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

Hungary4707 Posts

November 12 2009 22:33 GMT

fuck don't expose my magic tricks

Foucault

Sweden2826 Posts

November 12 2009 22:34 GMT

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

meeple

Canada10211 Posts

November 12 2009 22:35 GMT

Wow... this is really cool. I've always wanted to know these things

neobowman

Canada3324 Posts

November 12 2009 22:36 GMT

Looks interesting, watching now.

meeple

Canada10211 Posts

November 12 2009 22:59 GMT

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

United States816 Posts

November 12 2009 23:08 GMT

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

B-612

Canada33 Posts

November 12 2009 23:23 GMT

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.

sixghost

United States2096 Posts

November 12 2009 23:29 GMT

Is this the same guy that did the lottery prediction thing?

freelander

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

MooCow

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.

thopol

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

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.

MiniRoman

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

NrG.NeverExpo

Canada2114 Posts

November 13 2009 00:59 GMT

#15

im gunna make money off this now.

GreEny K

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.

Kennelie

United States2296 Posts

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.