mornin'
I just read about EAC (Eye Accessing Cues) wich basicly states that you can tell what someone is thinking by checking their eye movements. This is a part of NLP and you're absolutely right that it's not foolproof at all.
left eye looking up = accessing past memory
right eye = imagining future (could be a lie, imagination)
sideways = listening for sounds
down left = internal dialogue
down right = accessing emotions
usually when someone lies they can stare straight at you though. This is all good knowledge to help dicover when someone is lying to you. You can ask them questions repeatedly and watch their responses. But it's never foolproof. I think it's just a handy extra tool but not something to rely on solely.
I can force people to choose the 7 of hearts as a card wich usually works
but I wish to make them pick other cards when they want me to try again
I can also make people think of a carrot when asked to think of a vegetable. Some things also work in combination. if someone just picked a carrot and you ask them to pick a color they won't pick orange because in their minds they just had that. I can sometimes steer people to choose yellow but it's a tough one since people have favorite colors usually. Also if you ask a group of people to pick a number between 1 and 10 you'll find that most people will choose 7 every time while another large portion will choose 3
so you can pretend to have predicted that upfront and work that into your act as just one part extra for them to wonder about.
But these are all simple standard things and I really do need to learn more. I do like using them as practice tricks when I'm in a one on one conversation with someone because I like to see what kind of factors influence people's decisions. Sometimes when these kinds of subjects come up during conversation I just throw it in there
but afterwards I tell them it was a trick without explaining how I did it. And I thank them for letting me test it on them.
Yeah I don't like the editing down idea either
then you might aswell work for a movie company and create special effects. A true mentalist/illusionist can also perform on the streets without failing. I must admit failing would seem horrible but sometimes there are ways out of that wich the audience will accept. Like I said if you made them choose the number 7 and the rest of your act fails most people will still be impressed by that. often when I bombard people with tricks they don't care if I didn't get the first one right. They are absolutely impressed by the most simple tricks that did go well. I just never give up until I impress
so keep your safest tricks for last. You can also do it like Tommy Cooper did
and magically mess up everything.
anyway thanks for the support marty
very cool. I'll send you a pm about the books
