Derren Brown: Mentalism, mind reading and the art of getting inside your head
Derren Brown: Mentalismo, leitura da mente e a arte de entrar na mente
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
sobre o mundo são limitados
histórias para nós mesmos.
in this infinite data source.
nessa fonte de dados infinita.
that we could think about,
em que podemos pensar,
what to pay attention to.
a que prestar atenção.
with our own skewed compasses,
com nossa própria bússola distorcida,
são totalmente convincentes.
are utterly convincing.
que vivemos nem são nossas.
that we live by aren't even our own.
quando jovens, de nossos pais,
at a young age from our parents,
their own skewed beliefs,
their own unlived lives.
we take all that onboard,
carregamos tudo isso
bem-sucedidos para sermos amados;
be successful to be loved;
other people's needs first;
dos outros em primeiro lugar;
we couldn't possible tell people.
que não poderíamos dizer às pessoas.
com o que os outros pensam de nós,
about what other people think of us
raramente eles pensam.
for how we edit reality and form a story
e formamos uma história
essa história com a verdade.
de 20 anos no Reino Unido,
experiments on TV,
psicológicos na TV,
coming up, called "Secret."
está chegando, chamado "Secret".
with mentalism, mentalism,
of getting inside your head.
de entrar na mente dos outros.
for this kind of stage mind-reading,
de estágio de leitura da mente,
nada a ver com o TED.
an act known as the Oracle Act.
members of the audience,
you might ask a psychic,
fazer a um médium.
dentro de um envelope
they would write their initials
escreviam as iniciais
aproximada delas na plateia.
where they sat in the audience.
would take an envelope one at a time,
pegava um envelope de cada vez,
que estava lacrada por dentro.
what question was sealed inside.
he would try and answer the question
tentava responder a pergunta
to the seductive appeal
offering you easy, simple answers
respostas fáceis e simples
that wrote questions.
I know somebody's guarding them.
Thank you all of you that did this.
a couple of things before I start.
algumas coisas antes de começar.
through these envelopes.
através destes envelopes lacrados,
They are thick black envelopes.
que não dá para ver através deles.
I can't see through them.
é que não conheço nenhum de vocês,
I don't know any of you
any special psychological gifts,
psicológicos especiais,
There's a couple here.
que é interessante,
because the writing undulates.
normally means
não sabe a resposta para a pergunta.
the answer to the question themselves,
about the future, right?
from this minimal handwriting,
a partir desta caligrafia mínima,
maybe 40s, but let's find out.
dos 30 ou 40 anos, vamos descobrir.
about the future --
seção central aqui.
in this big central section here.
poderia me dar um sinal?
if you wrote one,
para eu ver... no centro.
to see in the center.
Jessica: Jessica.
Jessica: Jessica.
Little murmur of approval, thank you?
Um sinal de aprovação, obrigado.
I won't ask your age,
basicamente sobre o futuro?
essentially about the future?
DB: Sim?
DB: Yes?
DB: Está bem.
DB: Yes. OK.
sobre o futuro?
What did Jessica ask about the future?
e menos de 40?
dependendo da idade.
depending how old we are.
Jessica: Yes, I am.
Jessica: Sim, sou.
who wants to leave Virginia.
are going to come together to get out.
dar certo para sair.
to sell your farm and get out of Virginia?
vendê-la e sair da Virgínia?
It's a great question!
What did you put?
O que você colocou?
a fazenda na Virgínia?"
the farm in Virginia?"
if you are pretending to be psychic,
se você está fingindo ser médium,
lhe dizer sim ou não.
a yes or no on this.
Você não tem como verificar isso.
You have no way of verifying it.
vai ficar no fundo de sua mente,
it'll just stick in the back of your mind,
decisions you make.
vai conseguir o que quer.
will get what you want.
você tende a se concentrar nelas
you tend to focus on them
que talvez devesse se concentrar mais,
should be focusing on more,
Jessica: Yes.
Jessica: sim.
Jessica: Não.
Jessica: No.
A bit of a guess, but ...
Um pequeno palpite, mas...
Stop doing this!
Pare de fazer isso!
to India recently as well.
na Índia recentemente.
going on there. Yes? No?
acontecendo lá. Sim? Não?
como está escrito nas estrelas
to say it like it's written in the stars
se responsabilizar por isso.
to take responsibility for it.
Jessica: Sim.
Thank you. Let's do another one.
maybe late 40s, I would say from this.
talvez no final dos 40 anos, eu diria.
if you think this is you.
se achar que for você.
on camera would be amazing.
na câmera seria incrível.
Don't move. Don't move.
Não se mexa. Não se mexa.
you did as you got up.
quando se levantou.
put something on here --
but you did it as you stood up --
mas fez quando se levantou...
a perna ou o pé esquerdo, sim ou não?
or your left foot, yes or no?
DB: Sim, certo.
a nice clear signal as he stood up.
left-hand side and say "yes."
esquerdo e diga "sim".
coloque seu peso no outro lado,
put your weight on the other side,
e diga "sim" de novo.
and say "yes" again.
Good one! Take a seat. Take a seat.
Vou mudar de microfone para isso.
I'm going to change microphone for this.
That would be great there.
have the clues as you stand up.
pistas enquanto alguém se levanta.
nem sua reação ao que estou dizendo,
to what I'm saying.
próximas estão fazendo.
next to you are doing either.
isso é sempre muito útil.
that's always very helpful.
mas, estranhamente...
mas gostariam de ter escrito,
is only that it just kind of gets
clara e sucinta em sua mente.
wording in your head.
a question in your head,
uma pergunta em sua mente,
just send it to me,
enviem-na para mim.
sem nada anotado.
without anything written down.
mas me enviem seu nome também.
but send me your name as well.
aquele último cara,
or whatever the question was.
ou qualquer que fosse a pergunta.
I'm guessing you're quite near the front,
está bem na frente,
in the center at the front.
vagamente no centro, acho.
the front, vaguely central, I think.
dos 60 anos, algo assim.
something like that.
Ótimo, obrigado.
até você para que eu saiba onde você está,
so that I know where you are,
Allan: Yes.
hear the reserve in his voice?
Diga "sim" de novo para mim.
Just say "yes" again for me?
or access to something.
with a password in your head?
como uma senha em sua mente?
that sort of thing?
to finish on this one. Let me ---
com este. Deixem-me...
and millions of people potentially.
e milhões de pessoas provavelmente.
Allan: Of course.
Allan: Claro.
I imagine it's a word, right --
imagino que seja uma...
written in front of you,
em letras maiúsculas grandes e claras,
of a letter somewhere in the middle,
em algum lugar no meio.
that's in the middle.
que esteja no meio.
Allan: Sim.
Allan: Yeah.
Allan: Correto.
Allan: Correct.
Allan: Sim.
Allan: Yes.
He changed his mind.
mudou de ideia.
to yourself in your head.
para si mesmo em sua cabeça.
get that out of your head,
para que prestem atenção
to get you to pay attention
to find important,
que achem importante,
que quero que ignorem
that I want you to ignore,
uma história sobre meu ato.
about what I'm doing,
criadores de histórias,
we are story-forming creatures,
and subtle world
like you and me, Allan,
como você e eu, Allan,
to these neat characters
we're telling ourselves,
que contamos, e dizemos:
"He's arrogant," "They can't be trusted."
"Não dá para confiar neles".
that I can somehow read your mind.
de alguma forma, ler sua mente.
as well, aren't you, at the moment.
também no momento, não está?
why I love doing this
de tentar estar mais vivo e alerta
to try and be more alive and alert
e a sutileza do que é real,
and the subtlety of what's real,
going on that we don't know about,
com as quais podemos ficar menos presos.
we can be kinder to people
por trás do estresse delas.
there's always fear behind their stress,
de modo defensivo,
to meet it as defensively,
para que servem as histórias
for what they are
não se trata toda sobre nós.
isn't all about us.
Where are you? Where is he?
Your password is "ariboy."
Allan: That's correct.
Allan: Está correto.
Thank you very much indeed.
Muito obrigado mesmo.
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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