So it does work but you need to be vulnerable to mental suggestions. Perhaps maybe a bit gullable too? My boss recently trained in Neuro Linguistic Programming and we talked about how DB just chooses the right predictable people to experiment on.
So true.
Notice how DB inferred that if you are intelligent/creative, you will be more likely to get stuck to your chair. I don't believe that for a second, however, I know for a fact that many out there would've believed this and would've tried hard to ensure the trick worked on them.
Some people are easy to persuade. Similar techniques are used in sales and marketing strategies where some people will actually end up paying a lot of money for something that they don't actually need and have simply been effected by the marketing.
Other people like myself, tend to be less susceptible to the power of suggestion.
Another factor is 'pressure'. If you are an audience member and very conscious of people looking at you, you are more likely to behave in a manner that is appropriate to what is expected of you and probably more likely to fall under DB's suggestions.
For those who were smiling and laughing during the experiment - this is quite normal. You were about to be subject to a "trick". You knew what the trick was and you wanted to see if worked. You were excited. This is very similar to if someone stopped you on the street and performed an impressive magic trick - throughout the trick you would have a grin on your face as you want to be entertained...we all do.
For those of you who were sitting down on the floor and then struggled to get up - this again is quite normal. With many people, after they have been sitting on the floor for a good period of time, upon getting up, they sometimes feel a little dizzy and need a few seconds/minutes to find their bearings. During this time, the blood circulation is also likely to have been poor and therefore having a strange sensation in your extremities is quite normal. Once standing up, any strange sensations should quickly dissipate.
I assure you that DB doesn't have any mind controlling powers. The power is all in your own minds.
I don't for one second believe that members of the general public would willingly give pound notes to a homeless guy who quite obviously had hundreds of pounds in his cup. Let alone take his ****** shoes off and walk off bare foot!
Damn straight. The guy who gave his shoes, also gave his socks, which is completely irrational, given that the tramp had socks of his own. I would personally like to give him a slap for being so gullible - by all means give the homeless person some cash, maybe some food, maybe even clothes...but your socks???
