James Randi shows his ESP
Recorded: 2000 Location: California IT Lecture: Chasing the Chimera
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Recorded: 2000 Location: California IT Lecture: Chasing the Chimera
Narrowing Photoshop CS5’s features down to my top five was almost impossible, but here you go… Follow me: www.gavtrain.com http twitter.com
I wanna know how you do it!
It’s the 100th video!
@soseg I am going to make a video that explains this trick fully, as I can’t stand seeing all these comments ffrom people who are tearing their hair out. Clues: the cards are THICKER than they need to be. The black paper’s purpose is to HIDE the back of at least one of the cards after Randi opens the folder. He CHOOSES the participant not because he is a confederate, but–because he is seated in front of one. See my earlier comments (a few pages back) for more details or message me if interested
@ProfessorBorax go back to school please.
he tries so hard to disprove something that cannot be disproved, unless you are god…
…so HOW is this done?! i thought he would tell us! CMON!
@bleedRng3 The whole idea of mentalism is to make you think that it’s the power of the mind. Magicians don’t leave anything to chance. You can believe Randi when he says it’s a trick. Magicians are the exact opposite of mystics. They are mechanics. The cards are gimmicked.
@ProfessorBorax That’s what I thought!
The statistics of him guessing one card right are 2 in 5 because there are 2 cards in it… I can’t believe he didn’t precise that… they would be 1 it 5 if there where 1 card inside.
He had the cards right but, he switched the + and 0 side, during his bullshit talk…
He was wrong
@bleedRng3 yes but the audience member had the cards facing down so he didnt know which was which
The whole idea behind mentalism, is that things can be subconsciously planted into someone’s mind. (no, not like Inception). He used the word mathematics and then calls the + a “plus mark”. He holds the O card facing the audience and also uses the words “Oh and OK” several times stressing the O sound. This is all to plant the seed in his mind to pick the plus and O cards. Once those 2 cards were in the envelope, it was easy to switch them if he guessed wrong. Its really a simple trick.
lol!!!
Just watch at 4:00 and 4:09
@PaultheReverend
Misdirection is the greatest trick that a magician (or mentalist) has. Using it to help perform his trick really only strengthens his case that it -is- a trick, after all. If he knows which two are gonna be in their, he has a 50% chance of simply guessing the order. If he fails the guess, no harm no foul–he just misdirects the audience and they’re (mostly) nonethewiser. If he succeeds the guess, he looks like an even bigger success.
@PaultheReverend
Misdirection is the greatest trick that a magician (or mentalist) has. Using it to help perform his trick really only strengthens his case that it -is- a trick, after all. If he knows which two are gonna be in their, he has a 50% chance of simply guessing the order. If he fails the guess, no harm no foul–he just misdirects the audience and they’re (mostly) nonethewiser. If he succeeds the guess, he looks like an even bigger success.
He’s like the magic version of santa.
@greenmatthews yes. saw the sneaky bugger flip it ever so discreetly. video playback ftw!
@originalusername143 sarcasm? or did i really make you laugh that hard?
It was the weight of the cards. That’s how he knows. He knows how they are on the side that he displays because of the static charge that holds them to the black paper.
Gob Bluth doesn’t approve of these comments
@ChannelRiley Sorry, you’re absolutely right about that. The chance that he guesses 1 card correctly with just 1 guess is 40% though, like I said.
@Cipscis You have calculated the chances that his FIRST guess is correct and his SECOND guess is wrong. If you do the same assuming his first guess is wrong and his second is right then you again get 30%. Add these together (they are mutually exclusive) to get 60%. Back to basics… label cards A,B,C,D,E. There are 10 possible pairs (no order). Assume correct pair is AB. Then there are 6 possible pairs (no order) with only one card correct. AC, AD, AE, BC, BD, BE. Thats 6/10 = 60%
@ChannelRiley It doesn’t work that way. Let’s take it right back to basics, shall we? Ignoring order, let’s arbitrarily label each card such that the correct cards are 1 and 2 (in that order), and the other cards are 3, 4 and 5.
Now, if he were to make 1 guess, there are 2 out of 5 guesses he could make correctly, hence a 2/5 chance of him correctly guessing 1 card.
Then, for him to get only 1 card correct out of 2 guesses, the chances are 2/5 and 3/4. 2/5 * 3/4 makes 3/10, or 30%, not 60%.
The cards are weighted?
O is 1.000 oz, + is 1.001 oz, Square is 1.002 oz, etc. He puts the envelope on the table, on a hidden scale. He looked at the cards on the table many times (he fidgets w/the water bottle, his glass, the pen, and his hand to distract.)
The sum weight ends with .001, .002, etc. There are two unequal cards, so he knows:
.001=.000+.001 (O,+)
.002=.000+.002 (O,Square)
.003=.002+.001 (Square,+) etc.
The side is a 50% guess for show. He just flips it when wrong.
@wywywy5 That doesn’t make a difference.
thanks alot.. love it!
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Hi Gavin,
Thank you for all the inspiration you give. I´ve been a big fan for at least the past two – three years. At the very end of this video you are talking about a border macro tutorial, but I can’t seem to find it. Can you please let me know the link or what the video is called? Thank you in advance.
Lotta
Hi Gavin I know this is an unrelated topic, but I read a comment that the ‘grey’ linning in the ‘Lowepro’ camera bags is the perfect color for %18 gray to enable white balance,, Do you know if this is true or false,,,thanks Jimmy
Thanks for the great tutorial!
amazing !
wHY DON’T I GET SO MANY shapes?I’ve updated yesterday!
the first thin when i try to use content aware it sais not enough memory (RAM), what do i do ???
@viigraphix holy crap she does!
I was struggling to get my head around hdr the way you explained it i picked it up in the 5 mins you spent explaining it. You are an amazing teacher. Thank you
great presentation
The girl in the red dress has really long toes OMG! 8:28.
Fantastic video Gavin superbly presented YOU really have immensely increased my enjoyment of photo editing and photography . Thank you so much !
Excellent videos. I knew bits of it, but learned so much more. I must use CS5 more and experiment. Keep up the great work, You make things so much easier to understand.
#4- is my favorite too
another great video & tips..more power to u sir Gavin..hope to see more tutorial video..
Awesome video !!
Great video Gavin, i knew most of this but i still pick up those little tips.
@teamultrasexy its the RAW data from your camera before it is converted/compressed to a format like.jpeg
@teamultrasexy
RAW is a setting you’ll need to change on your camera. Normally the extension is “.jpeg”
You can recognize a raw image on his bigger file-size and the extension.
Each brand has its own extension, for example .NEF (nikon) .CRW (canon) .ARW (sony)
(find more on wikipedia)
Where exactly is “camera raw?”
Thanks
you the best man best explications ever
Content aware on the statue was clever, but on that panoramic shot is just mindblowing. Very nice!
Downloaded the pixelblender from a tutorial you did months ago…love it!! Ive had so much fun with it.
Liar, you said just 5 features not 6!
Thnx Gavin.