely see that his forehead is wet with sweat from trying to lift it at 3:04

  • it works for me too! Fucking funny man! :D

  • @alfinpude you are right. when he keep the crystal balance, derren make the target get nvolve in other things & when he feels normal in balancing it , derren ask to lift the cup.

  • I just tried it with my credit card and you'd be shocked to know that it actually works!

  • he asks the guy to flat his han and then puts the crystal near his nuckles wihc makes hard to balance the crystal in his hand so he needs to keep his hand straight to balance it and since he speaks while he has his hand on top of the mug it get tired, so it makes it hard for him to lift it up with 2 fingers

  • hmm but even if a piece of crystal is on his hand, and he has to balance it, and if he has a hand on top of the mug for just like 20 seconds, shouldn't he me able to lift a 200gram mug?

  • ehm no

  • Im thinking trick mug and plate with an electromagnet under the table. The pecil I cant figure out.

  • phycology thats what the entire show is.

  • @ZachariasClub u mean fuckology ..derren fucking with ppl

  • is that the guy who played Arthur Dent in Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy?

  • yes 'tis

  • he was also in the original (British) version of The Office

  • Ah, I was wondering where I recognised him from. Thanks!

  • Love actually.

  • Is that sexual energy? lol the guy was getting hot

  • could Derren make people stronger as weii? that would be awesome!

  • hey its martin freeman

  • I've tried this, it really does work!

  • Holy shit Darren is chilling with Arthur Dent.

  • What he does is all psychological, not some cheap trick like a magnet.

  • @dentaltaco

    psychological tricks are even cheaper, saves you the cost of a magnet ^^

  • @dentaltaco I imaging it was not inexspensive however it was done.

  • @dentaltaco He's no conjurer of cheap tricks.

  • martin freeman rules

  • this guy is such a conartist hahaha

  • nope its hypnotic suggestions. I've done it a lot at partys

  • if you were to have a electromagnet in or under the table, strong enough to resist this mans lifting power, the frequency of the current running through it would make the magnet and thus the entire table hum and vibrate like crazy, wich i think both we and mr Arthur would have heard/noticed.

  • it's called backing music retard.

  • The cup and the plate, I get. It's pretty simple, even. But, the pencil gets me. Anyone know how the pencil trick works?

  • it's all suggestion....

  • same things as usual. He convince him it'S too heavy. Hear what he says and how his hands move and you'll see he's suggesting that he cannot lift it.

  • This reminds me of when you pick up a carton of mik thinking it´s full when in fact it´s empty.... and how your brain tells you to use more strength because it thinks it´s full.

  • Yeah, nice, and that does happen to me too =D

  • I'm highly suggestible to this shit. Tried it and couldn't lift the cup.

    However, as soon as i stopped focusing on the object on my hand, i snapped out of the 'stare-at-object-trance'

    Awesome how the subject tries to accomplish two contradicting objectives at the same time. The more one tries to follow one command, the more power he/she gives to the contradicting one.

    brilliant how the mind works

  • Is that sexual energy? Ha!

  • When are they going to be hitchhiking around the Galaxy with Douggie Adams?

  • that guy is mentally weak.

  • Being a trained hypnotist I I've noticed that the more suggestible people actually tend to be intelligent. This most likely wouldn't work as well with a stupid person.

  • intelligence has nothing to do with mental fortitude. the man is still mentally weak- intelligent i don't know, mentally weak? absolutely. i know plenty of brilliant people who are lazy, and mentally incapable of overcomming obstacles and themselves. mental toughness has nothing to do with intelligence- a dumb person can be mentally tough, a smart person can be mentally tough.

  • haha hey it's arthur dent

  • hahah martin off the office

  • I love farts. Fart jokes never get old.

  • Did the camera man fart at 1:21?

    Excellent illustration of mind tricks, though.

  • it was just the guy agreeing with him, just a kind of, mmm.

    thats what the noise was.

  • hahahaaa he did!!!!!

  • it was definately a fart

  • no lol

  • LOL he did.

  • lol at 4:48 - "I can't show you this because I'm not suppose to know it" haha, is he going into the phone's hack menu or something? idk what to call it

  • 2:40-2:58"What the fuc...giggle,giggle,"while derren just looks at him sweetly.lol

    btw its good to know ppl that know what there talkin bout.yup that was an anchor also it take advantage of awarkard anatomical positions.which can be facilitated through waking hypnosis. the amazing kreskin also is very very good at this

  • Good lord! It's Arthur Dent!!

  • wow dude, stfu.

  • catatriplex rofl@$#@$%##@

  • I don't think it is mainly NLP, or not at all. You can do this kind of trick to some of your friends quite easily. For an example, the two pencil trick where you force your friend to force two pencils together very hard, where you then you act like you wrap the pencils together with a string. They will feel as if they pencil is somewhat stuck or attracting each other if done correctly. But basically, it's just the mind being susceptive to the idea of invisible force.

  • In the words of David Tennant, "The only scientific explaination is that Derren is a witch."

  • LMFAO

  • @discord20

    If witchcraft helps you to do this then I'm going to start studying it!

  • 1:21 - 1:22  sounded like a fart

  • same think :D i play this 10 times !

  • You like hearing farts eh?

  • its not simple nlp but at the end derren says to him the things i said about the stones and the phone was all rubish. its amazing how the guy coud still talk normally while being hynotised.

  • 3:09 lol, [ I was trying, i dont want to help you at all] lol

  • it's NLP, neurolinguistic programming, which is what he uses most of the time. it's very interesting! derren brown is great!

    can someone explain the sexual energy to me at 4:13?

  • There is abit of truth in energy direction, try lifting a heavy object whilst focusing on the bottom of it, and you'll find its heavier to lift, then lift it again and try focusing on the top of it and you'll find its much lighter.

  • hey. that's Martin Freeman!

  • *Has been severely put in his place*....

    Sorry :(

  • the guy is focusing on blancing the crystal on his hand..rather than lifting the cup

  • Ahhh, that explains the pencil and plate!

    *Thumbs up*

    Thanks for clearing that up for us Einstein.

  • Thanks Buddy !!!!!!!!!!

    *thumbs up*

    Im so glad you appreciate someones opinion rather than trying to put them down on youtube :)..very mature!!!!

  • noob

  • its got nothing tu du with the crystals, all derren brown does is tell him to feel week. if you put your friends arm up and tell them to keepp repeating to themselves to be week and they will feel weak, push there arm down and it will be easy to push there arm down. Same with feeling strong.

  • "i have a message"

    "it's from me!! are you sweating!!"

    derren is a legend wow!! :):)

    x

  • Great Video. Sorry my explanation is posted backwards :)

  • And than he goes on to tell him that he is weaker and weaker. the rest is easy, when he believes it and is subconsciously induced to create the effect.

    Every time Derren says "genuinely trying" his subconscious tries to make the effect work more and more.

  • He first tells the person the powers of the crystals and how it can influence a victim.

  • than around 2:00 he says

    "the other aspect, what I think makes these things work, especially when you get into the healing and the/se people's expectations... that certainly sort of happens you got to create that yourself. That psychological aspect is important", he injects that what hes about to say should be "expected" to happen and the victim says "yeah" several times as he says the critically important dialogue.

  • the pencil was quite impressive but the plate and mug were painfully obvious...

  • he is gay but doesn't mean he's goig around grabbing boys...

  • Gays aren't pedophiles u spaz

  • Indeed. But it does remind me of a Paedofinder General sketch from Monkey Dust, where he does in say, "You are gay, and therefore paedophiles!".

    Mindless drivel, but amusing in a sick way.

  • rofl he was sweating

  • its martin freeman!! he is so awesome!! he is in a hitchhikers guide to the galaxy

  • is that the guy who play's "jim" from the british office.

  • You mean Tim. But it is.

  • notice the quotes

  • I love the honesty of the guy, "it felt really heavy... stupidly heavy, yeah."

  • Heh heh. Nice one Rob. Spot on.

  • So much of new age theories is total "bullocks"! "Hey, I want to be rich by selling lots of books and getting on the New York Times Best Seller List! I've got THE SECRET!!! And the secret is...if you think it, you'll get it. Now buy my book!"

  • "Is that sexual energy?"

    "Yeah, yeah, it is"

  • i wonder why he asked that?

  • I kinda know why he asked that, it's rather awkward

    I've experienced it, but I'm glad I saw this video to somewhat clear it up. I'd like to have it explained though. but basically- all energy is sexual... awkward lol

  • To James: Some people are more hypnotizable then others. But also hypnotism is based on belief. If he didn't make the guy believe or feel like he was getting weaker it wouldn't work. Its part of the point, most of what we can or can't do is mental.

    To Rob: You failed to see the words "In this case" written in my sentence. This I can do, and some other small feats but the big things Derren does I cannot (such as reading people, memory tricks, advanced hypnosis, ect).

  • Cool, it's Martin Freeman! He performed illusions with Stephen Fry and Simon Pegg, as well. Derren rules.

  • I think it only works on certain people or you really need them to believe they cvan not move there hand.Its just like the one where the woman cant move her legs,she believes she cant so she cant.The man in this video believed he could not lift the objects so he couldnt

  • Then, with the pencil, all he had to do was fire off the emotional anchor (weakness) associated with the crystal by both using the presupposition try and then saying to feel that weakness. He could have also brought on trance by rapid induction pattern interupt handshake when he put the pencil in the guys hand, I didn't see it clearly.

  • Also the small hand gestures and words like "tiny" coupled with references to a "large" crystal although it was in fact quite small thus giving it mental weight

  • the pencil one was done using conjouring technique,nothing else.

  • (same reason he was explaining the molecule thing before and failing to tell him that all things composed of atoms vibrate, not just crystals). Then he tells him "As you try (try is a presupposition that they can't do it) to lift it imagine that weakness just flowing into your body, ect". He has just implanted the idea that the crystal will weaken him and because he believes the crystal to work he will listen to the suggestion and feel weaker.

  • People who do not believe this obviously know very little of hypnosis or NLP. The simple fact of the matter is that, in this case, what Derren is doing is SIMPLE! Its merely stage hypnosis. The crystal hides the fact that all he really is doing is weakening the guy with hypnosis. It all starts at the two minute mark when Derren begins saying how it works because he expects it to work, thus putting the hypnotic presupposition that the quartz does work

  • it's so simple. yes, hence why you are on television making a similar programme

  • HAHAHA i know right...i hate when people are like ITS SIMPLE NLP...It EASY all you have to do is......im like ok yeah if its so simple why the hell havent you thought of it first then....or im sorry do i know you? lol...i mean obviosuly its not that simple if you arent famous for doing it.

  • He is so cynical! (bless him)

  • kryptonite mofo...

    :p

  • I LOVE DERREN BROWN I WANT MAGIC ON ME !

  • to all the retards out there.... Derren Brown did become the genius and the best there is buy faking stuff and getting actresses etc etc. He even explains how he does everything so if you still dont get it after that you need shooting.

  • im oretty sure that man is in the hitch hikers guide to the galazy

  • you are right. it is the dude from the hitch-hiker's guide to the galaxy film

  • He played Arthur Dent.

  • lol i have the same cellphone as that dude

  • than in anything else. Even if you think that you are unpredictable, you are always predictable, therefore an expert at sensing and influencing behaviour like Derren Brown will thrive.

  • 10/10

    Excellent logical deductions there Picnic10.

  • Partly what sets Derren Brown apart from others is that he says at the end 'all that stuff I told you about mobile phones and crystals is rubbish'. You can sense him continuously adjusting his behaviour to fit his participant- he assumes, or knows, that Martin Freeman is sceptical- he does not want to undermine that so he confirms that to him but also suggests a reasonable, and quite commonly held belief that there are vibrations in crystals- it's nonsense- there are no more vibrations in them

  • yeh. i noticed that too. i mean how is unable to wear a quartz watch?! its because derren brown is extremely articulate that people assume he is correct about what he is talking about and that all the facts he atate are correct. to use the term in the nicest sense, he is is a master manipulator

  • lol i had that phone and it does hav bluetooth

  • Derren has always done stuff with celebs and if u say this is fake or if u say Derren is fake, Ur worng find the video with robbie willaims

  • is that sexual energy?

    yes yes it is.

    haha