The mentalist | Ronn Winter | TEDxHickory

Magician, Mentalist and Psychological Entertainer, Ronn Winter has been using the art of deception, psychology, and influence to entertain CEOs, Executives, Managers, and Employees from companies, corporations, and resorts such as Google Data, Fifth Third Bank, Neiman Marcus, Duke Energy, UPS, MGM resorts, The Bellagio, and more for over a decade.

Developing an obsession in high school with finding out what makes us tick, and learning how to read people, Ronn Winter has devoted many years to learning the process of plucking thoughts from people's minds.

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[mad]

My right ear is jealous.My left ear is live the life.

[loganwildt]

I do this all the time in my magic act. I read their mind in bars and stuff. if my card force doesn't work but I've already committed to this trick I sometimes use this same method and I haven't been wrong yet. it gets great reactions

[austinbutler]

Can't hide anything from this guy

[Rachel-swpw]

Even if it wasn't real, I think it is interesting in the way of discovering subconscious reaction and understanding natural responses.

[crazyforoj]

There's 16 minutes of my life I'll never get back. I've seen more excitement at the DMV.

[ashleyhodgkiss]

You can tell he messed this up, by asking the first lady to think of a year, and then try and reveal a name, he predicted it was 4 letters long, however when he realised and moved onto the second lady, her name happened to be 4 letters long also, clearly showing that the name, date and place were pre thought of. Another clue is he asked them "do you remember your SPECIAL word" he then removed the word special to seem a more random, free choice. At the end he did not reveal the first lady's thought of name like he said he would do because guess what...a movement of the tongue at the back of your mouth does not signify a letter you are thinking of

[gbrj]

its not fake... its based on psychology.. and mannerism studies. I have taken some of these techniques and used them on family and friends and random people with 95% accuracy. There are books and all kinds of things about this that you can pick up online or at the library. Watch Keith Barry's Ted Talk if you want a more entertaining version of this that you will be left with no answer but that it must be fake.

[danerose]

This is incredible, suggesting the ability to intuit/understand each other semi-consciously in ways that are hard to consciously understand but which help us to align if we want to another human being.

[aarronjsymonds]

Why can't TED have a better ogranised AV team; some videos in 240p, this one mixed to the left.
Good work.

[Daysed.and.Konfuzed]

3:12 >>> The cable thing was not mentalism.
It was fortune-telling. XD

[Whito]

The first woman blinks everytime he says the number she’s thinking!!

[brutallyhonest]

The 2nd lady didnt even check what he has written. Any normal person would check and get surpriced

[yahuyahu]

The volunteers didn't seem that surprised. The ladies dint show much eagerness to check the board so see if he got it right.

[rjbullock]

That was exceedingly boring and I love mentalism.

[ZiaRahmanKhan]

The second lady didn't clearly see what was written on the board but acted like he has written the right name.

[lakkakka]

The mono sound is bugging me. Only left ermar has sound.

[PrinceofPrescription]

I've spent years trying to learn this, trying to get accepted into this secret society, but it's like asking a wall to move :(

[ramossimatupang]

How??? I also think the name Alan... He wasn't reading minds, he leads my mind.

[ryanmcelmurry]

That guy sure acts like he just wants to go to sleep and isn't enthused by any of this. He should know that's how he's portraying himself if he's a psychological expert.

[leonscott]

Mentalist, Hypnotists but Theologists.... who are actually accredited scholars in the world, never end up getting a TED talk