tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13970096.post8357269575483253753..comments2023-10-18T04:18:49.463-07:00Comments on Wittgenstein, Shakespeare, and Cookie Monster: derren brown: i call bullshit!Marcushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10199110239609732534noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13970096.post-30961196001769592872012-11-23T22:47:44.575-08:002012-11-23T22:47:44.575-08:00A few months ago I went with some friends to see h...A few months ago I went with some friends to see his show "Svengali" in the west end. He performed a round of "cold reading" in which he drew apparently random seat numbers from a machine. He then went on to work out the person occupying that seat's most embarrassing secret, explaining his logic as he went: "you've put your hand to your pocket, that means you'Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01997762848597894533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13970096.post-65462137536220164492010-12-08T16:08:32.663-08:002010-12-08T16:08:32.663-08:00Have to say I read a few paragraphs and it was too...Have to say I read a few paragraphs and it was too long didn't read. I watched Derren Brown once and my male cow excrement meter went off the chart.<br /><br />I also hate these self-styled "skeptics" who's "skepticism" generally consists of believing whatever the government tell you despite not having any hard evidence it's true and having plenty of scientists Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13970096.post-21624666646642493822010-09-10T20:46:21.535-07:002010-09-10T20:46:21.535-07:00Derren Brown does not possess psychic powers, ESP ...Derren Brown does not possess psychic powers, ESP or superior intellect however it is quite remarkable how he has brainwashed the entire nation into believing his bullshit. <br /><br />The average person wants science that they can relate to, understand and talk with authority about - and this is exactly what Derren Brown is supplying. Without strong scientific reasoning or critical thinking, Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13970096.post-20644874221496303092010-04-05T04:51:08.912-07:002010-04-05T04:51:08.912-07:00Well said...thank you, glad to know that I'm n...Well said...thank you, glad to know that I'm not the only one that finds this all a little irksome. Science writer, Simon Singh, spoke out about Brown in 2003; <br /><br />http://www.simonsingh.net/Derren_FAQ.html<br /><br />However other atheists and sceptics are strangely quiet on the issue. He is a magnificent performer, and perhaps it is on the strength of this that he gets away with suchAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13970096.post-20092295928890839312010-04-04T15:39:03.561-07:002010-04-04T15:39:03.561-07:00I the book I read, he denounces some of NLP but ac...I the book I read, he denounces some of NLP but accepts "the useful parts of it." <br /><br />Regardless of what he calls it, he claims (for instance) that he can subliminally influence people to draw very specific pictures and to be able to touch people and change them from atheists into theists. <br /><br />And he claims he can do that without using stooges. Total bullshit.<br /><br /Marcushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10199110239609732534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13970096.post-55269048317414960922010-04-04T15:25:54.175-07:002010-04-04T15:25:54.175-07:00I have a book where Brown denounces NLP as bullshi...I have a book where Brown denounces NLP as bullshit. So I'm not sure where you got that one from. He is an entertainer not a scientist. Don't get so hung up on it.CeeEmBeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10645365365762315128noreply@blogger.com