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Derren Browns Lottery numbers possibly solved

Sep 22

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Show us the numbers before the draw

Show us the numbers before the draw

Following the week before the ‘control the nation’ Derren Brown shown us he can infact guess the lottery numbers. I can instantly smell bullshit over it.

Here is why

  1. He tried to mislead us into believing its about number probabilities, adding the extra touch of getting all them people involved. It made it seem an official experiment.
  2. My only observation is that it could be a split screen with artificial camera shaking.
  3. The Lotto draw closes its machines approx 30~ minutes before the draw (need certification). So he could of shown us the numbers 5 minutes before was live as no one could of done a thing. He didn’t.
  4. Same with the experiment, he could of shown the numbers to them as they couldn’t of purchased a ticket in time.

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Derren Brown sticks viewers to their seats using subliminal techniques, did it work for you?

Sep 20

Posted by spooksie in Derren Brown, Subliminal Marketing, Television | 2 Comments

Derren Brown supposedly left viewers stuck to their seat during his latest stunt

Derren Brown supposedly left viewers stuck to their seat during his latest stunt

If you get Channel 4 in the UK you may have watched Derren Brown: Control the nation on Friday night. I myself love subliminal techniques, making you think or do something without actually being told. A classic subliminal technique is advertising, you don’t know it but stunts like feeling hungry after watching a food commercial. I’ve done it many of times where your perfectly fine watching tv and then bam, you see a cereal commercial. Next minute I’m raiding the fridge looking for milk for my cereal. OK this isn’t directly subliminal but you don’t know your really doing it. Its just impulses triggers a chain of events.

I first knew about subliminal techniques when my old employer tried getting me to add *flash* words on the homepage of his business site. Adding words such as ‘Call’ & ‘Professional’. Funnily enough the business was a success. I dived into research as its in fact illegal to do as its against human rights, so I was surprised it was to be shown on TV live (or was it).

Please read the whole article before you rush to the video as it probably wont work.

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