TEDGlobal 2013
Apollo Robbins: The art of misdirection
Apollo Robbins: Arti i hutimit.
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I njohur si xhepisti me i madh ne bote, Apollo Robbins studjon cuditshmerite e sjelljes njerezore ndersa ju vjedh oren. Ne nje demostrim gazmor, Robbins mostron bufene e audiences se TEDGlobal 2013, duke treguar si te metat ne perceptimin tone bejne te mundshme vjedhjen e nje portofoli dhe vendosjen e tij ne supin e zoteruesit ndersa ata s'e marrin vesh.
Apollo Robbins - Gentleman thief
Apollo Robbins will take the phone from your pocket and the ring off your finger, then hand them back to you and (maybe) show you how he did it. Full bio
Apollo Robbins will take the phone from your pocket and the ring off your finger, then hand them back to you and (maybe) show you how he did it. Full bio
Double-click the English transcript below to play the video.
00:12
Do you think it's possible to control someone's attention?
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Mendoni se eshte e mundshme te kontrolloni vemendjen e dikujt?
00:17
Even more than that,
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Edhe me shume,
00:18
what about predicting human behavior?
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po sikur te parashikoni sjelljen njerezore?
00:21
I think those are interesting ideas, if you could.
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Mendoj se keto jane ide interesante, apo jo?
00:24
I mean, for me, that would be the perfect superpower,
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E kam fjalen se per mua kjo do ishte nje superfuqi perfekte,
00:26
actually kind of an evil way of approaching it.
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ne fakt do ishte nje menyre keqdashese.
00:28
But for myself, in the past, I've spent the last 20 years
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Por per veten time, ne te kaluaren, kam shpenzuar 20 vitet fundit
00:31
studying human behavior from a rather unorthodox way:
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duke studiuar sjelljen njerezore ne nje menyre jo ortodokse:
00:35
picking pockets.
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si hajdut xhepash.
00:37
When we think of misdirection,
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Kur mendojme per gabimin,
00:38
we think of something as looking off to the side,
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na vjen ne mendje dicka qe shohim rrotull,
00:41
when actually it's often the things that are right in front of us
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nderkohe qe shpesh gjerat qe jane perpara nesh
00:43
that are the hardest things to see,
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jane me te veshtirat per te pare,
00:44
the things that you look at every day that you're blinded to.
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gjerat qe shikoni perdite por jeni i verber ndaj tyre.
00:47
For example, how many of you still have your cell phones
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Per shembull, sa prej jush i keni celularet
00:50
on you right now?
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me vete tani?
00:52
Great. Double-check.
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Shume mire. Kontrolloni.
00:53
Make sure you still have them on you.
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Sigurohuni qe i keni akoma me vete.
00:55
I was doing some shopping beforehand.
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Po vija rrotull pak me pare.
00:58
Now you've looked at them probably a few times today,
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Mund ti keni pare disa here sot,
00:59
but I'm going to ask you a question about them.
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por do t'ju bej nje pyetje per ato.
01:01
Without looking at your cell phone directly yet,
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Pa kontrolluar telefonin tuaj direkt,
01:03
can you remember the icon in the bottom right corner?
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mund te kujtoni ikonen ne fund te cepit te djathte?
01:07
Bring them out, check, and see how accurate you were.
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Nxirrini ato, kontrollojini, dhe shikoni se sa te kujdesshem keni qene.
01:13
How'd you do? Show of hands. Did we get it?
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Si dolet? Tregoni duart? E kuptuam?
01:17
Now that you're done looking at those, close them down,
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Tani qe mbaruat duke i pare ato, ulini,
01:20
because every phone has something in common.
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sepse cdo telefon ka dicka te zakonshme.
01:21
No matter how you organize the icons,
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Nuk ka rendesi se si i sistemon ikonat,
01:23
you still have a clock on the front.
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ti sido qe te jete e ke nje ore perpara.
01:25
So, without looking at your phone, what time was it?
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Pra, pa i kontrolluar telefonat, sa ishte ora?
01:29
You just looked at your clock, right?
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Sapo kontrolluat oren tuaj, sakte?
01:31
It's an interesting idea. Now, I'll ask you to take that a step further with a game of trust.
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Eshte nje ide interesante. Tani do ju kerkoj te shkojme pak me para me nje loje besimi.
01:34
Close your eyes.
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Mbyllini syte.
01:36
I realize I'm asking you to do that while you just heard
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E kuptoj qe po ja u kerkoj kete edhe pse sapo degjuat qe
01:39
there's a pickpocket in the room, but close your eyes.
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ka nje xhepist ne salle, por mbyllini syte.
01:42
Now, you've been watching me for about 30 seconds.
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Ju me keni pare per rreth 30 sekonda.
01:45
With your eyes closed, what am I wearing?
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Me syte mbyllur, cfare kam veshur?
01:49
Make your best guess.
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Beni hamendesimin tuaj me te mire.
01:51
What color is my shirt? What color is my tie?
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Cfare ngjyre ka kemisha ime? Cfare ngjyre eshte kollarja ime?
01:54
Now open your eyes.
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Tani hapini syte.
01:56
By a show of hands, were you right?
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Ngrini duart kush kishte te drejte?
01:58
It's interesting, isn't it? Some of us are a little bit
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Eshte interesante apo jo? Disa nga ne jane pak
02:00
more perceptive than others. It seems that way.
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me te mprehte se te tjeret. Keshtu duket.
02:02
But I have a different theory about that, that model of attention.
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Por une kam nje teori tjeter per kete, per modelin e vemendjes.
02:05
They have fancy models of attention, Posner's trinity model of attention.
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Ka disa modele vemendjeje, modeli i vemendjes, triniteti i Posner.
02:09
For me, I like to think of it very simple, like a surveillance system.
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Per mua, me pelqen ta mendoj me thjesht, pak a shume si nje sistem mbikqyrjeje.
02:12
It's kind of like you have all these fancy sensors,
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Eshte pak a shume sikur te kesh gjithe keto sensoret e bukur,
02:15
and inside your brain is a little security guard.
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dhe brenda mendjes tende ndodhet nje roje sigurie.
02:18
For me, I like to call him Frank.
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Mua me pelqen ta quaj Frank.
02:20
So Frank is sitting at a desk.
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Pra Frank eshte ulur ne nje tavoline.
02:22
He's got all sorts of cool information in front of him,
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Ka shume informacione te kendshme para tij,
02:24
high-tech equipment, he's got cameras,
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aparatura te teknologjise se larte, ka kamera,
02:26
he's got a little phone that he can pick up, listen to the ears,
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ka nje telefon te vogel qe mund te degjoje
02:29
all these senses, all these perceptions.
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gjithe keto sensor, gjithe keto perceptime.
02:32
But attention is what steers your perceptions,
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Por vemendja eshte ajo qe orienton perceptimet e tua,
02:34
is what controls your reality. It's the gateway to the mind.
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eshte ajo qe kontrollon realitetin. Eshte rruga per ne mendje.
02:38
If you don't attend to something, you can't be aware of it.
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Nese nuk i jep vemendje dickaje, nuk mund te jesh ne dijeni per te.
02:41
But ironically, you can attend to something without being aware of it.
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Por ironikisht, mund ti japesh vemendje dickaje pa qene ne dijeni per te.
02:44
That's why there's the cocktail effect:
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Prandaj ekzsiton efekti i koktejlit:
02:46
When you're in a party, you're having conversations with someone,
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Kur je ne nje feste, je duke biseduar me dike,
02:48
and yet you can recognize your name
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dhe perseri ti e njeh emrin tend
02:50
and you didn't even realize you were listening to that.
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dhe nuk e kupton se si je duke e degjuar ate.
02:52
Now, for my job, I have to play with techniques to exploit this,
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Une, per shak te punes, duhet te loz me teknika per ta shfrytezuar ate,
02:55
to play with your attention as a limited resource.
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te luaj me vemendjen tuaj si nje burim i limituar.
02:58
So if I could control how you spend your attention,
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Pra nese do mundesha te kontrolloja se si e shpenzoni vemendjen tuaj
03:02
if I could maybe steal your attention through a distraction.
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Nese do mund te vidhja vemendjen tuaj permes nje hutimi.
03:05
Now, instead of doing it like misdirection
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Tani, ne vend qe ta bej si nje orientim te gabuar
03:07
and throwing it off to the side,
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dhe duke e hedhur ate jashte ane,
03:09
instead, what I choose to focus on is Frank,
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ne vend te kesaj, ajo cka zgjedh per perqendrim eshte Frank,
03:11
to be able to play with the Frank inside your head,
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per te patur mundesi te luani me Frankun brenda mendjes tuaj,
03:14
your little security guard,
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me rojen e sigurise tuaj,
03:15
and get you, instead of focusing on your external senses,
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dhe tju bej, ne vend qe te fokusoheni ne shqisat e jashtme,
03:18
just to go internal for a second.
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thjesht te beheni te brendshem per nje sekond.
03:21
So if I ask you to access a memory, like, what is that?
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Pra nese ju kerkoj te hyni ne nje memorie, si, cfare eshte kjo?
03:24
What just happened? Do you have a wallet?
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Cfare ndodhi? Ju ndodhet nje portofol?
03:26
Do you have an American Express in your wallet?
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Ju ndodhet nje karte krediti ne portofolin tuaj?
03:28
And when I do that, your Frank turns around.
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Dhe kur e bej kete, Franku i juaj kthehet pas.
03:31
He accesses the file. He has to rewind the tape.
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Ai hyn ne dosje. I duhet ta riktheje kaseten.
03:34
And what's interesting is, he can't rewind the tape
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Dhe ajo cka eshte interesante eshte se ai nuk mund ta rikthej kaseten
03:36
at the same time that he's trying to process new data.
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ne te njejten kohe qe po perpiqet te perpunoje te dhena te reja.
03:39
Now, I mean, this sounds like a good theory,
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Dua te them qe kjo duket si nje teori e mire,
03:40
but I could talk for a long time and tell you lots of things,
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por mund t'ju flisja per nje kohe te gjate e t'ju thoja shume gjera,
03:43
and they may be true, a portion of them,
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dhe ato mund te jene te verteta, nje pjese e tyre,
03:45
but I think it's better if I tried to show that to you here live.
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por do ishte me mire t'ju tregoja juve ketu drejt per se drejti.
03:47
So if I come down, I'm going to do a little bit of shopping.
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Pra nese zbres poshte, do bej pak pazar.
03:50
Just hold still where you are.
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Qendroni ne vend aty ku jeni.
03:55
Hello, how are you? It's lovely to see you.
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Pershendetje, si jeni? Eshte kenaqesi qe ju shoh.
03:58
You did a wonderful job onstage.
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Kryet nje pune te mire ne skene.
03:59
You have a lovely watch that doesn't come off very well.
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Keni nje ore te bukur e cila nuk hiqet lehte.
04:01
Do you have your ring as well?
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E keni dhe unazen tuaj gjithashtu?
04:02
Good. Just taking inventory. You're like a buffet.
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Mire. Thjesht po kryej nje inventar. ju jeni si nje bufe.
04:04
It's hard to tell where to start, there's so many great things.
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Eshte e veshtire t'ja nisesh, ka kaq gjera te bukura.
04:07
Hi, how are you? Good to see you.
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Pershendetje, si jeni? Kenaqesi qe ju shoh.
04:09
Hi, sir, could you stand up for me, please? Just right where you are.
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Si jeni zoteri, a mund te ngriheni per mua ju lutem? Aty ku jeni.
04:12
Oh, you're married. You follow directions well.
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Oh, jeni i martuar. Ju i ndiqni udhezimet mire.
04:14
That's nice to meet you, sir.
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Eshte kenaqesi t'ju takosh, zoteri.
04:15
You don't have a whole lot inside your pockets. Anything down by the pocket over here?
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Nuk keni shume gjera neper xhepa.
Dicka ketu ne kete xhep?
Dicka ketu ne kete xhep?
04:19
Hopefully so. Have a seat. There you go. You're doing well.
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Fatmiresisht po. Mund te uleni. Po ja dilni mire.
04:21
Hi, sir, how are you?
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Pershendetje zoteri, si jeni?
04:23
Good to see you, sir. You have a ring, a watch.
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Kenaqesi qe ju shoh. Ju keni nje unaze, nje ore.
04:25
Do you have a wallet on you?
Joe: I don't.
Joe: I don't.
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A keni nje portofol me vete?
Joe: Jo nuk kam.
Joe: Jo nuk kam.
04:27
Apollo Robbins: Well, we'll find one for you.
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Apollo Robbins: Mire, do e gjejme nje per ju.
04:29
Come on up this way, Joe.
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Mund te vini ketej, Joe.
04:30
Give Joe a round of applause.
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Jepini Joes nje duartrokitje.
04:31
Come on up Joe. Let's play a game.
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Eja lart Joe. Le te luajme nje loje.
04:33
(Applause)
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(Duartrokitje)
04:38
Pardon me.
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Me falni.
04:40
I don't think I need this clicker anymore. You can have that.
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Nuk me duhet kjo telekomande me. Mund ta merni.
04:42
Thank you very much. I appreciate that.
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Faleminderit shume. E vleresoj.
04:44
Come on up to the stage, Joe. Let's play a little game now.
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Eja ne skene Joe. Te nisim nje loje te vogel tani.
04:46
Do you have anything in your front pockets?
Joe: Money.
Joe: Money.
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Ke dicka ne xhepat perpara?
Joe: Para.
Joe: Para.
04:50
AR: Money. All right, let's try that.
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AR: Para. Ne rregull, le ta provojme ate.
04:52
Can you stand right over this way for me?
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A mund te qendrosh ne kete menyre per mua?
04:55
Turn around and, let's see,
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Kthehu para, le te shohim,
04:56
if I give you something that belongs to me,
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nese te jap dicka qe me perket,
04:58
this is just something I have, a poker chip.
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kjo eshte dicka qe kam, nje monedhe pokeri.
05:02
Hold out your hand for me. Watch it kind of closely.
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Zgjate doren per mua. Shikoje pak me kujdes.
05:04
Now this is a task for you to focus on.
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Tani kjo eshte nje detyre per ju qe te perqendroheni.
05:07
Now you have your money in your front pocket here?
Joe: Yup.
Joe: Yup.
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I ke parate ne kete xhepin perpara?
Joe: Po.
Joe: Po.
05:10
AR: Good. I'm not going to actually put my hand in your pocket.
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AR: Mire. Realisht nuk do e fus doren time ne xhepin tend.
05:12
I'm not ready for that kind of commitment.
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Nuk jam i gatshem per ate lloj angazhimi.
05:14
One time a guy had a hole in his pocket,
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Nje here nje djale kishte nje vrime ne xhepin e tij,
05:15
and that was rather traumatizing for me.
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dhe ajo ishte pak tramatizuese per mua.
05:17
I was looking for his wallet and he gave me his phone number.
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Une po kerkoja per portofolin e tij dhe ai me dha numrin e telefonit.
05:19
It was a big miscommunication.
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Ishte nje komunikim i gabuar.
05:20
So let's do this simply. Squeeze your hand.
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Pra le ta bejme kete thjesht. Shtrengoji duart.
05:24
Squeeze it tight. Do you feel the poker chip in your hand?
Joe: I do.
Joe: I do.
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Shtrengoji fort. E ndjen monedhen e pokerit ne doren tende?
Joe: Po.
Joe: Po.
05:27
AR: Would you be surprised if I could take it out of your hand? Say yes.
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AR: Do ishe i suprizuar nese do ta largoja nga dora jote? Thuaj po.
05:29
Joe: Very.
AR: Good.
AR: Good.
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Joe: Shume.
AR: Mire.
AR: Mire.
05:30
Open your hand. Thank you very much.
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Hape doren. Faleminderit shume.
05:33
I'll cheat if you give me a chance.
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Do bej hile nese ti me jep nje mundesi.
05:34
Make it harder for me. Just use your hand.
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Ma bej me te veshtire. Thjesht perdor doren tende.
05:36
Grab my wrist, but squeeze, squeeze firm.
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Me kap kycin, por shtrengoje fort.
05:38
Did you see it go?
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E pe tek tu largua?
05:40
Joe: No.
AR: No, it's not here. Open your hand.
AR: No, it's not here. Open your hand.
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Joe: Jo.
AR: Jo nuk eshte ketu. Hape doren.
AR: Jo nuk eshte ketu. Hape doren.
05:42
See, while we're focused on the hand,
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E shikon, teksa jemi te fokusuar tek dora,
05:43
it's sitting on your shoulder right now.
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eshte duke qendruar ne supin tend ketu.
05:46
Go ahead and take it off.
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Jepi, mund ta marresh.
05:48
Now, let's try that again.
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Tani, ta provojme perseri.
05:50
Hold your hand out flat. Open it up all the way.
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Mbaje doren te hapur. Hape komplet.
05:51
Put your hand up a little bit higher, but watch it close there, Joe.
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Ngrije pak doren me lart, por shikoje me kujdes Joe.
05:54
See, if I did it slowly, it'd be back on your shoulder.
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Shikon po ta bej pak me ngadale, do ishte perseri ne supin tend.
05:57
(Laughter)
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(Te qeshura)
05:59
Joe, we're going to keep doing this till you catch it.
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Joe, do ta bejme kete derisa ti ta kapesh ate.
06:01
You're going to get it eventually. I have faith in you.
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Do ta kuptosh perfundimisht. Kam besim tek ty.
06:03
Squeeze firm. You're human, you're not slow.
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Shtrengoje fort. Ti je njeri, nuk je i avashte.
06:06
It's back on your shoulder.
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Eshte perseri ne supin tend.
06:08
You were focused on your hand. That's why you were distracted.
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Ishe i perqendruar ne doren tende. Prandaj ishe i hutuar.
06:10
While you were watching this, I couldn't quite get your watch off. It was difficult.
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Ndersa ti po e shikoje kete, nuk mund ta hiqja lehte oren tende. Ishte e veshtire.
06:13
Yet you had something inside your front pocket.
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Sidoqofte kishe dicka brenda xhepin tend te pare.
06:15
Do you remember what it was?
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E mban mend cfare ishte?
06:17
Joe: Money.
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Joe: Para.
06:18
AR: Check your pocket. See if it's still there. Is it still there? (Laughter)
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AR: Kontrollo xhepin tend. Shiko nese i ke ende aty. Jane aty? (Te qeshura)
06:21
Oh, that's where it was. Go ahead and put it away.
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Oh, aty ishin. Vazhdo nxirri.
06:23
We're just shopping. This trick's more about the timing, really.
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Ne thjesht po bejme pazar. Kjo loje eshte me shume per kohen. E vertet.
06:26
I'm going to try to push it inside your hand.
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Do perpiqem ti shty brenda dores tende.
06:27
Put your other hand on top for me, would you?
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Vere doren tjeter perpara, te lutem?
06:30
It's amazingly obvious now, isn't it?
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Eshte mrekullueshem qarte tashme, apo jo?
06:32
It looks a lot like the watch I was wearing, doesn't it?
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Ngjason pak me oren qe kisha vene, apo jo?
06:34
(Laughter) (Applause)
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(Te qeshura) (Duartrokitje)
06:36
Joe: That's pretty good. That's pretty good.
AR: Oh, thanks.
AR: Oh, thanks.
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Joe: Kjo eshte shume e bukur. Shume e bukur.
AR: Oh, faleminderit.
AR: Oh, faleminderit.
06:41
But it's only a start. Let's try it again, a little bit differently.
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Por eshte thjesht nje fillim. Le te perpiqemi ta ribejme, pak me ndryshe.
06:44
Hold your hands together. Put your other hand on top.
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Mbaji duart bashke. Ngrije doren tjeter lart.
06:46
Now if you're watching this little token,
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Nese e shikon kete fishen e vogel,
06:48
this obviously has become a little target. It's like a red herring.
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kjo qartesisht eshte kthyer ne nje objektiv te vogel. Eshte si nje harenge e kuqe.
06:51
If we watch this kind of close, it looks like it goes away.
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Nese do e shohim me nga afer, duket sikur eshte duke u larguar.
06:53
It's not back on your shoulder.
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Nuk eshte me ne supin tend.
06:55
It falls out of the air, lands right back in the hand.
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Bie dhe ulet perseri ne dore.
06:58
Did you see it go?
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E pe te zhdukej?
07:00
Yeah, it's funny. We've got a little guy. He's union. He works up there all day.
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Po, eshte e kendshme. Kemi nje djale te vogel. Ai eshte nje sindikate. Punon gjithe diten aty.
07:03
If I did it slowly, if it goes straightaway,
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Nese do e beja me ngadale, nese do ikte drejtperdrejt,
07:05
it lands down by your pocket. I believe is it in this pocket, sir?
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ulet ne xhepin tend. Besoj se ndodhet ne kete xhep, zoteri?
07:08
No, don't reach in your pocket. That's a different show.
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Jo, mos u drejto ne xhepin tend. Kjo eshte nje tjeter shfaqje.
07:10
So -- (Squeaking noise) -- that's rather strange. They have shots for that.
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Pra --(duke shfryre) -- kjo eshte disi e cuditshme. Kane te shtena per ate.
07:13
Can I show them what that is? That's rather bizarre. Is this yours, sir?
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A mund t'ja u tregoj atyre cfare eshte? Eshte pak e cuditshme. Eshte e juaja kjo zoteri?
07:16
I have no idea how that works. We'll just send that over there.
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Nuk e kam idene si funksionon kjo. Thjesht do ta veme kete aty.
07:18
That's great. I need help with this one.
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Mrekulli. Me duhet ndihme me kete.
07:20
Step over this way for me.
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Qendro ketu per mua.
07:22
Now don't run away. You had something down by your pants pocket.
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Tani, mos u largo. Kishe dicka ne xhepin e pantallonave.
07:25
I was checking mine. I couldn't find everything,
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Po kontrolloja timin. Nuk mund te gjeja gjithcka,
07:27
but I noticed you had something here.
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por vura re qe ti kishe dicka aty.
07:28
Can I feel the outside of your pocket for a moment?
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A mund ta prek per nje moment xhepin nga jashte?
07:31
Down here I noticed this. Is this something of yours, sir?
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Ketu poshte vura re kete. Eshte kjo e juaja, zoteri?
07:33
Is this? I have no idea. That's a shrimp.
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Eshte? Nuk e kam idene. Eshte nje karkalec.
07:36
Joe: Yeah. I'm saving it for later.
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Joe: Po. Po e ruaj ate per me vone.
07:38
AR: You've entertained all of these people in a wonderful way,
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AR: I ke zbavitur gjithe keta njerez ne nje dite te bukur,
07:41
better than you know.
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me shume sec ti mund te dish.
07:42
So we'd love to give you this lovely watch as a gift. (Laughter)
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Pra do na pelqente te te dhuronim kete oren e bukur. (Te qeshura)
07:46
Hopefully it matches his taste.
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Fatmiresisht shkon me shijet e tij.
07:47
But also, we have a couple of other things,
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Por gjithashtu, kemi dhe disa gjera te tjera,
07:49
a little bit of cash, and then we have a few other things.
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disa para, dhe disa te tjera.
07:52
These all belong to you,
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Keto ju perkasin juve,
07:53
along with a big round of applause from all your friends. (Applause)
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bashke me nje duartrokitje te madhe nga te gjithe ju miq. (Duartrokitje)
07:56
Joe, thank you very much.
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Joe, te falenderoj shume.
07:58
(Applause)
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(Duartrokitje)
08:05
So, same question I asked you before,
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Pra, e njejta pyetje qe ju bera me pare,
08:08
but this time you don't have to close your eyes.
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por kete here nuk duhet te mbyllni syte.
08:11
What am I wearing?
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Cfare kam veshur?
08:13
(Laughter)
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(Te qeshura)
08:16
(Applause)
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(Duartrokitje)
08:22
Attention is a powerful thing.
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Vemendja eshte dicka e fuqishme.
08:24
Like I said, it shapes your reality.
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Sic ju thashe, i jep forme realitetit tuaj.
08:27
So, I guess I'd like to pose that question to you.
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Pra, ma merr mendja me duhet t'ju parashtroj ate pyetjen juve.
08:30
If you could control somebody's attention,
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Nese do kishit mundesi te kontrollonit vemendjen e dikujt,
08:32
what would you do with it?
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cfare do benit me te?
08:34
Thank you.
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Falemnderit.
08:35
(Applause)
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(Duartrokitje)
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Apollo Robbins - Gentleman thiefApollo Robbins will take the phone from your pocket and the ring off your finger, then hand them back to you and (maybe) show you how he did it.
Why you should listen
Pickpocketing is a triumph of craft: a distracting touch with one hand, while the other hand gets to work, and the next thing you know ... where's my wallet? Apollo Robbins is a modern master of picking pockets, possessor of a subtle understanding of human attention, a taste for classic crime, and something he calls "grift sense" -- which, as he told the New Yorker , is “stepping outside yourself and seeing through the other person’s eyes, thinking through the other person’s mind, but it’s happening on a subconscious level.”
Robbins makes a living as an entertainer, speaker and television personality, and he also is the founder of Whizmob Inc., a collective of misdirection experts -- including reformed criminals -- that schools military and law enforcement leaders in fraud and scam tactics. Robbins has also collaborated with academics in his quest to understand how awareness and attention can be manipulated. He's co-author of a 2011 paper that explores something he noticed in his countless hours of practice: people's eyes are more easily misdirected to follow a curve than a straight line.
Apollo Robbins | Speaker | TED.com