Mysteries of the Mind

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0:00:02 > 0:00:06- Awesome!- Unbelievable. I think he's sold his soul to the devil, so watch out!

0:00:29 > 0:00:32Time again to drop into the David Meade Project.

0:00:32 > 0:00:34This is the geezer with his name over the door, David Meade.

0:00:34 > 0:00:36- Is that an L?- Oh!

0:00:36 > 0:00:39- Yes!- Argh!- Oh, my God!

0:00:39 > 0:00:42David is fascinated with how we think.

0:00:42 > 0:00:46As usual, his mission is to play with one particular concept of human nature.

0:00:46 > 0:00:49Trouble is, not everyone has the mindset to cope with it.

0:00:49 > 0:00:51It's crazy. That's insane.

0:00:51 > 0:00:55- How?! - It was weird, yeah. How'd he do it?

0:00:55 > 0:00:58This time, David is returning to his greatest passion,

0:00:58 > 0:01:01controlling the way we think.

0:01:01 > 0:01:03He wants to unlock the mysteries of the mind.

0:01:03 > 0:01:06I'm constantly amazed by the human mind.

0:01:06 > 0:01:08What it can do and what I can make it do.

0:01:13 > 0:01:16Today, David is going to do a bit of reading.

0:01:16 > 0:01:18No, he's not off to the library.

0:01:18 > 0:01:21For this kind of reading, David will appear to use his mind power on

0:01:21 > 0:01:24complete strangers out on the street.

0:01:24 > 0:01:27But you know not everything is what it seems with David Meade.

0:01:27 > 0:01:30I'm going to stop random people in the street and borrow their keys.

0:01:30 > 0:01:33Based on their keys, I'm going to try and tell

0:01:33 > 0:01:36them interesting things about their past, present and future.

0:01:36 > 0:01:38In the first instance, I'm going to try

0:01:38 > 0:01:39and do that through cold reading.

0:01:39 > 0:01:41In other words, I'm just guessing.

0:01:41 > 0:01:42But, in the second instance,

0:01:42 > 0:01:45I'm going to use every one of my skills as a mentalist to try

0:01:45 > 0:01:47and divine incredible and impossible facts about them.

0:01:50 > 0:01:52- Do you have some keys on you? - Mm-hm.- Can I see them?

0:01:52 > 0:01:54Would that be all right?

0:01:54 > 0:01:56I'd be interested to see...

0:01:56 > 0:02:00OK, so there's chaos and order in these keys.

0:02:00 > 0:02:02They suggest you're the type of person who always says,

0:02:02 > 0:02:04"Oh, did I say the right thing,

0:02:04 > 0:02:06"was that the right thing to do or say that point?"

0:02:06 > 0:02:08Absolutely. That's correct.

0:02:08 > 0:02:11- Does that kind of fit you? - Absolutely, yes.

0:02:11 > 0:02:13I'm going to start off with a blatant cold read.

0:02:13 > 0:02:15In other words, I'll just be rhyming off guesses

0:02:15 > 0:02:18and random information that would fit for anyone.

0:02:18 > 0:02:20Because we have a number of keys off to just one side here,

0:02:20 > 0:02:23that suggests to me that you're the type of person that,

0:02:23 > 0:02:24almost the minute you make a decision,

0:02:24 > 0:02:28you're instantly questioning it and regretting it.

0:02:28 > 0:02:30- Yeah, that's true.- Is that right? - Yep, all the time.

0:02:30 > 0:02:32Sometimes you'll be in, maybe on a midweek night,

0:02:32 > 0:02:34and you decide, "I'm going out."

0:02:34 > 0:02:37- And you die for it the next day. Is that...- Something like that, yeah.

0:02:37 > 0:02:40Cold reading is driven by an understanding that we all

0:02:40 > 0:02:41share social norms.

0:02:41 > 0:02:44We all share experiences that are common to everyone.

0:02:44 > 0:02:47The fact is that when those experiences are pointed out,

0:02:47 > 0:02:50it seems like an incredible observation that someone couldn't possibly know,

0:02:50 > 0:02:53when, in fact, they're just general statements.

0:02:53 > 0:02:56David's convincing this lot he's got psychic flair.

0:02:56 > 0:03:00But, really, he's just using stuff he's learnt from books.

0:03:00 > 0:03:03These are just games to make people believe in the power of his mind

0:03:03 > 0:03:08because David's true talent lies in mentalism.

0:03:08 > 0:03:09I want to show that, as a mentalist,

0:03:09 > 0:03:12you can do far more astonishing and incredible things

0:03:12 > 0:03:15than just an ordinary psychic, or a fake psychic.

0:03:15 > 0:03:16I'm a mentalist.

0:03:16 > 0:03:18And, using mentalist techniques,

0:03:18 > 0:03:21I can sometimes ascertain a little bit more detail.

0:03:21 > 0:03:23So what I'm going to do is give them one shake.

0:03:26 > 0:03:28Ah, OK.

0:03:28 > 0:03:31So, if you were to choose a country that you would love to travel to,

0:03:31 > 0:03:33I'd say most people would think of France or America

0:03:33 > 0:03:37because they seem obvious. But you're not most people and I would say you'd probably go for

0:03:37 > 0:03:40somewhere like Australia because that's a bit off the beaten track.

0:03:40 > 0:03:44Is that somewhere you've been thinking about travelling to?

0:03:44 > 0:03:46OK, can I think of your husband's name, then?

0:03:46 > 0:03:49- Now if you get this, you will be doing very good.- Right, OK.

0:03:49 > 0:03:51Honestly. It's very unusual.

0:03:51 > 0:03:53OK, I'm going to say...

0:03:53 > 0:03:55Now, the way that all of these rings are connected,

0:03:55 > 0:03:57that suggests to me that we're talking about a very flowing

0:03:57 > 0:03:59character, a very male character.

0:03:59 > 0:04:01- Absolutely.- A pretty hard man.- Yeah.

0:04:01 > 0:04:03So it probably starts with an S or a T, but I'd say an S is more obvious.

0:04:03 > 0:04:06- Is that right, an S?- That's correct.

0:04:06 > 0:04:08Actually, if you hold out both of your hands for me.

0:04:08 > 0:04:11Let's just lay them flat there.

0:04:11 > 0:04:14Oh, it's like... Oh, it is weird.

0:04:14 > 0:04:18It's like Gilbert. I don't know what it is. It's like Gilbert?

0:04:18 > 0:04:19I honestly don't...

0:04:19 > 0:04:21It's Silbert.

0:04:21 > 0:04:23Silbert?

0:04:23 > 0:04:24Silbert. S-I-L-B-E-R-T.

0:04:24 > 0:04:26Is that a real name?

0:04:26 > 0:04:28Honestly, that's why I thought you'd never guess it.

0:04:28 > 0:04:30You're joking! No way! So, like Gilbert but with an S?

0:04:30 > 0:04:31- Yes.- Right, OK.

0:04:31 > 0:04:35David's mentalist approach is definitely dazzling this lot

0:04:35 > 0:04:38with what seems to be impossible revelations.

0:04:38 > 0:04:39I thought it was mad.

0:04:39 > 0:04:42I never thought they would have got my dad's name

0:04:42 > 0:04:43because it's such an unusual name.

0:04:43 > 0:04:45Yeah, because it was so random.

0:04:45 > 0:04:47Imagine, for a moment now, if you could go on a date with

0:04:47 > 0:04:50anyone from the public eye, a celebrity,

0:04:50 > 0:04:52on this side we start to see some of the prettier ones like...

0:04:52 > 0:04:55Well, he's rabbiting on but it seems to be working.

0:04:55 > 0:04:57So I'd suggest that whoever this is is also massively attractive,

0:04:57 > 0:04:59probably really fit...

0:04:59 > 0:05:02That's it, David. A bit of flattery always helps.

0:05:02 > 0:05:06- We're probably talking about Peter Andre, someone like that.- Yes!- Yes! - Is that who it was?

0:05:06 > 0:05:08Oh, they've only gone and bought it!

0:05:08 > 0:05:11OK, right, well, you can share him.

0:05:11 > 0:05:13I'm not 100 percent sure about psychics but, as he said,

0:05:13 > 0:05:15he's a mentalist and he's not a psychic

0:05:15 > 0:05:18so the information that he gave was accurate.

0:05:18 > 0:05:22As far as I can see, all readings are fundamentally the same.

0:05:22 > 0:05:24They all draw on the same broad guesses.

0:05:24 > 0:05:26And what happens is,

0:05:26 > 0:05:29the person receiving the reading makes those guesses fit for them.

0:05:29 > 0:05:31And it can seem like a really astonishing experience.

0:05:31 > 0:05:36Pumped up with the success of his activities on the street,

0:05:36 > 0:05:37David has a new thought.

0:05:40 > 0:05:41Manipulate the mind?

0:05:41 > 0:05:43As usual, not asking for much(!)

0:05:43 > 0:05:46Mind you, I could think of a few minds I'd like to manipulate.

0:05:46 > 0:05:48Anyway, David's doing what he loves best,

0:05:48 > 0:05:52finding new games to harness the power of the mind.

0:05:52 > 0:05:53Or so he thinks.

0:05:53 > 0:05:58Wouldn't it be incredible if we could unlock the power of the mind?

0:05:58 > 0:06:01It seems to be capable of incredible things.

0:06:01 > 0:06:05We've all heard that urban legend - and who knows if it's true? - of a woman involved in a car accident

0:06:05 > 0:06:09and, in the moments immediately after, she is filled with adrenaline

0:06:09 > 0:06:11and able to lift that car to rescue someone from underneath.

0:06:11 > 0:06:14Now that may be a load of old rubbish but, if it's true,

0:06:14 > 0:06:21it seems to suggest that our emotions can have a huge impact on our physiological ability.

0:06:21 > 0:06:26With that in mind, I'd like to try and tap into an extremely powerful human emotion,

0:06:26 > 0:06:28but I'm a mentalist and I have my own techniques.

0:06:28 > 0:06:31I want to see if I can make a person believe

0:06:31 > 0:06:34that they have superhuman strength.

0:06:39 > 0:06:42David has taken to the street on a particularly colourful day.

0:06:42 > 0:06:46As usual, he's looking for random strangers

0:06:46 > 0:06:48who have little or no inhibitions.

0:06:48 > 0:06:51People who are open to testing the potential power of their minds.

0:06:51 > 0:06:54What's interesting about this for me is I don't want a bodybuilder.

0:06:54 > 0:06:55I want ordinary people.

0:06:55 > 0:06:59I'm going to ask random people in the street that I've never met

0:06:59 > 0:07:02to think of a time in their lives when they felt anxious,

0:07:02 > 0:07:03afraid, scared, terrified.

0:07:03 > 0:07:07I then want to see if I can have them harness that energy

0:07:07 > 0:07:11and that adrenaline and seemingly translate it into strength.

0:07:14 > 0:07:17- Girls, have you any money?- Yeah. - Can I have some?

0:07:17 > 0:07:19OK, grand.

0:07:19 > 0:07:20Now, let me see.

0:07:20 > 0:07:24We'll use this one. You can take those back or give them to me. Whichever, I don't mind.

0:07:24 > 0:07:27And I want you to sign your name on one side of it.

0:07:27 > 0:07:29Do it across a couple of lines, if you want.

0:07:29 > 0:07:31Are you doing it on my arm? Don't get that ink on me!

0:07:31 > 0:07:34You'll hardly notice it on the tan, anyway.

0:07:34 > 0:07:38OK, I'm placing it down there in the middle and I want you to squeeze your hand into a fist.

0:07:38 > 0:07:41Now, I want you to think about a time in your life

0:07:41 > 0:07:44when you were incredibly stressed.

0:07:44 > 0:07:48A time when you were really anxious, when something was really, really getting to you.

0:07:48 > 0:07:50And it really, really affected you and you felt that adrenaline build

0:07:50 > 0:07:53and build and build. Could you get one in your head? Yeah?

0:07:53 > 0:07:56- Have you got one? Is there any way I could know it?- No.

0:07:56 > 0:07:59- Total secret?- Secret. - OK, I want you to think about it.

0:07:59 > 0:08:02It could've been at home, school, work, college.

0:08:02 > 0:08:05- Oh, wait, this was at school?- Yeah. - Is that right?- Yeah. - This was at school, OK.

0:08:05 > 0:08:07Think about the person's name that's involved.

0:08:07 > 0:08:10Think of the name for me. Think of the first letter for me.

0:08:10 > 0:08:12Say it over and over in your head. Think of the first letter.

0:08:12 > 0:08:13Is that an L? L?

0:08:13 > 0:08:14Oh!

0:08:14 > 0:08:16- Is that what it is, yeah? - Oh, my God!

0:08:16 > 0:08:18OK.

0:08:18 > 0:08:21- Gossiping, whispering, talking crap? Talking rubbish, telling lies?- Yeah.

0:08:21 > 0:08:24Squeeze, squeeze, squeeze! SQUEEZE!

0:08:24 > 0:08:27Open up, open up, open up!

0:08:27 > 0:08:30- Oh, my God!- Check it out. Do you see it? Lift it up.

0:08:32 > 0:08:34Oh, my God!

0:08:34 > 0:08:36- Look at that!- Why am I crying?

0:08:38 > 0:08:41- That's so freaky! I can't believe it. - How did you do that?

0:08:41 > 0:08:42BOTH: How did you do it?!

0:08:42 > 0:08:44I was actually crying.

0:08:44 > 0:08:46And there were tears dropping off me!

0:08:46 > 0:08:48I can't believe that!

0:08:48 > 0:08:50I didn't even know what was going to happen when I opened my hand.

0:08:50 > 0:08:52I mean, how do you bend that?

0:08:52 > 0:08:53That's your muscles, love!

0:08:53 > 0:08:56I want you to say the name over and over and over in your head.

0:08:56 > 0:08:59- Just in your head.- OK.

0:08:59 > 0:09:02Not out loud. Louder, louder, louder.

0:09:02 > 0:09:04- Tina? Tina, is that the name?- Yes.

0:09:04 > 0:09:06Is this a friend, Tina?

0:09:06 > 0:09:08An acquaintance.

0:09:08 > 0:09:11- Oh, right. OK, OK.- I want you to think about what happened.- OK.

0:09:11 > 0:09:13Take your left hand and squeeze for me now.

0:09:13 > 0:09:16Squeeze, squeeze, squeeze. Now two hands! Two hands. Squeeze.

0:09:16 > 0:09:17Harder for me, Portia.

0:09:17 > 0:09:18Harder, harder, harder!

0:09:18 > 0:09:20Open up, open up.

0:09:20 > 0:09:22Wow! Oh, my goodness!

0:09:22 > 0:09:23Look at that!

0:09:23 > 0:09:27- You bent it!- Isn't that just typical of me? Bend everything!

0:09:28 > 0:09:32Did you get your nose broken? In the street on the way to a nightclub?

0:09:32 > 0:09:35OK, think about who was there. Think about the name for me.

0:09:35 > 0:09:39Say it over and over in your head. Just in your head. Not out loud.

0:09:39 > 0:09:40Over and over and over.

0:09:40 > 0:09:43It's, er, is it Chris? Chris, is that the name?

0:09:43 > 0:09:46Is that the name? Quickly. Squeeze, squeeze.

0:09:46 > 0:09:47Now squeeze, squeeze, squeeze!

0:09:47 > 0:09:48I'm squeezing!

0:09:48 > 0:09:50Squeeze! Open up, open up.

0:09:50 > 0:09:52Oh, my God.

0:09:52 > 0:09:53Oh, my God.

0:09:53 > 0:09:55Hold it up so we can see.

0:09:55 > 0:09:57- That's the hormones! - How did you do that?

0:09:57 > 0:09:58RECITES ALPHABET

0:10:02 > 0:10:04Larissa? Who's Larissa?

0:10:04 > 0:10:05- Oh, my God!- Is that who it was?

0:10:05 > 0:10:08Now, Johnny, squeeze. Squeeze, squeeze.

0:10:08 > 0:10:10Both hands. Both hands. Squeeze.

0:10:10 > 0:10:12Squeeze tightly. Squeeze!

0:10:12 > 0:10:14Open up, open up, open up.

0:10:14 > 0:10:16- Ohh!- Oh my God!

0:10:16 > 0:10:18Jesus!

0:10:18 > 0:10:20Oh, my God!

0:10:20 > 0:10:22Oh. My. God.

0:10:22 > 0:10:23How did you do that?

0:10:23 > 0:10:25How did YOU do that?

0:10:25 > 0:10:27How?! I can't believe this.

0:10:27 > 0:10:29- Oh, my God.- Awesome, awesome.

0:10:29 > 0:10:33Unbelievable. I think he's sold his soul to the devil, so watch out.

0:10:35 > 0:10:36Phwoah!

0:10:36 > 0:10:39After all that outlet of emotion,

0:10:39 > 0:10:41David needs a little sit-down to recharge his batteries

0:10:41 > 0:10:45and turn his mind to even more powerful emotional responses.

0:10:45 > 0:10:48Up until now, I've been looking at emotions,

0:10:48 > 0:10:50but specifically the responses that those emotions create.

0:10:50 > 0:10:53So now I'd like to see, if I add meaning to those emotions,

0:10:53 > 0:10:56positive or negative, it doesn't matter,

0:10:56 > 0:10:57exactly what response can I get?

0:10:57 > 0:11:01Now, this box is essentially meaningless. It doesn't have a soul.

0:11:01 > 0:11:04It doesn't have personality. It doesn't have a life.

0:11:04 > 0:11:08But what if we were to put something meaningful inside this box?

0:11:08 > 0:11:11Perhaps this box could become incredibly important.

0:11:11 > 0:11:16David needs participants with diverse attitudes to physical strength.

0:11:16 > 0:11:19Physical strength to me is very important because I play sport.

0:11:19 > 0:11:23I'm not physically strong. I'm not embarrassed.

0:11:23 > 0:11:24It's just the way I am.

0:11:24 > 0:11:26This is going to be a really simple exercise.

0:11:26 > 0:11:29I'm going to have them think of positive things and negative things.

0:11:29 > 0:11:31And I want to see if they perform better

0:11:31 > 0:11:35when they're thinking of positive things than negative things.

0:11:35 > 0:11:38I'm not entirely sure about the science of it, truthfully.

0:11:38 > 0:11:41But I thought that it might be fun to see just how difficult

0:11:41 > 0:11:43it's going to be for them to pick up this box.

0:11:46 > 0:11:49- Scott, you're obviously a pretty strong bloke.- Do I look it?

0:11:49 > 0:11:52Ah, well, a wee bit, yeah. You're obviously not strong as me(!)

0:11:52 > 0:11:54What is it about your mindset that makes you

0:11:54 > 0:11:57want to get stronger and want to keep working out?

0:11:57 > 0:12:00It makes you feel good. It makes you want to do better.

0:12:00 > 0:12:03In a moment I want you to think of a bit of a negative situation.

0:12:03 > 0:12:07And it's important that you know that this negative situation is

0:12:07 > 0:12:10an absolute secret, and that no-one here could know what it is.

0:12:10 > 0:12:14So I want you to scribble one word there to describe what it is.

0:12:14 > 0:12:18And, whenever you've got that one word written down,

0:12:18 > 0:12:20make sure that I can't see it,

0:12:20 > 0:12:22I want you to go ahead

0:12:22 > 0:12:23and scrunch it up into a ball.

0:12:23 > 0:12:26Do you find it difficult to get into the zone, Scott,

0:12:26 > 0:12:28whenever it comes to working out?

0:12:28 > 0:12:31Or do you just always find yourself right there, ready?

0:12:31 > 0:12:34First couple of times, it's hard enough, but you get used to it.

0:12:34 > 0:12:36OK, brilliant. So, holding that in your hand,

0:12:36 > 0:12:37I want you to just pick up this box for me.

0:12:37 > 0:12:40Pick it up until it reaches my hand.

0:12:40 > 0:12:43Not too heavy. You're pretty strong, obviously. You can put it down.

0:12:43 > 0:12:46- Was that easy-peasy? - Yeah, straightforward.

0:12:46 > 0:12:48- Easy for a tank like you? - That's it.- OK, all right.

0:12:48 > 0:12:50Well, I want you to think now about that negative thought

0:12:50 > 0:12:52for me for a moment.

0:12:52 > 0:12:53I want you to extend your hands like this,

0:12:53 > 0:12:55hiding it in your hands.

0:12:55 > 0:12:57- Hide that negative thought in your hands, OK?- Mm-hm.

0:12:57 > 0:12:58And I want you to look straight here.

0:12:58 > 0:13:00I want you to think about when this happened.

0:13:00 > 0:13:04I want you to think about when this negative situation happened.

0:13:04 > 0:13:08Whatever this thought is, it could be one week, two weeks, three weeks.

0:13:08 > 0:13:10Oh, wait...

0:13:10 > 0:13:12Was this like four months ago?

0:13:12 > 0:13:14- Maybe, yeah.- What do mean maybe?

0:13:14 > 0:13:16It was about four months ago?

0:13:16 > 0:13:17- Yeah.- OK, great.

0:13:17 > 0:13:19I want you to think about where it happened.

0:13:19 > 0:13:22It could've been at home or at work, could have been at a nightclub.

0:13:22 > 0:13:24Could have been at college, in a library.

0:13:24 > 0:13:27No, this is something to do with movement or travelling.

0:13:27 > 0:13:29A little bit to do with speed, as well.

0:13:29 > 0:13:31Was it on a road, whatever this is?

0:13:31 > 0:13:33- It happened on a road, is that right?- Yeah.

0:13:33 > 0:13:35Actually, let me take this. I don't want to see it.

0:13:35 > 0:13:37Hands up again. Hands up again.

0:13:37 > 0:13:40- I feel like someone made a mistake or made an error of judgement.- Yeah.

0:13:40 > 0:13:44OK. Actually, do me a favour. Pick up that box.

0:13:46 > 0:13:49Look here for me. Pick up the box. Look here for me. You can do it.

0:13:49 > 0:13:51Come on, you can do it. Look here, straight here.

0:13:51 > 0:13:53You can do it. Come on. You can do it. Scream out! Argh!

0:13:53 > 0:13:55Come on, you can do it. Argh!

0:13:55 > 0:13:57Come on, let a good yelp out!

0:13:57 > 0:13:59Come on, you can do it.

0:13:59 > 0:14:01Look straight here. Actually, let go. Let go for me.

0:14:01 > 0:14:05Under the table, I want you to check and make sure there's no magnets there.

0:14:05 > 0:14:07Come on, now, Scott. You can do this. One last try, one last try.

0:14:07 > 0:14:10Straight here. Come on, Scott. What does this feel like?

0:14:10 > 0:14:13- It's not going to budge.- Is that right? OK, just relax for me.

0:14:13 > 0:14:16Relax for a second. Now extend both of your arms out for me again.

0:14:16 > 0:14:20Whatever this negative thought is, I want you to imagine now that you could just let this go.

0:14:20 > 0:14:25Just focus really clearly and, if we put this back in here for a moment,

0:14:25 > 0:14:30I want you to think about now whatever this was that affected you.

0:14:30 > 0:14:32You could just let it go. Do me a favour. Throw that away.

0:14:32 > 0:14:33Throw it away.

0:14:33 > 0:14:36Pick it up. You can do it. Come on, pick it up. You can do it.

0:14:36 > 0:14:38- Easy?- Yeah.- Easy?- Yeah.

0:14:38 > 0:14:40OK, you've done a brilliant job, Scott.

0:14:40 > 0:14:42Unreal. Jesus!

0:14:42 > 0:14:45I'm still shaking from it.

0:14:48 > 0:14:51I had a car accident four months ago.

0:14:51 > 0:14:53It was just in my mind, so fresh.

0:14:53 > 0:14:55So weird.

0:14:55 > 0:14:56That was incredible.

0:14:56 > 0:14:59I'm shaking. I need a drink. I need to sit down.

0:14:59 > 0:15:01You should find it even more difficult now.

0:15:01 > 0:15:04I don't want to see what this is but you're about to find it even more difficult now.

0:15:04 > 0:15:07I'm not going to say a single word. Try one more time to lift it up.

0:15:07 > 0:15:10It should feel even heavier this time. It should feel even heavier.

0:15:10 > 0:15:12Go ahead and try and lift it up.

0:15:12 > 0:15:13- Even heavier?- Yeah.

0:15:13 > 0:15:15- Feel a little bit fatigued?- Yes.

0:15:15 > 0:15:16Sore on your arms and things?

0:15:16 > 0:15:18It should be harder that time.

0:15:18 > 0:15:20Now think of a positive scenario. Stretch out your arms for me.

0:15:20 > 0:15:22Think of who this positive thought represents.

0:15:22 > 0:15:23Is it a person you know really well?

0:15:23 > 0:15:25Yes.

0:15:25 > 0:15:27Oh, wait, you were up late so that's a celebration.

0:15:27 > 0:15:29- Something really exciting, like a wedding.- Yes.

0:15:29 > 0:15:32The minute you have that positive thought, go ahead and try and pick

0:15:32 > 0:15:34it up for me, the minute you have that positive thought.

0:15:34 > 0:15:36OK, fine. And right back down.

0:15:36 > 0:15:38Who's Norman.

0:15:38 > 0:15:39- My grandad.- Oh, right, OK.

0:15:39 > 0:15:41- Well, did he pass away?- Yeah.

0:15:41 > 0:15:43Oh, really. OK, I got you.

0:15:43 > 0:15:44All right, grandad died.

0:15:44 > 0:15:49My grandad died. He asked me to picture being back when I found out about it.

0:15:49 > 0:15:50It was quite difficult.

0:15:50 > 0:15:53I definitely think your emotions have control of your strength.

0:15:53 > 0:15:55Mind over matter definitely counts.

0:15:55 > 0:15:58Up until now I've been looking at emotions

0:15:58 > 0:16:01and specifically how those emotions affect the way we perceive things.

0:16:01 > 0:16:04Now I'd like to see how far I can push this.

0:16:04 > 0:16:07I'd like to see if I can make someone believe that

0:16:07 > 0:16:10they've got the ability to unlock the power of their mind.

0:16:15 > 0:16:18Oh, my God. What's he up to now?

0:16:18 > 0:16:21What I'm really excited about trying is seeing if it's possible,

0:16:21 > 0:16:24and perhaps it won't be, to make two people share one thought.

0:16:24 > 0:16:27But one instantaneous, random secret thought.

0:16:27 > 0:16:31A thought that I couldn't possibly know and no-one else in the world could know.

0:16:31 > 0:16:35So, with that in mind, I've chosen two people who, I hope,

0:16:35 > 0:16:38just might have a connection.

0:16:38 > 0:16:42OK, you eagle-eyed viewers, can you spot where David's going with this?

0:16:42 > 0:16:43I feel really lucky because today,

0:16:43 > 0:16:46I'm going to get the opportunity to work with twins.

0:16:46 > 0:16:49Oh, yes, we've seen twins before, haven't we?

0:16:49 > 0:16:52Rather than trying this experiment on just anyone,

0:16:52 > 0:16:56the mentalist is deviously exploiting what mother nature has created.

0:16:56 > 0:16:58No doubt hoping that the twins' special connection

0:16:58 > 0:17:00will stimulate their minds' power.

0:17:00 > 0:17:03I suppose what's really exciting about this opportunity for me

0:17:03 > 0:17:06is it gives me the chance to push my skills as a mentalist

0:17:06 > 0:17:09to the very edge of what I know I can do.

0:17:09 > 0:17:12I've never tried this before.

0:17:12 > 0:17:15And I'm just not sure how it'll work.

0:17:15 > 0:17:17I'm going to start with you, if you don't mind.

0:17:17 > 0:17:19I'm going to give you a notepad.

0:17:19 > 0:17:23I want you to flick through it, make sure all the pages are blank.

0:17:23 > 0:17:25Now you're happy it's all blank,

0:17:25 > 0:17:28- I want you to sign in one of the corners of the page.- OK.

0:17:28 > 0:17:30Just so you know that that's your page.

0:17:32 > 0:17:34Now, Phelan, for the time being,

0:17:34 > 0:17:37just sign your name across the middle of that for me.

0:17:37 > 0:17:40Once you've done that, go ahead and fold that up for me.

0:17:40 > 0:17:43Fold it twice so that it's in quarters, as well.

0:17:43 > 0:17:46I'm going to ask you to put this glove on with the other hand.

0:17:46 > 0:17:49Bit of health and safety, kids.

0:17:49 > 0:17:52If you do any cutting, always wear safety gloves.

0:17:52 > 0:17:54Don't try this at home, please.

0:17:54 > 0:17:58I think we would all love the skill to be able to work out

0:17:58 > 0:18:01what's going on in someone else's head.

0:18:01 > 0:18:03So I want to play a really simple game today,

0:18:03 > 0:18:07based on the idea that it would be incredible if someone, anyone,

0:18:07 > 0:18:10would be able to share a thought with another person.

0:18:13 > 0:18:16I'm going to ask you to now think a thought.

0:18:16 > 0:18:19This should be a random thought that you're just thinking of

0:18:19 > 0:18:21right now in this instant.

0:18:21 > 0:18:25If you've got a notepad on your lap you will start to sketch, write or

0:18:25 > 0:18:29draw anything that is related to what you're thinking about.

0:18:29 > 0:18:32Same with you with the scissors.

0:18:32 > 0:18:34As you think your thought, I just want you to gouge into that page

0:18:34 > 0:18:37and trim the edges, trim the corners, et cetera.

0:18:37 > 0:18:40It's important that, as you share this thought,

0:18:40 > 0:18:44allow this thought to seemingly travel between the two of you.

0:18:44 > 0:18:47Phelan, I want to make absolutely sure that this is random.

0:18:47 > 0:18:49Could you scrumple that up into a ball for me?

0:18:49 > 0:18:51This is just to make sure that...

0:18:51 > 0:18:54By the way, are you consciously thinking about what you're doing?

0:18:54 > 0:18:56- Er, no.- Not really?- No, no.

0:18:56 > 0:19:00OK, I want you to continue to scrumple that up really small.

0:19:00 > 0:19:03Phelan, I'm probably going to ask you to stop there.

0:19:03 > 0:19:05I'm going to ask you to leave it there.

0:19:05 > 0:19:07Off with the blindfolds, then, chaps.

0:19:07 > 0:19:09Let's see what you've done.

0:19:09 > 0:19:11OK, so, for the first time now, with me,

0:19:11 > 0:19:13I'd like you both to stand up.

0:19:13 > 0:19:14Stand up.

0:19:14 > 0:19:19I'd like you to turn around and face each other.

0:19:19 > 0:19:21Now, is there any way that either of you could've known

0:19:21 > 0:19:23what your random, secretly thought-of thought was?

0:19:23 > 0:19:27- No, not at all.- I don't think so. - I'm terrified.

0:19:27 > 0:19:29For the first time, I want you to say out loud,

0:19:29 > 0:19:31what were thinking of?

0:19:31 > 0:19:33- A boat.- A boat, really?- Mm-hm.

0:19:33 > 0:19:35OK. What were you thinking of?

0:19:35 > 0:19:36A cruise ship.

0:19:36 > 0:19:38- Woah!- You're joking!

0:19:38 > 0:19:40- Really?- Yeah!

0:19:40 > 0:19:43OK, can I look and see what you've done?

0:19:43 > 0:19:45This is kind of like a...

0:19:45 > 0:19:49Kind of a boatish type... Oh, you tried to write it there, as well.

0:19:49 > 0:19:50Yes, I tried. That's right.

0:19:50 > 0:19:53- Yes, yes, yes. There it is.- B-O-A-T.

0:19:53 > 0:19:55Well, by the look of this, I thought it looks like an apple

0:19:55 > 0:19:57but both of us think it looked like a boat.

0:19:57 > 0:20:00So you've ended up looking a little bit like an apple?

0:20:00 > 0:20:01An apple, maybe, yeah.

0:20:01 > 0:20:05Now I don't want to mess with this so keep a close eye on me.

0:20:05 > 0:20:07Let me just see...

0:20:07 > 0:20:09I want to do this really carefully.

0:20:18 > 0:20:21- Is that your signature there? Can you see it?- Yes, that is.

0:20:21 > 0:20:24- That's a lovely signature. - Oh, thank you.

0:20:26 > 0:20:29Looks kind of like an anchor.

0:20:29 > 0:20:31- Is it?- It is!

0:20:32 > 0:20:35ALL: No way!

0:20:35 > 0:20:36You're joking me!

0:20:36 > 0:20:38How is that even possible?

0:20:38 > 0:20:41I don't understand how something I randomly cut turned out like that.

0:20:41 > 0:20:42That is amazing.

0:20:42 > 0:20:45Oh, that is...

0:20:45 > 0:20:48- That's incredible.- How did you do that?- I don't know.

0:20:48 > 0:20:49The more that we unfurled it,

0:20:49 > 0:20:52and the more that we saw where the scissor marks were on the piece of paper,

0:20:52 > 0:20:55I started to realise that it really was an anchor.

0:20:55 > 0:20:57I mean, it knocked my socks off!

0:20:57 > 0:21:02It really does seem, as stupid as it might sound,

0:21:02 > 0:21:03that maybe we do share thoughts.

0:21:03 > 0:21:05Yeah!

0:21:05 > 0:21:08Taking the experience of that single shared thought,

0:21:08 > 0:21:11bearing in mind that they could have thought of anything in the world.

0:21:11 > 0:21:13There were no restrictions whatsoever.

0:21:13 > 0:21:16I want to see, given those impossible circumstances,

0:21:16 > 0:21:17how can I make this bigger?

0:21:21 > 0:21:24Oh, dear. I think David's having what you might call a Eureka moment.

0:21:26 > 0:21:29In view of the fact that they were both here in the same room and

0:21:29 > 0:21:33that worked staggeringly well, I'd like to see how big I can make this.

0:21:33 > 0:21:35Would they be able to share a thought

0:21:35 > 0:21:37across a geographical location?

0:21:37 > 0:21:40Or, better than that, might they be able to transmit a thought?

0:21:40 > 0:21:45This time, I want to see if one can transmit a thought to another.

0:21:45 > 0:21:48Because, if we can do that, then, perhaps, maybe anything's possible.

0:21:51 > 0:21:55I'm going to send you out onto the streets, right into the city centre.

0:21:55 > 0:22:00You can go anywhere, turn any corner, go up any street, down any alleyway.

0:22:00 > 0:22:02It is entirely up to you. I will have no clue.

0:22:02 > 0:22:04And you will have no clue where you're going.

0:22:04 > 0:22:08And, then, I'm going to ask you to pick anything when you're out there.

0:22:08 > 0:22:12Choose a random object to focus on, a random object to look at.

0:22:12 > 0:22:16It will be up to you to try and intuit what that random object is.

0:22:16 > 0:22:18- OK?- Right, OK.- Feel confident?

0:22:18 > 0:22:19Mm, yeah-eah. Maybe. Maybe.

0:22:19 > 0:22:22I don't!

0:22:22 > 0:22:25Off you go. Now remember you can go wherever you like.

0:22:25 > 0:22:27I'm going to call you in a few minutes when you're out there,

0:22:27 > 0:22:29when you're roaming around.

0:22:29 > 0:22:32- Just keep walking around until you see what you like.- OK.

0:22:32 > 0:22:34Enjoy!

0:22:34 > 0:22:36Cathan's off.

0:22:36 > 0:22:40Let's go this way. There's more shops down this way, isn't there?

0:22:40 > 0:22:43He might have a better chance of mind transmission without the hair.

0:22:43 > 0:22:46Just saying.

0:22:46 > 0:22:50As he's roaming around the street, he could literally see anything.

0:22:50 > 0:22:52He could see a brick that he really wants to focus on.

0:22:52 > 0:22:55He could see a piece of concrete. He could see a cloud in the sky.

0:22:55 > 0:22:59I'm not going to have a clue. It sounds impossible.

0:22:59 > 0:23:04I hope it works but the chances aren't very high.

0:23:04 > 0:23:07Have you ever tried anything like this before?

0:23:07 > 0:23:09Have you ever had him think of something

0:23:09 > 0:23:10and you try to work out what it is?

0:23:10 > 0:23:13No, actually, we never have tried that.

0:23:13 > 0:23:15Aye-aye, Cathan's onto something.

0:23:24 > 0:23:26OK, so I've now got what I want.

0:23:26 > 0:23:29I want you to enter into this with confidence.

0:23:29 > 0:23:31And just knowing that, if this doesn't work, it's still just

0:23:31 > 0:23:34a bit of fun and you've already had an amazing experience so far.

0:23:34 > 0:23:36Yeah, yeah.

0:23:36 > 0:23:39OK, so I'm thinking the best place I could go up

0:23:39 > 0:23:41and concentrate would probably be at the top.

0:23:41 > 0:23:44So, if we could head up there now and see, yeah?

0:23:47 > 0:23:49PHONE RINGS

0:23:52 > 0:23:55- Hello.- Hello, is that Cathan?

0:23:55 > 0:23:57- Hello, it is.- How are you?

0:23:57 > 0:23:59I'm not too bad. How are you?

0:23:59 > 0:24:02Cathan, have you selected something to focus on?

0:24:02 > 0:24:04I have, indeed.

0:24:04 > 0:24:07OK, now is there any way in the world that Phelan

0:24:07 > 0:24:09would know what you're thinking of?

0:24:09 > 0:24:11Most definitely not.

0:24:11 > 0:24:13OK, I want you to stare at whatever that is.

0:24:13 > 0:24:16I want you to stare at it and I want you to focus on it,

0:24:16 > 0:24:19I want you to focus on it deeply, firmly, tightly.

0:24:19 > 0:24:23I want you to see whatever this is big and bold in your mind

0:24:23 > 0:24:25and just focus on it there.

0:24:25 > 0:24:27OK, great. No problem.

0:24:27 > 0:24:29Great, thank you. Bye-bye.

0:24:29 > 0:24:30OK, bye.

0:24:30 > 0:24:33I'm going to give you this pad and this Sharpie and,

0:24:33 > 0:24:37just for the fun of it, sign the bottom corner of it for me.

0:24:42 > 0:24:45Now close your eyes for me and scribble down your first impression

0:24:45 > 0:24:49really slowly and just trust your instincts.

0:24:54 > 0:24:56And imagine, for a moment,

0:24:56 > 0:25:01that you could receive this thought from Cathan.

0:25:06 > 0:25:07Concentrate now, Cathan.

0:25:10 > 0:25:12Are you feeling it, Phelan?

0:25:12 > 0:25:14Just trust your instincts.

0:25:14 > 0:25:20You will just allow the pen to move and, as it moves,

0:25:20 > 0:25:24I want you to genuinely feel and imagine what it might be like

0:25:24 > 0:25:27if Cathan was able to transmit something to you.

0:25:30 > 0:25:32Could spend that tenner on a haircut.

0:25:32 > 0:25:34Just a thought.

0:25:34 > 0:25:37Because it's only when we trust ourselves that we can help

0:25:37 > 0:25:40each other make better decisions.

0:25:40 > 0:25:42- Yeah, I think I'm... - Feel like you're done?

0:25:42 > 0:25:43I think, yeah.

0:25:43 > 0:25:46So what have we got here?

0:25:46 > 0:25:49Six, five, seven, one, seven, one, two.

0:25:49 > 0:25:52This isn't a telephone number or date of birth,

0:25:52 > 0:25:53or anything like that?

0:25:53 > 0:25:55- No, not at all.- OK.

0:25:55 > 0:25:57PHONE RINGS

0:25:57 > 0:25:58- Hello.- Hello, Cathan.

0:25:58 > 0:26:01Phelan has made his guess at this side.

0:26:01 > 0:26:04OK.

0:26:04 > 0:26:07Go ahead, Cathan, whenever you're ready and tell me,

0:26:07 > 0:26:09what were you focusing on?

0:26:09 > 0:26:13OK, at the moment I'm holding £10 sterling, a £10 banknote.

0:26:15 > 0:26:17- A banknote?- Yes.

0:26:17 > 0:26:21- So it's got a one and zero on it? - It has, yeah.

0:26:21 > 0:26:26OK, actually, it's probably best if you just come back but,

0:26:26 > 0:26:29unfortunately, it hasn't worked.

0:26:29 > 0:26:33Oops! I'm not telepathic but that Phelan does look a bit disappointed.

0:26:33 > 0:26:36If twins fail, does that make it a double whammy?

0:26:36 > 0:26:40Slightly disappointed that we've come out all this way and,

0:26:40 > 0:26:42apparently, it's not worked so well.

0:26:50 > 0:26:52Come in, come in.

0:26:52 > 0:26:56Thank you for coming in. Take a wee seat.

0:26:56 > 0:26:59What was it, again? Would you show me, do you have it?

0:26:59 > 0:27:02- And did you go to a cash machine for this?- Yeah.- All right, OK.

0:27:02 > 0:27:06That's really, really, super, super, super random.

0:27:06 > 0:27:10Phelan had got a series of numbers so I thought for a while

0:27:10 > 0:27:13- maybe you were looking at a flyer or something.- Right.

0:27:13 > 0:27:16Or I thought maybe you were looking at a telephone.

0:27:16 > 0:27:18- What are the numbers, actually? - Well, it's a tenner, isn't it?

0:27:24 > 0:27:26Six, five, seven, one, seven, one, two.

0:27:26 > 0:27:29I kept going over that number in my head because at least...

0:27:29 > 0:27:32Hold on, hold on! Let me just get this right now.

0:27:32 > 0:27:34Six, five, seven, one, seven, one, two.

0:27:34 > 0:27:36- No, you're... Unbelievable!- No!

0:27:36 > 0:27:39So, hold on, you took this out of a cash machine?

0:27:39 > 0:27:41Yeah, out of a cash machine.

0:27:41 > 0:27:45- And this number didn't mean anything to you?- No!

0:27:45 > 0:27:47- No, not at all, in any way. - Oh, my gosh!

0:27:47 > 0:27:51- That's just so weird!- I can't believe it. I can't believe it.

0:27:51 > 0:27:52That's just so weird.

0:27:52 > 0:27:55I just... I feel like giving myself a punch in the face!

0:27:55 > 0:27:57TWINS LAUGH

0:27:57 > 0:28:00I mean, it's almost written the same way.

0:28:00 > 0:28:02You see the six and then it's going up.

0:28:02 > 0:28:05Yeah, I think wow is the word for it, definitely.

0:28:05 > 0:28:07That was absolutely incredible!

0:28:07 > 0:28:09Even I'm blown away.

0:28:09 > 0:28:15My job was to make the guys believe that the power of their mind has no limit.

0:28:15 > 0:28:17I'm kind of shaking a little bit.

0:28:17 > 0:28:19It's just... Woah!

0:28:19 > 0:28:21The human mind is an astonishing thing that

0:28:21 > 0:28:23I don't think anyone fully understands.

0:28:23 > 0:28:26I don't think we really know what power the mind has

0:28:26 > 0:28:29and that's my job as a mentalist, to make people believe that

0:28:29 > 0:28:31they can do impossible things.

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