>> ^sillma:

He's act is starting to remind me of david blaine, which isn't necessarily a good thing.


Have to say I always found his act a bit insufferable and smug. Particularly when he kept hyping these big stunts/illusions and didn't really deliver.

>> ^Deano:

I remember this but I also recall being a bit cynical about it i.e how many misses did he have as well?


I know. I like the ones where he shows where he gets it wrong. Don't think it's that often though

>> ^Payback:

Sounds like he's picking up on subconscious movements and mannerisms. The hero probably kept glancing at the edge of the "mirror" too much, suggesting to the other guy a yellow line on the ground. Mannerisms of how people look when surrounded by screaming others.
Either that or it's a total hand job.


the hand job seems like the most likely candidate

this is a *quality example of the brilliance of Derren Brown. He is a brilliant manipulator of the human mind and I highly recommend his book, "Tricks of the mind".

Be sure to check out this playlist if this catches your fancy: http://videosift.com/playlists/rasch187/Derren-Brown-Tricks-of-the-mind

>> ^berticus:

it's DERREN, you insolent whelp! slap
>> ^solecist:
i'm surprised that a sifter with over 500 star points doesn't know who darren brown is.



way to ruin my opportunity for a ninja edit!

The full program is here: http://videosift.com/video/Derren-Brown-Miracles-For-Sale

it's DERREN, you insolent whelp! *slap*
>> ^solecist:

i'm surprised that a sifter with over 500 star points doesn't know who darren brown is.

Tags for this video have been changed from 'faith healing, peter popoff, expose, charlatans, exploiting the fearful' to 'faith healing, peter popoff, expose, charlatans, exploiting the fearful, derren brown' - edited by berticus

I assume this means every person here is going to meet a sifter and fall in love and get married... EXCEPT MEEEEEEEEEE FOREVERALONE.JPG

It's cool, I'm gonna marry Stephen Fry or Derren Brown anyway.

Congratulations to you both.

>> ^shuac:

>> ^ant:
>> ^Gallowflak:
>> ^dag:
You should ask @ant - he actually does have valid personal reasons for his down votes.>> ^Gallowflak:
WHY DOES ANT DOWNVOTE EVERYTHING?! AHHHHHHHHH!
This was an interesting, provocative experiment and well worth watching. I really don't get it.


Okay.

Because I am a Christian/believer and these are not fakes. Prove that I downvote everything. I have way more upvotes than downvotes.

Ah ha! I knew there was a good reason he lacked a sense of humor.


Huhuhuh. That's funny.

>> ^ant:

>> ^Gallowflak:
>> ^dag:
You should ask @ant - he actually does have valid personal reasons for his down votes.>> ^Gallowflak:
WHY DOES ANT DOWNVOTE EVERYTHING?! AHHHHHHHHH!
This was an interesting, provocative experiment and well worth watching. I really don't get it.


Okay.

Because I am a Christian/believer and these are not fakes. Prove that I downvote everything. I have way more upvotes than downvotes.


Ah ha! I knew there was a good reason he lacked a sense of humor.

>> ^ant:

>> ^Gallowflak:
>> ^dag:
You should ask @ant - he actually does have valid personal reasons for his down votes.>> ^Gallowflak:
WHY DOES ANT DOWNVOTE EVERYTHING?! AHHHHHHHHH!
This was an interesting, provocative experiment and well worth watching. I really don't get it.


Okay.

Because I am a Christian/believer and these are not fakes. Prove that I downvote everything. I have way more upvotes than downvotes.


Well, I sent you a PM about it, but we can have this discussion anywhere. Also, I was exaggerating/deploying hyperbole; I don't actually believe that you downvote everything. But in the case of this video, these people are self-evidently confidence tricksters who're manipulating people into funding them by exploiting their religious beliefs. Given how this team was able to pull off all of the same stuff with just the same efficacy, that seems incontrivertible. What am I missing?

>> ^Gallowflak:

>> ^dag:
You should ask @ant - he actually does have valid personal reasons for his down votes.>> ^Gallowflak:
WHY DOES ANT DOWNVOTE EVERYTHING?! AHHHHHHHHH!
This was an interesting, provocative experiment and well worth watching. I really don't get it.


Okay.


Because I am a Christian/believer and these are not fakes. Prove that I downvote everything. I have way more upvotes than downvotes.

>> ^dag:

You should ask @ant - he actually does have valid personal reasons for his down votes.>> ^Gallowflak:
WHY DOES ANT DOWNVOTE EVERYTHING?! AHHHHHHHHH!
This was an interesting, provocative experiment and well worth watching. I really don't get it.



Okay.

Comment hidden because you are ignoring dag. (show it anyway)

You should ask @ant - he actually does have valid personal reasons for his down votes.>> ^Gallowflak:

WHY DOES ANT DOWNVOTE EVERYTHING?! AHHHHHHHHH!
This was an interesting, provocative experiment and well worth watching. I really don't get it.