Derren Brown Astrology
Aug.11, 2007 in
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777Skeptic asked:
Derren Brown gives readings via “astrology.” From “Trick of the Mind,” S03E01.
Astrology relies heavily on the Barnum and Forer effect, which are statements that can apply to anybody.
Click links below for more information on those effects.
http://skepdic.com/barnum.html
http://skepdic.com/forer.html
Of course, the James Randi Educational Foundation (JREF) will pay anyone $1,000,000 for a successful demonstration of paranormal phenomenon under proper observing conditions:
http://www.randi.org/research/index.html
No astrolgers, or crackpots alike, have ever claimed the $1,000,000 prize. Suprise?
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August 13th, 2007 at 4:52 am
simple all he did was cater to what they wanted to hear
August 16th, 2007 at 5:27 am
damn and i believe everything mystic meg tells me to the word…except on wednesdays and saturdays when it says i’ll be in luck if i ride a horse over sand dunes on the surface of jupiter that afternoon….
oh well…
August 18th, 2007 at 5:30 am
it just proves people are kinda simalar.
i still belive in astrology
we all bleed does that makes us all the same NO!
August 20th, 2007 at 11:40 am
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August 23rd, 2007 at 9:05 pm
This isnt horroscope, or astrology.
August 25th, 2007 at 1:57 pm
hehe I saw that coming^_^
August 28th, 2007 at 9:14 am
Barnum statements just prove that we’re all similar enough that a detailed description will describe us all accurately (unless you use physical details). We’re all the same person in a different body
August 31st, 2007 at 2:06 am
The point isn’t specifically about astrology, but all kinds of fortune-telling. They all use this kind of statement, be it astrology, palmistry or tea leaf reading.
If you’re looking for specific debunkings of astrology, think about this: tens of thousands of people use astrology to make money off people, yet 0 of them have used it to make $1,000,000 off James Randi.
September 1st, 2007 at 5:31 pm
Derren Brown is awesome
I love magicians coming forth and exposing the bullshit people of the paranormal claim
The best part, as evident in this comment section, is hearing them grumble and complain
September 4th, 2007 at 6:30 pm
He could have just gone on the internet and looked at their MySpace or Facebook profile.
September 5th, 2007 at 10:20 pm
This is not a test of astrology, or psychic readings (and those are two entirely different things).
It’s a test of human responses to Barnum statements.
And stop bleating on about science unless you’re prepared to slate Derren for his utterly unscientific experiment.
September 6th, 2007 at 11:26 am
This shouldn’t be headed ‘astrology’, Derren makes no mention of it and neither do the participants. There’s no claim in this clip by Derren (or anyone else) to be even pretending to do astrology. It’s just implied, and that’s how tricks are done – misdirection, playing on presumptions and assumptions, etc. It’s nothing to do with astrological interpretations of personality.
September 10th, 2007 at 3:03 am
It’s easy, he’s psychic and is proficient in Astrology. He’s just secretive.
September 11th, 2007 at 2:13 am
that’s so wicked!- I laughed when he got them to pass it around if they got the same one again. _ I knew it was coming cos I read about it in his book.
September 12th, 2007 at 4:13 pm
derren rules! 😀
September 14th, 2007 at 1:40 pm
derren is so good
September 17th, 2007 at 11:46 am
When I applied to the Randi publicity stunt challenge he lied to get out of my challenge. He said I didn’t want any photos taken, that is a lie. Truth is I insisted we video the whole testing proceedure because I did not trust Randi. I have publicly offered Randi ten thousand dollars if I can’t prove he lied. Randi responded to my “honesty challenge” with profanities. Disgusting way for the founder of an “education foundation” to respond in the language of a gutter snipe…..Bill Perron
September 17th, 2007 at 2:07 pm
I say maybe it does not wok for you , as in it could not help you with questions you had, I am saying that there are millions of people who say that it works for them within the context of them having consulted an astrologer for a question. So no matter what anyone says it works for them.
September 20th, 2007 at 10:17 am
The answer as to whether it works or not is a subjective one that comes from the client of the astrologer. Actually to a well balanced person with a bit of scepticism it’s exactly the type of thing you should consider when faced with choices in your life.
September 23rd, 2007 at 1:59 am
Real psychics and TRV (techinical remote vewing) which is used by the government for various reasons are not disclosed to the general public.
September 24th, 2007 at 8:33 pm
No one can claim the 1 million because james randi is a fraud. Do you really think he would let people win the 1 million? LOL!
September 26th, 2007 at 10:17 pm
I agree with you – it does work.
September 29th, 2007 at 5:55 pm
“maybe it does not work for you, works for plenty of other people”.
Ofcourse it works, it “works” for everyone.
Astrology is like a romantic fiction novel, a fantasy.
Not the type of thing you should consider when faced with choices in your life or need direction.
“Enemies of reason”: watch?v=7N0hTCxiW_w