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Since they are like magicianshttp://www.usfestivals.com it would be very easy for kids and young teens believe them. But for adultshttp://www.usfestivals.com they always doubt how can mentalists actually read minds. Anywayhttp://www.usfestivals.com it is normal for an audience to doubt and think about how mentalists have learned such skills. I guesshttp://www.usfestivals.com if you are earning for a living as a mentalisthttp://www.usfestivals.com then you would surely do your best in every performancehttp://www.usfestivals.com right? As long as you are not using your profession wronglyhttp://www.usfestivals.com people will come and appreciate your job.
In my opinionhttp://www.usfestivals.com whatever a person does for a performance is an Art. They are not forcing viewers to believe everything they see. These people are just doing great and amazing things to entertain their audience. But thenhttp://www.usfestivals.com if doubting their Art performance is your worryhttp://www.usfestivals.com there is nothing for you to be interested in watching them since you view it as childish. Anywayhttp://www.usfestivals.com if these people can really read mindshttp://www.usfestivals.com then how did they do it? There must be some secrets that their followers would love to find out.
Mental Force
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The next task is to think of a country starting with the letter and an animal starting with the next letter. Of coursehttp://www.usfestivals.com he will also ask you about the color of that letter. After answering thishttp://www.usfestivals.com you will come up with the same answer just like what the mentalist is thinking. He will tell you that the country is Denmark and the animal is an elephant with grey color. You will be surprised because he knew ithttp://www.usfestivals.com right? The thing ishttp://www.usfestivals.com no matter what number you choose from 1-10http://www.usfestivals.com you will always come up with D4. Why did he guess your answer correctly? Againhttp://www.usfestivals.com your answers are the easiest and the basic answer that any individual can think of.
What was shown to you is a form of a mental force and this is a mind trick that mentalists simply does. They follow routines and of coursehttp://www.usfestivals.com you won’t know this until someone explains it to you. When someone asks you something like thishttp://www.usfestivals.com they will surely know exactly what you will answer.
Barnum Effect
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