by loadedkaos » April 20th, 2005, 3:52 pm
Well maybe you have a point. Although I think perception is a god given ability and that is what most of the best mentalist use. Sure there will always be the center tare, magicians forces, and tons of little magician tools. But I always find the best mental effects have been cold reading which is where the mentalist pretends to read someones future but it's done in a personalized way that makes it seem real. When realy they are just picking up on things like what type of clothes youre wearing, what your birth order is, and numerous other hints such as body language which we portray and make available for those who know what to look for and whenever they say something that doesn't connect they play it off, like it will happen or has happened or something the trick is to stay vague. Oh but I digress, I'm not saying their is no such thing as psychic abilities, I'm just saying once you see how spoons actually get bent by Uri Gellar, once you see how they pull out bad stuff via psychic surgery and once you realize that people often tell you who they are befor you actually meet them...It kinda makes it hard to believe that anyone who says they are psychic is telling you the full truth.