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From: Harry Cannon
Date: Thu Jan 9, 2003 7:00pm
Subject: RE: [Derren Brown] Re: Suggestion/Autosuggestion
Hi Rob
Re the photo reading.
If DB wasn't using photo reading, would you please tell me what was
going on in the piece please.
Cheers.....H
Kind Regards
Harry Cannon
-----Original Message-----
From: Rob Dobson [mailto:]
Sent: 09 January 2003 15:59
To:
Subject: Re: [Derren Brown] Re: Suggestion/Autosuggestion
Far be it for me to underestimate the value of
suggestions. Merely stating that this is a leverage
technique. Even bending the knees makes no odds, as
the effort is still expended in the correct direction,
whereas pushing on the elbows sends it somewhere else.
Not everything he does is suggestion, you know. In the
same way the the 'photo reading' effect isn't photo
reading. That's not to say that photo reading isn't
possible, (again, who am i...), but that wasn't how it
was done.
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>But the boxing lift isn't anything to do with
hypnosis
>is it? Its just simple physics.
Don't underestimate the power of suggestion.
If you have just asked yourself "why? what do you
(think you) know?" or
something similar, then re-read the previous line
again. Is it a
suggestion that you have just gone along with, or is
it a blatant
instruction that you have just obeyed? And more
scary, is there a
difference? And how many times a day can you
catch yourself doing just
this kind of thing to others? Trust me, YOU
DO!
However, in this case, simply bending your knees is
far more efficient
(effort vs. result).
On the other hand, I have seen experienced martial
artists, who can achieve
this and similar effects with quite awe inspiring
results - something that
goes way beyond bending your knees.
