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Re: Summer reading list (2012) - Mind Reading
From: Bruce Barnett <grymoire () gmail com>
Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2012 16:07:55 -0400
On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 5:12 AM, David3 <netevil () hackers it> wrote:
Hi guys, I know this could be a bit out of topic, but I would ask you anyway.. Last night I have been really amazed watching the magician Dynamo reading minds of people instantly, and I am still wondering and searching if this is a illusionist trick or if there is a real scientific way to do it: this would be really interesting, and if true I should add some summer reading also on this matter.
This is one of my areas of expertise. While there are scientific "real" methods, more practical methods exist which work 100%. A good performer cannot rely on random chance.
For example you ask a person to think a number and then, watching body and eyes moving you are able to reveal what is he thinking?
Some questions involve 3D/spacial concentration, while others involve analytical concentration. This can involve left brain/right brain involvement, which can be revealed by eye movements. But the right/left brain concept is not 100% consistent. Lefties may have the sides inverted, while a small percentage deviate from the norm as well. People who have had strokes re-learn how to use their brain, and some people were forced to switch their favorite hand, because being a lefty is "evil." See http://wordinfo.info/unit/3777 So it can be done, but not reliably.
Could be a pure trick?
Perhaps he was lucky. :-) how much is it possible?
A lot.
This happened also to me once. A person wanted to meet me for a job interview, and in the end asked me a couple of personal things but said "Don't tell me, just think about the answers" and then he revealed me what were my answers: really scary.
Read up on the Barnum effect, and the concept of cold reading.
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