Irrational Logic and Mentalism | Daniel Harel | TEDxWhiteCity

How does he do it? Daniel Harel has been practicing and performing Mind-reading shows for over a decade. For the first time Daniel reveals how he does it and how he invents new ideas using a secret method that even you can apply to your life!

Daniel Harel is considered a pioneer in the world of deductive mind reading, or what is also known as mentalism. As a performer and creator Daniel has developed a unique method called Deductive Mind-Reading, which is based on his keen ability to draw incredible conclusions from the subtlest of hints. Daniel has special insight on how we are still conned, our needs are manipulated, false hopes are given and our money is taken from us, even in today’s real-time information based society.

[camelCased]

Hm, let me think:

- problem: I need money
- what everybody else do? work hard to earn it
- what would be a crazy idea to get money? just get it out of thin ear
- now, how can it be possibly done? combine the previous answers: let's work to make money out of thin air. Oh, that's how the idea to sell canned high quality air was born :D

[nickmargaris]

daniel.Back again with the mentalism vans!

[Magick]

He's basically reading mental impressions popping up in his mind and the best way to get clarity is for the girl to "let go", thus he diverts her attention, so he's hitting 2-birds with 1-stone.
"Yes" Jonathan Charles, Derren IS way ahead of the game because Derren planned his process ahead, thus he learned Hypnosis, which enhances your mentality, AND he just ran with it, thus learning from so many mistakes, buy yet exceeding in his success on his end results!

[GodofBigots]

"Think irrationally" That is his technique for how clears his mind of static thoughts that interfere with his perceptions of what he is trying to read from the other person's thoughts.

[wherethetatosat]

Interesting. At first I was annoyed that he didn't explain some of his tricks. The PIN I understood, the name of the cat I did not. And then it struck me. He explains in the video why he isn't going to tell us the specifics of how it's done. Think back to three points.

[PickyMcCritical]

I feel so disconnected from his limitations and the task performed that I took nothing away from this performance, and I'm not convinced that this isn't staged. He explained a thought process for being original; that's about it.

[bukszpryt_]

so, what is the most crazy, absurd way to make people pay me for doing nothing?

[Daniel-Strain]

His questions to her between guessing letters started, "Are you..." and "Oh, did you..." Notice it sounds like he's saying the letter "R" and "O". So, he's looking at her expression and feeling her hand reacting to those letters. When she hears the start of that sentence, she doesn't know yet that the "R" sound is going to end up being the word "are" in a sentence, so if that's the right letter she will react in some way.

[juliaelric]

First thing I thought about when I saw this video was: Sherlock Holmes.

[TheChurchHistoryChannel]

This is what Derren Brown does. And he's been doing it on TV since around 2000. When this guy was likely a young kid.

[HK-swvi]

Bank's hate him. Watch to find out why

[ihavebeentoldtoputanameonh]

I know a bit about mentalism but HOW DOES HE KNOW THE NUMBER like in the beginning with the girl ?

[YasonYou]

Oh, I really couldn't put my finger on his accent until they said Israel.

[scottxavier]

The problem with most mentalists like this is that they trade one lie such as I am psychic for another I am reading your body language. The truth is it's magic. It should be performed so well that you don't need to lie to your audience.

[mysticmarkthemagician]

Now let me see....I wonder how he got the girls PIN Oh of course I know because I'm a mentalist.... two letters come to the letters P and the leter now how did he get the other thats funny I'm getting to letters come to mind....the first one is P the second is....S .... if you know what I'm on about your probably a not keep guessing .... Mystic Mark The Mentalist & Psychological Magician.

[MetteC]

Have we become such an intellectually poor society that we need to have someone at TEDx explain us what thinking outside the box is about - while giving it a new name ("irrational logic")? In addition, the description of the video talks about a "secret method". How utterly sad.

[jaykay]

+TEDx TALKS PLEASE PLEASE REMOVE this content! The description, IMO, is grossly misleading: the video reveals nothing about how he knows the information he claims to know and he uses no independent, valid means of verification. How low will TED go?

[spadaacca]

He just stalked the girl on Instagram.

[TrickyNick]

I'm not sure what the purpose of this TedTalk is. Most of what he says about mentalism isn't true and the methods he talks about have little to do with body language or sherlock holmes.

It was certainly an entertaining magic show but there was little to no truthful or authentic content.

[veneratlazulum]

he invited the same woman up on stage in 2 different outfits ;) that's what he meant by the most absurd solution