Seraphita wrote:
(snip)
He uses NLP trickery (eye-movement cues); lip-reading expertise; amazing
memory recall; covert
hypnosis; muscle reading; old-fashioned conjuring ; . . . ; but nothing
that can't be understood by
a hard-nosed scientist
...at least, not that he knows
Oh, I don't think anyone misses the point he wants to make, Barry. Perhaps
you're confusing misses with isn't necessarily convinced that's all there is
to it.
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb@... wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Orson Welles discusses the nature of 'cold reading', a type of analysis used by
many phony psychics and fortune tellers to trick their customers into thinking
they indeed do have special powers, and how some can become so skilled at it
that they actually trick themselves into believing they are
Re Staring contest:
That one will really creep out Judy.
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister@... wrote:
Staring contest:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6gzuKti1-I
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6gzuKti1-I
---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, s3raphita@... wrote:
Yep, he creeps me out.
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister@... wrote:
Staring contest:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6gzuKti1-I
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6gzuKti1-I
---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, s3raphita@... wrote:
Mind-control magician and skeptic
I sometimes see this as it is after another show I watch when I can. I would
give it a grade of B (using my subjective scale for network TV here in the
States).
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, s3raphita@... wrote:
Speaking of such things, did you ever get a US TV series called Lie
Yes, thank you. I've actually seen this segment before--someone posted it here
a few years ago and we had a bit of discussion about it (the thread begins with
#161279 if you want to have a look).
Seeing it again, I find I've changed my mind somewhat about what's going on. I
think he may, in
