What do you guys think of mentalists?

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What do you guys think of mentalists?

I was watching tv on a German channel, and this tv program came on called "Gedankenleser" (mindreader) with a host named Thorsten Havener. There was an episode where he visited a university of all medical students. He took 2 volunteers from the audience,one man was instructed to measure his pulse, while another lady was told to go into a separate room without windows, and draw a picture. He could not see the photo. She was on camera, so the audience could see her drawing the picture, but his back was towards her. The audience could not see what she drew, as she was instructed to hold the paper in such a way that they could not. After she drew the picture, she was told to flip it over so no one could see it. Then, he went on a bed that was placed there to get his pulse measured. Every time his heart would beat, the audience could hear a beeping noise. At first, his heart was beating at around 120 beats per minute. Then, it quickly went to zero for about 24 seconds. After this, his heart rate returned to normal. He got up, took a sheet of paper, and drew a picture. Then, he asked the lady to show her picture to the audience. Both pictured matched. The conclusion was that the only way that he could have done that would have been through an OBE. What is your impression with these mentalists? Real, or fraud?

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Pitar's picture
"He took 2 volunteers from
algebe's picture
Penn & Teller can do all of
Nyarlathotep's picture
Yes, it is a well known stage
mykcob4's picture
The Amazing Randy did this
Sky Pilot's picture
What do I think of mentalists

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CyberLN's picture
I love magic shows!
Truett's picture
Pork222, I recommend that you
MCDennis's picture
What do I think? I think it
Teller's picture
No need to say its bullshit.
Nyarlathotep's picture
Right, I love magic so long
Truett's picture
Pork222, another thing: If
algebe's picture
@Truett: "The mind reader
Matt007's picture
I don't understand... ...why
Nyarlathotep's picture
They were probably not lying
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@Tiberius: "why would
Matt007's picture
I liked the show "Greatest

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