Chris Williamson
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
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Yes.
You have said that your career is built on a lie.
What's the lie?
You can't?
Okay.
Why does what you do work then if you can't read people's minds?
Is that, you know, when you talk about the prestige, when people talk about the reveal at the end, that's kind of the thing that appears to be missing.
Who is the greatest mentalist from history, in your opinion?
That's a tough question.
What are the component parts?
What are the core principles of being a good mentalist?
You talk about reading microexpressions, body language.
That's part of it.
How accurate is that in practice?
How much can you detect from being able to see what's going on with someone's microexpressions, their face, their body language?
Yeah, it looks that way.
Are you a good shuffler?
No, horrendous, but I... At least you're honest.
Yeah, dude, I've got certain skills, but shuffling cards is not one.
No, I imagine that this is something that you do in your sleep.