Derren Brown: Mentalism, mind reading and the art of getting inside your head
ديرين براون: العقلية، قراءة العقل و فن الولوج داخل رأسك
With beguiling feats of mind reading and suggestion, Derren Brown explores psychological manipulation and its implications for the human experience. Full bio
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about the world are limited
in this infinite data source.
المعلومات هذا اللامنتهي
that we could think about,
يمكننا التفكير فيها
what to pay attention to.
ما الذي نعيره انتباهنا
with our own skewed compasses,
are utterly convincing.
that we live by aren't even our own.
at a young age from our parents,
من والدينا و نحن صغار،
their own skewed beliefs,
their own unlived lives.
حياتهم غير المعاشة.
we take all that onboard,
نحن نأخذ كل هذا على متن سفينتنا
be successful to be loved;
لنكون محبوبين؛
other people's needs first;
we couldn't possible tell people.
أن نخبر به الناس
about what other people think of us
for how we edit reality and form a story
الواقع و تكوين قصة
عشرين عامًا في بريطانيا
experiments on TV,
coming up, called "Secret."
العقلية
with mentalism, mentalism,
of getting inside your head.
for this kind of stage mind-reading,
an act known as the Oracle Act.
members of the audience,
أفرادًا من الجمهور
you might ask a psychic,
لطبيبٍ نفسي
they would write their initials
أسمائهم الأولى
where they sat in the audience.
would take an envelope one at a time,
يقوم بأخذ الظروف بالدور
what question was sealed inside.
he would try and answer the question
سيحاول و يقوم بالإجابة عن السؤال
to the seductive appeal
offering you easy, simple answers
تعرض عليك إجابات سهلة وبسيطة
that wrote questions.
I know somebody's guarding them.
أعلم أن شخصا ما يحرسهم
Thank you all of you that did this.
شكرا لكم جميعا الذين قاموا بالكتابة
a couple of things before I start.
through these envelopes.
They are thick black envelopes.
I can't see through them.
أن أرى من خلال هذه الأظرف
I don't know any of you
any special psychological gifts,
بعض المواهب النفسية الخاصة
There's a couple here.
هناك زوج هنا
because the writing undulates.
normally means
the answer to the question themselves,
about the future, right?
from this minimal handwriting,
هذه الكتابة بالرقعة
maybe 40s, but let's find out.
و لكن هيا نكتشف
about the future --
in this big central section here.
في الصفوف المركزية الكبيرة هنا
if you wrote one,
إن كنت قد كتبت واحدة
to see in the center.
Jessica: Jessica.
جيسيكا: جيسيكا.
Little murmur of approval, thank you?
دمدمة صغيرة من القبول، شكرا لك؟
I won't ask your age,
essentially about the future?
DB: Yes?
براون: نعم؟
DB: Yes. OK.
براون: نعم، حسنا.
What did Jessica ask about the future?
ما الذي سألته جيسيكا عن المستقبل؟
depending how old we are.
Jessica: Yes, I am.
جيسيكا : نعم، أنا كذلك
who wants to leave Virginia.
are going to come together to get out.
to sell your farm and get out of Virginia?
أنت ستقومين ببيع مزرعتك ومغادة فيرجينيا
It's a great question!
هذا سؤال عظيم
What did you put?
ماذا وضعتي؟
the farm in Virginia?"
if you are pretending to be psychic,
إذا كنتى تتظاهرين بأنك طبيبة نفسية
a yes or no on this.
You have no way of verifying it.
لا تملكين سبيل للتحقق من هذا
it'll just stick in the back of your mind,
جاوبي سيلتصق بمؤخرة رأسك
decisions you make.
will get what you want.
you tend to focus on them
تميلين للتركيز عليها
should be focusing on more,
Jessica: Yes.
جيسيكا: نعم.
Jessica: No.
جيسيكا: لا.
A bit of a guess, but ...
قليل من التخمين، لكن..
Stop doing this!
توقف عن هذا
to India recently as well.
going on there. Yes? No?
to say it like it's written in the stars
لا أريد أن أؤكدها كأني أقرأها على النجوم
to take responsibility for it.
وتحتاجين لتحمل المسؤولية.
Thank you. Let's do another one.
شكرا لك، هيا نفعلها مرة أخري.
maybe late 40s, I would say from this.
في أواخر الأربعينات، سأقول أنه من هنا
if you think this is you.
on camera would be amazing.
على الكاميرا سيكون مذهل
Don't move. Don't move.
لا تتحرك لا تتحرك
you did as you got up.
put something on here --
هل قمت بوضع شيء هنا؟
but you did it as you stood up --
لكنك فعلت أثناء قيامك
or your left foot, yes or no?
أو يدك اليسري، نعم أم لا؟
a nice clear signal as he stood up.
لقد كان يعطينها إشارة واضحة لطيفة عند قيامه
left-hand side and say "yes."
put your weight on the other side,
و ضع وزنك على الجانب الآخر
and say "yes" again.
Good one! Take a seat. Take a seat.
هذا جيد. تفضل بالجلوس
I'm going to change microphone for this.
سأقوم بتغيير ميكروفون لهذه
That would be great there.
سيكون هذا عظيما هناك
have the clues as you stand up.
to what I'm saying.
next to you are doing either.
الذين بجوارك
that's always very helpful.
is only that it just kind of gets
wording in your head.
a question in your head,
just send it to me,
فقط أرسله لى
without anything written down.
من دون وجود أى شيء مكتوب
but send me your name as well.
ولكن قم بإرسال إسمك ايضا
or whatever the question was.
أو أيا كان السؤال
I'm guessing you're quite near the front,
أعتقد أنك قريب من الأمام
in the center at the front.
the front, vaguely central, I think.
و أشك أنك في المركز.
something like that.
أو شيء مثل ذلك
so that I know where you are,
عندما أصل إليك لأعرف مكانك
Allan: Yes.
آلن: نعم
hear the reserve in his voice?
Just say "yes" again for me?
فقط قل "نعم " مرة أخرى من أجلى!
or access to something.
أو ولوجٌ لشيء ما
with a password in your head?
بكلمة سر في رأسك
that sort of thing?
شيء من هذا القبيل؟
to finish on this one. Let me ---
دعنى...
and millions of people potentially.
ومن المحتمل ملايين الأشخاص أيضا
Allan: Of course.
آلن: بالطبع
I imagine it's a word, right --
(و هذا هو اعتقادي)، حسنا
written in front of you,
of a letter somewhere in the middle,
فكر لى في حرف في الوسط
that's in the middle.
Allan: Yeah.
آلن: نعم
Allan: Correct.
آلن: صحيح
Allan: Yes.
آلن : نعم
He changed his mind.
to yourself in your head.
آلة "الطبول"، أليس كذلك؟
get that out of your head,
to get you to pay attention
لجذب انتباهكم
to find important,
that I want you to ignore,
about what I'm doing,
ما أقوم بفعله
we are story-forming creatures,
and subtle world
like you and me, Allan,
وحاذقين مثلي ومثلك (آلن)
to these neat characters
we're telling ourselves,
"He's arrogant," "They can't be trusted."
"لا نستطيع الوثوق بهم"
that I can somehow read your mind.
as well, aren't you, at the moment.
في هذه اللحظة، أليس كذلك؟
why I love doing this
to try and be more alive and alert
يقظا و حيويا
and the subtlety of what's real,
going on that we don't know about,
we can be kinder to people
ويمكننا أن نكون أكثر رفقا بالآخرين
there's always fear behind their stress,
to meet it as defensively,
for what they are
isn't all about us.
Where are you? Where is he?
أين هو؟
Your password is "ariboy."
كلمة سرك هى "ariboy"
Allan: That's correct.
ألن: نعم صحيح
Thank you very much indeed.
شكرا لكم جزيلا
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Derren Brown - Psychological illusionist, authorWith beguiling feats of mind reading and suggestion, Derren Brown explores psychological manipulation and its implications for the human experience.
Why you should listen
Derren Brown redefines magic through must-see TV and stage events, exhilarating audiences for 20 years in the UK and now worldwide with his brand of psychological illusion. He has gained a reputation as a performer consistently prepared to break down boundaries.
Amid a varied and notorious TV career, Brown has played Russian Roulette live, convinced middle managers to commit armed robbery, led the nation in a séance, stuck viewers at home to their sofas, motivated a shy man to land a packed passenger plane at 30,000 feet, hypnotized another to assassinate Stephen Fry, persuaded a racist to change his ways and lay down his life for an illegal immigrant, and created a zombie apocalypse for an unwitting participant after dramatically ending the world.
Brown's most recent special, Sacrifice, is currently streaming on Netflix, and his show Secret will be playing on Broadway at the Cort Theatre from September 6, 2019 through January 4, 2020. He is the author of Meet the People with Love, Happy: Why More or Less Everything Is Absolutely Fine and Confessions of a Conjuror.
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