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Darren Brown
he was on channel 4 late last night and i've seen him a few times before and hes excellent don't you think? hes like a mind type person who goes aronud a bit like david Blain doing tricks but so much better and more interesting cuz i'm pretty sure its all real and not just a trick like David Blaine. He like reads people minds, makes people forget things, memorizes dictionarys in like 20 minutes and stuff and is a very clever bloke. I think a lot of it is down to influences people what to think so he knows the answer, but he is amazing to watch.
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Do you mean Derren Brown? If so, he's great! Saw a series a while back where he got a track to pay out on a losing dog by saying "this is the dog you're looking for"! So he's back on, eh? I have to watch it next week... the guy's a genius 
Posted: 15:16 Oct 21 2002
I caught a bit of the show, and I've seen him before; he's jolly good. The cornerstone of most of it is NLP, and he's one of the best practitioners of it I've ever seen. But even a modest ability can produce terrifyingly wonderfull results
Edit: having just re-watched the show far less of it was NLP than I first thought. A fair chunk of cold reading and speed hypnosis, plus some good ol' fashioned illusion & sleight of hand, with a dash of editing out the bits that don't work.
(Edited by Callum 28/10/2002 19:23)
Edit: having just re-watched the show far less of it was NLP than I first thought. A fair chunk of cold reading and speed hypnosis, plus some good ol' fashioned illusion & sleight of hand, with a dash of editing out the bits that don't work.
(Edited by Callum 28/10/2002 19:23)
Posted: 17:56 Oct 21 2002
Derren should be on Ri:se on Friday morning, and his TV shows are being repeated (yet again!) on E4 on Saturday night.
Posted: 20:18 Oct 28 2002 
Sorry to interrupt, but what's NLP?
by Callum
The cornerstone of most of it is NLP
Posted: 10:36 Oct 29 2002
Neuro-Linguistic Programming.
It's a chunk of psychology concerned with how the brain processes sensory inputs and represents information, at both a conscious and sub-conscious level.
By determining how a person processes what they sense, you can tailor what you present to them to ensure they percieve it in a particular way.
It's widely used in the treatment of phobias and trauma, in sales/marketing and in mentoring. It can be employed in magic to help with forces etc, and to complement cold reading.
It's a chunk of psychology concerned with how the brain processes sensory inputs and represents information, at both a conscious and sub-conscious level.
By determining how a person processes what they sense, you can tailor what you present to them to ensure they percieve it in a particular way.
It's widely used in the treatment of phobias and trauma, in sales/marketing and in mentoring. It can be employed in magic to help with forces etc, and to complement cold reading.
Posted: 12:41 Oct 29 2002