I've done this trick many many times in public and it's all about the hands, he draws a triangle, and then he draws a circle with his fingers and your subconscious mind picks up on the hand gestures because he triggers your subconscious mind to follow his fingers when he says to imagine a square as he draws it out for you. I love this show so so much.
You are missing a lot, it's equally important to eliminate rectangle and square from the possible shape pool, I mean how many basic shapes are there? Jane drew a "screen" then verbally use square as an example just for that, another goal of drawing the screen is to get the mark less suspicious about his hand movements, so the later suggestions are taken in unchallanged
simple mind guidance trick- two principles it works on: First of all- the most popular shapes are a triangle, square and circle. secondly, human nature is to try and outsmart the game- human nature will try and guess what the mentalist isn't thinking- that makes us predictable. All it takes now it to imply or project what the you as the magician is thinking, subliminally. ok, he says " a shape like a square but not a square"- eliminating a square, then to be safe, he draws a rectangle with his hands- people will then avoid that shape subconsciously thinking- 'oh he's thinking that shape'. that leaves a triangle - as most peoples first choice, as people will automatically think of a similarly angled shape- (but not a square) he clearly guides you to a triangle. Once the first suggestion is made ,and the person is thinking something, its much easier to now throw obvious suggestion. He say 'now project another shape'- he feintly suggests a circle with his hands, then says the words - put it "a-ROUND" the other shape- what else- a circle! (he also uses a lot of round sounding words here to hammer it home) when he says - 'heres the fun part'- thats all just showmanship crap to distract from the work he s already done on us- and to allow the ideas to consolidate. Basically the mind goes- "avoid his first suggestion, I'm outsmarting him, i think I'm making this second choice"- (but actually he s guided it- making us think we re choosing). The trick is to keep things moving and fluid so the player dosent have time to go to a third choice. very simple mind tricks , but that can be made complex to really fuck with people- literally.
This is really an amazing trick!!!!!! And this is how he did it (atleast to me)...... First he drew a rectangle with his hands. At that time he made us think that he is trying to make us think rectangle. So we eliminated it and thought of a triangle. Why a triangle ?? Check his hand position exactly after doing the rectangle with his hands from 0:24. He positions his hands more often in the shape of a triangle which subconsciously makes us think of the triangle. Then he did the shape of a circle at 0:32 in a way with hands which makes us think of circle. In the beginning we were busy fighting not to imagine what his hands did when he showed the shape of the rectangle. Once he said it need not be a rectangle, we dropped the shield and started to think exactly what his hands did... A best example how fake psychics trick us to believe that they are reading our mind but what they truly do is make us think what they want us to think...
If the person doesn't know that the mentalist is drawing rectangle by his hand to force her to think rectangle ,then her mind will think about rectangle in such cases what will mentalists do????
Follow his hands. He draws the screen, a rectangle, dismisses a square, his left and right hand are positioned into a broken triangle, he brushes around the space between them in a circle.
Suggestion,he simple painted with fingers triangle and told her to use something arround,guiding her to simplest objects,lets say i telling u to imagine something u can tap,i can bet u will not think about brick for sure;)
"Like a square but not a square" :0 For me it was an octagon My mind thinks octagons look more related to square than triangles when drawn.. And then obviously a circle inside an octagon :|
THis trick wont work on me.. as I watched, I totally ignored his hand movement and concentrated on his voice and his lips and eyes. I ended up putting a circle inside a cirlcle
I've done this trick many many times in public and it's all about the hands, he draws a triangle, and then he draws a circle with his fingers and your subconscious mind picks up on the hand gestures because he triggers your subconscious mind to follow his fingers when he says to imagine a square as he draws it out for you. I love this show so so much.
You are missing a lot, it's equally important to eliminate rectangle and square from the possible shape pool, I mean how many basic shapes are there? Jane drew a "screen" then verbally use square as an example just for that, another goal of drawing the screen is to get the mark less suspicious about his hand movements, so the later suggestions are taken in unchallanged
Does it works you?
@@malafama5963 I've had it work many times
Never works for me. Whenever I do it people always do like a dodecagon in an octagon or something
He uses his hands to form a triangle then makes a circle with his hands. That's the key to doing it.
simple mind guidance trick- two principles it works on: First of all- the most popular shapes are a triangle, square and circle. secondly, human nature is to try and outsmart the game- human nature will try and guess what the mentalist isn't thinking- that makes us predictable. All it takes now it to imply or project what the you as the magician is thinking, subliminally.
ok, he says " a shape like a square but not a square"- eliminating a square, then to be safe, he draws a rectangle with his hands- people will then avoid that shape subconsciously thinking- 'oh he's thinking that shape'. that leaves a triangle - as most peoples first choice, as people will automatically think of a similarly angled shape- (but not a square) he clearly guides you to a triangle.
Once the first suggestion is made ,and the person is thinking something, its much easier to now throw obvious suggestion. He say 'now project another shape'- he feintly suggests a circle with his hands, then says the words - put it "a-ROUND" the other shape- what else- a circle! (he also uses a lot of round sounding words here to hammer it home)
when he says - 'heres the fun part'- thats all just showmanship crap to distract from the work he s already done on us- and to allow the ideas to consolidate.
Basically the mind goes- "avoid his first suggestion, I'm outsmarting him, i think I'm making this second choice"- (but actually he s guided it- making us think we re choosing). The trick is to keep things moving and fluid so the player dosent have time to go to a third choice.
very simple mind tricks , but that can be made complex to really fuck with people- literally.
MN_EDIT dumbfuck
The trick is that it's scripted for a TV show
I'd like to try this in person. I was thinking pentagon and hexagon.
Brilliant. My thought process here.
I really like on how you use your words like damn im having an eyegasm over that human nature will try sentence.
Why the hell did my brain just imagined a triangle inside a circle before he predicted it
Because he made you think that.
i loved this show. mentalist was awesome
Oh my gosh, that's exactly what I was thinking of.
Falling into an inescapable kpop hole because he gave you the answer. You followed his steps
I had a circle in a triangle
Me too
The Unknown Furry me too!!
The Unknown Furry me four :)
i thought of opposite triangle inside a circle
me too wtf
This is really an amazing trick!!!!!! And this is how he did it (atleast to me)......
First he drew a rectangle with his hands. At that time he made us think that he is trying to make us think rectangle. So we eliminated it and thought of a triangle. Why a triangle ?? Check his hand position exactly after doing the rectangle with his hands from 0:24. He positions his hands more often in the shape of a triangle which subconsciously makes us think of the triangle. Then he did the shape of a circle at 0:32 in a way with hands which makes us think of circle. In the beginning we were busy fighting not to imagine what his hands did when he showed the shape of the rectangle. Once he said it need not be a rectangle, we dropped the shield and started to think exactly what his hands did... A best example how fake psychics trick us to believe that they are reading our mind but what they truly do is make us think what they want us to think...
If the person doesn't know that the mentalist is drawing rectangle by his hand to force her to think rectangle ,then her mind will think about rectangle in such cases what will mentalists do????
If Jane ever decides to do mentalist shows on a live stage for a living again, Rigsby needs to be his assistent.
One of my favorite shows
Amazing to read the comments and gauge what percentage of people it works on
Follow his hands. He draws the screen, a rectangle, dismisses a square, his left and right hand are positioned into a broken triangle, he brushes around the space between them in a circle.
damn that was a great show...
oh Lisbon we all know what reason you think of
Well almost everyone knew why Lisbon was blushing. Cho was clueless until years later when Abbott spelled it out for him. Hahahaha. 😉
@@jamesblackledge6645 she was blushing because she liked him? i didn't get it
yep
@@julietagomez1035 Probably.
Very cool. Maybe I'll try that trick sometime....
I was waiting on Cho to say "Hey boss, you're blushing." ;)
I initially had a triangle as a first shape, but then I switched to a pentagon because I was expecting him to catch us on the triangle.
patrick is just wow
Suggestion,he simple painted with fingers triangle and told her to use something arround,guiding her to simplest objects,lets say i telling u to imagine something u can tap,i can bet u will not think about brick for sure;)
You're overthinking, he didnt suggest anything circle and triangle are simply the most common answer.
TRhaz lol over thinking bro, statistics just show those are to most common answers... no need to "suggest it"
TRhaz lmao he stopped responding after that. trying to act smart by saying "statistics" on something where there are no statistics lmfao
TRhaz yeah you were right there isn't any concrete study, sorry if you were expecting an answer I was wrong lol.
Lisbon: Not for the reason you're thinking.
Jane: What reason am I thinking?
Libson: What do I look like? A mentalist?
I love this show
I literally went triangle in a circle yoooo wth
Tua Herman he gave you the answer. You were following his steps
There Cho just saved Lisbon
I put an Optoglagon inside a Theromogonism. What about you?
Da fuq is that?
HAHAHAHA
Learned how to go to sleep when I'm stressed with the mentalist 🤔
You guys see his hands at 0:23, and the way he said "aROUND"? He put the thought of a triangle inside a circle in her head (and ours)
wtf i actually thought about a triangle inside a circle
So am I the only one who imagined a trapezium inside a square?
I wonder if they did this trick to the actors without rehearsing it
I put an apple inside a circle. Did I outsmart the test?
No, it means you didn't understand the instructions (an apple is not a 'simple' shape).
+1violalass he/she was just kiddibg
kidding
who wins in a mental battle to the death? Patrick Jane or Spencer Reid?
What series is this?
He read my mind!!
"Like a square but not a square"
:0 For me it was an octagon
My mind thinks octagons look more related to square than triangles when drawn..
And then obviously a circle inside an octagon :|
That’s what I was thinking of
Anyone else thought the station it was playing on seemed suspicious.
I tried this trick on my family in real life and it totally works
Was she in The Craft?
Why I didn’t thought about a triangle?
I actually thought of the octagon inside the rectangle
lol i was thinking of a circle in a triangle
I love when he does different tricks. It's never a good idea to try and lie to Jane 😀
He took Derren Browns Trick
I put a circle inside a square. A square was just forbidden the first time😁
he got 1 part right, it was a star inside a circle
I put a triangle inside a reactangle.
liar !
holy shit, i had a triangle with a circle
mentalist is love 😍
its his hand movements that make you think it
I was thinking about a rhombus inside a circle
patrick jane is adam warlock.
Totally got me 😂
I had a hexagon inside a square.
Good thing he did do not do this test with a mathematician.
Why???
Had a pentagon in a square.
i actually had an octagon...
liar !
I thought of 2 Pentagon's one in the other
i imagined a rectangle inside a circle/oval
I had a triangle inside another triangle.
I had a triforce
Holy shit.
I was thinking of an oval inside a triangle
I put a tesseract in a dodecahedron. Well what can i say. I'm a maths major.
You and I?? It's you and ME.
I had a triangle in a polygon
1:00 yes what I was gonna say.
That's all anyone thinks actually.
Wow. That almost look rehearsed.
Well shit I feel like a sheep now
...ok that creeped me out cause i did the same thing
Veronica Donovan!!!!!!
Nice I thought it was gonna be a trick
HER FACE HAS A FUNNY SCAR
decagon inside dodecagon
Wtf how did he do that he got me
William Ross-Hughes you followed his movements and words. It would be weird if he didnt get you
I got circle in rectangle lol
I thought about circle inside triangle o.O
I thought the same
THis trick wont work on me.. as I watched, I totally ignored his hand movement and concentrated on his voice and his lips and eyes. I ended up putting a circle inside a cirlcle
he did say "another shape"... so much for your listening skills.
DUMB ASS.
Rekt
I thought that blind people can hear better
I had the exact same thing
I was thinking about a triangle in an octagon, because i though a triangle in a cricle would be too obvious lol
I thought of circle inside a rectangle. Dumb.
too bad he doesn''t make "che" blush. that would be great. =)