Real Mind Reading - Self-Working Magic Trick
This trick is great for a large group of people, or even
better for a get-together of 3-5 people.
To start, you will need paper and pencils for
everyone in the group, as well for yourself. Before
you announce you will be doing a trick, write the
word "carrot" on one side of a piece of paper, and the
word "celery" on the other side. Stick this piece of paper
your pocket.
Now hand out the paper and pencils to
everyone...announcing you are going to give a short
math quiz to help get everyone's brain ready to
participate in a mind-reading exercise.
When everyone is ready, start giving easy math
questions rapidly. For example "2+2", "10-5", "6x2", etc.
Explain that people shouldn't worry about missing one
or getting them right...just write down the answers as
fast as they can.
Shout out about 10 of these math problems then say
"Write down the name of a vegetable!"
If you see anyone trying to "think"...hurry them to write
the name down quickly.
After everyone has completed the task, tell them that
you already read their minds before the trick even
started and wrote down the answer on a piece of paper.
Alternatively, you can tell them that you used your mind
powers to "force" them to write the name of the
vegetable you wanted them to.
You can now take the piece of paper that was in your
pocket. Ask someone what they wrote down. The most
common answer is "carrot", generally 80-90% of people
will write this name down. The second most common
answer is "celery".
Why does everyone write down "carrot"? I don't know...
but it does work; give it a try.
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