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YPang
Profile Blog Joined April 2007
United States4024 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-11-12 22:39:07
November 12 2009 22:28 GMT
#1
Really interesting Short ~5min documentary style that explains several paranormal activities and how its done with science; with Derren Brown.
Really interesting stuff, you'll never look at the same weird/creepy/unexplained stuff the same again.

Derren brown's original site @
http://www.scienceofscams.com/

Psi Wheel
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Ghosts
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Break brick
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Ouija Board
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Chi energy
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Telekenesis
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Psychic reading
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freelander
Profile Blog Joined December 2004
Hungary4707 Posts
November 12 2009 22:33 GMT
#2
fuck don't expose my magic tricks
And all is illuminated.
Foucault
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
Sweden2826 Posts
November 12 2009 22:34 GMT
#3
Um yeah but the ghost thing for instance only explain an occurance where people deliberately set up a scam. It doesn't explain anything about other sightings, although one might argue that they are all psychological
I know that deep inside of you there's a humongous set of testicles just waiting to pop out. Let 'em pop bro. //////////////////// AKA JensOfSweden // Lee Yoon Yeol forever.
meeple
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
Canada10211 Posts
November 12 2009 22:35 GMT
#4
Wow... this is really cool. I've always wanted to know these things
neobowman
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Canada3324 Posts
November 12 2009 22:36 GMT
#5
Looks interesting, watching now.
meeple
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
Canada10211 Posts
November 12 2009 22:59 GMT
#6
On November 13 2009 07:34 Foucault wrote:
Um yeah but the ghost thing for instance only explain an occurance where people deliberately set up a scam. It doesn't explain anything about other sightings, although one might argue that they are all psychological


To be fair though, they don't claim it to be anything else. It's the science of scams.. not the science of the paranormal
zergnewb
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States816 Posts
November 12 2009 23:08 GMT
#7
Oh wow. If only I had a straw I would use the telekenesis trick to scare the crap out of my mom when she gets home. lol
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B-612
Profile Joined June 2009
Canada33 Posts
November 12 2009 23:23 GMT
#8
Props on pointing this out sir! I'm a self identified skeptic and really dig this kind of stuff, as someone who has a scammer is his family I'm happy to see more people getting the message out about the scam-esque activities of others.
Don't play to win, play to get better.
sixghost
Profile Blog Joined November 2007
United States2096 Posts
November 12 2009 23:29 GMT
#9
Is this the same guy that did the lottery prediction thing?
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freelander
Profile Blog Joined December 2004
Hungary4707 Posts
November 12 2009 23:36 GMT
#10
On November 13 2009 08:23 B-612 wrote:
Props on pointing this out sir! I'm a self identified skeptic and really dig this kind of stuff, as someone who has a scammer is his family I'm happy to see more people getting the message out about the scam-esque activities of others.


who is the scammer in your family lol
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MooCow
Profile Joined September 2008
1434 Posts
November 12 2009 23:46 GMT
#11
On November 13 2009 08:29 sixghost wrote:
Is this the same guy that did the lottery prediction thing?

Yea, same guy.
The videos were interesting but I can't believe that some people would believe these things esp. the psi wheel.
Making history not reliving it.
thopol
Profile Blog Joined May 2008
Japan4560 Posts
November 12 2009 23:56 GMT
#12
I dig science > mysticism. I don't dig over-dramatized television. How much of each of those segments consisted of repetitions of that same graphic?

Also, cute chick is cute.
ZERG_RUSSIAN
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
10417 Posts
November 13 2009 00:12 GMT
#13
Rofl the brick breaking one was more like "it doesn't hurt as much as you would think" than "they're clearly deceiving you!"

Except for the middle brick break. That was a trick.
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MiniRoman
Profile Blog Joined September 2003
Canada3953 Posts
November 13 2009 00:38 GMT
#14
Ya lol. These guys just know how to make hoaxes, DOESN'T MAKE REAL THINGS A HOAX!

Jk most things prolly hoaxes but exorcisms are crazy on tv
Nak Allstar.
NrG.NeverExpo
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
Canada2114 Posts
November 13 2009 00:59 GMT
#15
im gunna make money off this now.
TwitteR: @NeverExpo follow me, i'll follow back :)
GreEny K
Profile Joined February 2008
Germany7312 Posts
November 13 2009 01:03 GMT
#16
Wow the fire one was pretty cool, the part with the blood is what interests me. Im gonna try that with some friends to creep them out.
Why would you ever choose failure, when success is an option.
Kennelie
Profile Joined December 2007
United States2296 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-11-13 01:17:56
November 13 2009 01:09 GMT
#17
Yang I am the science of scams. When u buy something expensive go back to the store(doesn't matter if its the same store or not) and pull the same product that you bought. Now what you do is go to the customer service desk and ask for a refund with the receipt of the expensive product that you bought earlier. Voila now you got your product for free.

Science of scams~

edit: of course this will not work with many products like high end electronics but it does work. I usually do it with alot of medicine that cost me more than 10 bucks.
ya had ya shot kid!
Whiplash
Profile Blog Joined October 2008
United States2929 Posts
November 13 2009 01:18 GMT
#18
I love this kinda stuff and Derren Brown is a fucking genius, props to him for doing this.
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Psyonic_Reaver
Profile Blog Joined June 2007
United States4342 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-11-13 01:35:47
November 13 2009 01:33 GMT
#19
They missed one. http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=105399

This was a really fun thing to learn though. I'm going to do the straw one.
So wait? I'm bad? =(
YPang
Profile Blog Joined April 2007
United States4024 Posts
November 13 2009 01:45 GMT
#20
the ghost one personally intrigued me, and the ouija board has a good explanation.
sMi.Gladstone | BW: B high| SC2: gold T_T
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