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tw101356
Skeptic Friend
USA
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Posted - 10/30/2007 : 15:32:15 [Permalink]
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Some quick research turned up the following quote:
Jeff & Tessa don't call themselves psychics or magicians, and they don't claim to have “supernatural powers” However, they have no secret assistants and they do not use any concealed electronic communication devices. In fact, they offer $25,000 to anybody who can prove otherwise!
The Evasons focus on generating enthusiasm and creating a sense of wonder. Regardless of whether or not you accept ESP as a reality, their goal is to entertain the believers and the skeptics alike with a mind-boggling performance that leaves people talking! |
Looks like these guys are top notch professional mentalists. Everything they do is a clever trick. With some effort, you can research some of this stuff on Google or the library.
I have a mentalism trick that I perform at parties. I write the word "carrot" on a slip of paper ahead of time. I get a volunteer and ask them to hold the folded paper, then tell them to answer my questions as quickly as I can. I ask them 5-6 addition questions very quickly. All my questions have the same answer - fifteen. (What's nine plus six? What's ten plus five? What's seven plus eight? etc.) Then I say "Name a vegetable". Better than 90% of the time the person says "Carrot".
Then I tell them to read the paper. Never fails to astonish. Now and then I fail, and it's merely funny, although one or more people watching will usually volunteer that they had thought of carrot.
I'm guessing that there is some kind of ingrained word association - fifteen:carrot :: 15:Karat? I avoid picking a person for whom English is not the first language, and I try not to pick someone who is beyond tipsy as the latter will think too much and come up with a different vegetable (which is frequently zucchini, but maybe that's just my friends).
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