11th June 2005, 4:21 PM
12th June 2005, 1:59 PM
How much you want to bet some people will actually think, if not that these are actually zombies, that this guy actually was hypnotized and not an actor?
I'm sure I'll see this on Snopes.com soon enough...
I'm sure I'll see this on Snopes.com soon enough...
12th June 2005, 2:03 PM
...that was the most retarded thing I have ever seen.
12th June 2005, 2:04 PM
Most certainly.
Especially after I did a little background research on what hypnosis is, according to general opinion of REAL psychologists, and not the crazy quack jobs we hear on TV and radio.
For example, this site http://skepdic.com/hypnosis.html says that the current viewpoint on hypnosis is pretty much that it is self induced by a willing person that is aware of what a hypnotized person is supposed to behave like and has some sort of knowledge that someone is attempting to hypnotize them at the time. Basically, they change their personality willingly to comply with what they know. It's the reason why people who don't think they can be hypnotized, or otherwise don't believe in it, can't be.
Anyway, that knowledge in hand, this video is pretty stupid. I can believe the guy was hypnotised in the above sense if he was a true believer, but he would have to have some sort of knowledge given to him at some point that they were trying to hypnotize him.
Especially after I did a little background research on what hypnosis is, according to general opinion of REAL psychologists, and not the crazy quack jobs we hear on TV and radio.
For example, this site http://skepdic.com/hypnosis.html says that the current viewpoint on hypnosis is pretty much that it is self induced by a willing person that is aware of what a hypnotized person is supposed to behave like and has some sort of knowledge that someone is attempting to hypnotize them at the time. Basically, they change their personality willingly to comply with what they know. It's the reason why people who don't think they can be hypnotized, or otherwise don't believe in it, can't be.
Anyway, that knowledge in hand, this video is pretty stupid. I can believe the guy was hypnotised in the above sense if he was a true believer, but he would have to have some sort of knowledge given to him at some point that they were trying to hypnotize him.
12th June 2005, 3:25 PM
http://www.channel4.com/entertainment/tv...index.html
This guy is actually one of the "good guys" it seems. He actively admits that his hypnosis pretty much is what that above link describes it to be. It would seem he always targets particularly suggestible people to begin with and does in fact give a cue to them to let them know someone is trying to hypnotize them. So, it wasn't staged, but it wasn't the sort of hypnosis the common person thinks of either. Just easily suggestible people playing roles they have learned.
This guy is actually one of the "good guys" it seems. He actively admits that his hypnosis pretty much is what that above link describes it to be. It would seem he always targets particularly suggestible people to begin with and does in fact give a cue to them to let them know someone is trying to hypnotize them. So, it wasn't staged, but it wasn't the sort of hypnosis the common person thinks of either. Just easily suggestible people playing roles they have learned.
12th June 2005, 5:18 PM
Of course hypnosis works by some kind of trick, all "magic" does...
12th June 2005, 6:11 PM
Well I was just attempting to reveal the accepted nature of it, you know, more than just "it's just a trick".
6th July 2005, 9:41 AM
my computer wont let me see it .