Have you ever wanted to read someone's mind? Mentalist Oz Pearlman is billed as one of the world's greatest mind readers ... and yet, he says he doesn't have any special powers. In this spectacular talk meets psychic-inspired magic show, he demonstrates his skills on a live audience in the theater ā and shows how anyone can learn the principles of mentalism.Interested in learning more about upcoming TED events? Follow these links:TEDNext: ted.com/futureyouTEDAI San Francisco: ted.com/ai-sf Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Well, mentalist Oz Perlman is billed as one of the world's greatest mind readers, and yet he says he doesn't have any special powers. In this spectacular talk meets magic show, mentalist Oz Perlman opens up to a captivated audience, sharing why it all comes down to understanding the human spirit and mind.
So close your eyes if you can, please don't if you're driving, and imagine you're sitting in the TED theater. Oz is on stage, the house lights go up, and he walks out into the audience.
Over the next 15 minutes, he engages with multiple audience members he's never met before, wows everyone, and shows us how the principles of mentalism can be tools for living better and more connected lives at home, at work, and in our relationships.
I am billed as the world's greatest mind reader, but guess what? I can't read minds. What I can do is read people. And people ask a question all the time, which is, were you born with this? And the answer is, no, of course not, absolutely not. I do not possess any supernatural powers. I am not a psychic.
This is a learnable skill that I feel anyone could do, but I've applied for about roughly three decades at reverse engineering the human mind. If I know how you think, I know what you think. And I want to ask each and every one of you in this room a question. But before we do, take a deep breath in. Take a deep breath in. Exhale out. And close your eyes. Little Zen mode, okay?
I see the people with trust issues, eyes wide open, holding their wallets and phones. Fellow New Yorkers. Here is my question. If you could have dinner, hypothetical, with someone famous, right? Some of you have heard this question already. I didn't invent it. I love asking people. Someone famous, dead or alive, past or present, man, woman, whatever.
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