Derren Brown - Trick Of The Mind - S01E02

the British illusionist and mentalist. Derren Victor Brown (born 27 February 1971) is a British illusionist, mentalist, painter, writer and sceptic. He is known for his appearances in television specials, stage productions and British television series such as Trick of the Mind and Trick or Treat. Since the first broadcast of his show Derren Brown: Mind Control in 2000, Brown has become increasingly well known for his "mind-reading" act. He has written books for magicians as well as the general public. His caricature artwork has received gallery exhibition and is available in a single volume documenting his portrait collection.
Though his performances of mind-reading and other feats of mentalism may appear to be the result of psychic or paranormal practices, he claims no such abilities and frequently denounces those who do. Brown states at the beginning of his Trick of the Mind programmes that he achieves his results using a combination of "magic, suggestion, psychology, misdirection and showmanship". Using his knowledge and skill, he appears to be able to predict and influence people's thoughts with subtle suggestion, manipulate the decision-making process and read the subtle physical and psychological signs or body language that indicate what a person is thinking.

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[cwseet]

@310BPM yeah, you're quite right. Savants don't really learn their skill, they just have them. Hats off to Derren, he must be one hard working _____.

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@MrScieman

yup.. that one kinda sucked.. pretty obvious.

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@herz3leid

yeah, but Derren does do crazy mental math and memorization stuff.

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@bigu236

remember the big and bright, vs dull and ordinary thing, something to do with that, and which side he would check first, i think.

plus suggestion of some kind that i didn't notice

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@cwseet

any savant that isn't clearly mentally handicapped is high-functioning.

Derren learned how to do all these things. savants don't learn them, they can just do it.

[alo754]

Do any of the background musics have a name?

[bigu236]

someone explain hints given that influenced the guy to choose a whisk please

[herz3leid]

@cwseet Well Derren doesn't do it himself, he explains to the guy at the bar, saying "this is a party trick i'm gonna teach you"... so there must be something

[MrScieman]

He was seeing the building on the surface of this guy's eyes...

[cwseet]

@herz3leid he kinda did what savants can do naturally. but usually savants can't function like the average joe. he might be a rare high functioning savant? that trick or skill was pretty good. I thought he was just guessing at first!

check out savant vids where they test the counting in a flash ability. it's crazy cool