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Derren Brown Interview on BadPsychics

JonDonnis said:
Derren Brown joined me for an interview recently.
He gives a very interesting email.
I thought some of you might like to read.

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How do you feel when you see shows like LivingTV's "Most Haunted" and "Famous and Frightened" doing seances, table tipping, ouija boards and so on, but trying to pass them off as "real"? Especially in light of your show which showed without doubt that these things are nothing more than Victorian parlour tricks? (emphasis added)
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Was this you who asked this?? Does your intellectual deficiency know of any limit? Still, you're in good company on here because most skeptics on here would agree with you.

Derren himself gave an excellent response to this asinine question:

Derren
Well, my show didn't prove or disprove anything - it can't. I look at those things and see a reliable psychological explanation (called 'ideomotor movement' - unconscious movements we make because we're expecting movement to occur), and it is a fact that that the phenomena of ouija boards etc can be explained in these ways without talking about spirits. Especially once one allows for how stories get exaggerated and so on as they get told and hyped-up and misremembered. However, it's more exciting to think about spirits, and plenty of people will always prefer that explanation, which is fine.
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JonDonnis said:
Derren Brown joined me for an interview recently.
He gives a very interesting email.
I thought some of you might like to read.

Click Here To Read Interview
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I would have asked what Derren thought of Penn & Tellers BS episode on Hypnosis. I personally thought that P&T were full of more BS themselves than most of the people they were criticizing on that particular episode.
 
Nucular said:
Chris French would be a good one I think.

I also like Ashles' Paul Daniels suggestion...

And you should post the Richard Wiseman one forthwith.
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I agree, i will try and get Chris French
 
I have tried to get in contact with Paul Daniels but without success, does anyone know how i can contact him?
 
Re: People to interview

HutchTheCrutch said:
Jon, how about trying to get a member of the Most Haunted team to do an interview ?? Or maybe the man Acorah himself ??

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Richard Woolfe the boss of LivingTV Has now banned any member of the most haunted crew from talking to me.
We do have a few interviews with former members of the crew which is good.

Plus there is the classic David Bull interview where I caught he telling lies!
 
JonDonnis

Why didn't you ask him any worthwhile questions? Like why he is a cheat? And how he can look anyone in the eye after that Russian Roulette con?

I would also like to know what gives him total certainty that telepathy doesn't exist. When he says "that's impossible" does he mean logically impossible? metaphysically impossible? nomologically impossible?

Why do people have to ask such bum licking questions to famous people?? :mad: I sure as hell wouldn't!
 
Thanks to whoever suggested Paul Daniels
I have been speaking to him this morning and should have the interview done soon!!!

Now if I could just get that Randi bloke my life would be complete.
 
JonDonnis said:
Thanks to whoever suggested Paul Daniels
I have been speaking to him this morning and should have the interview done soon!!!
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Excellent - give us a shout when it's ready :)


Now if I could just get that Randi bloke my life would be complete.
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Yeah... does anyone know where Jon might be able to get in touch with him? If only he had a website or something ;)
 
Interesting Ian said:
Er . . no . . please don't bother.
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Don't tell me you're miffed because you've discovered he cheats as well?

(He does - I have it from an unimpeachable source that he did, in fact, use wigs)
 
Ian is annoyed that Derren shows that ALL medium style phenomena are completely replicable by cheating.

He SOOO want them to be real he hates guys who show what a pile of steaming crap they are.

Derren is Ian’s nagging conscience.. it’s the little voice in Ian’s head saying.. “you life philosophy is based on fraud, trickery, error and mistakes”.. he wants it to SHUT UP !

Sadly Ian we KNOW you have a brain under all that bluster and it is screaming at you to give up the inanities.. just listen to it will ya ?
 
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