‘As Europe’s most controversial Ming-bearded mind-botherer and former cha-cha chamption, I offer here an insight into the techniques and thinking which have made me offensively rich and the best thing to happen to television since sliced bread. Improve your memory. Learn how to hypnotize. Read minds. Improve your memory. It’s literally all here.’
Derren Brown's television and stage performances have entranced and dumbfounded millions. His baffling illusions and stunning set pieces – such as The Seance, Russian Roulette and The Heist – have set new standards of what's possible, as well as causing more than their fair share of controversy. Now, for the first time, he reveals the secrets behind his craft, what makes him tick and just why he grew that beard.
Tricks of the Mind takes you on a journey into the structure and psychology of magic. Derren also takes a long hard look at the paranormal industry, and looks at why some of us feel the need to believe in it in the first place...
Alternately hilarious, controversial and challenging, Tricks of the Mind is essential reading for Derren's legions of fans, and pretty bloody irresistible even if you don't like him that much...
‘Clearly the best dinner-party guest in history – he’s either a balls-out con artist or the scariest man in Britain.’
Charlie Brooker Guardian
Derren was born in 1971 in Croydon. It was a difficult birth - his mother was in Devon at the time. A precocious and puzzling only child, he liked to paint, foster obsessive habits and once set fire to a neighbour's boat by accident. Derren went to study Law and German at Bristol University and fell in love with the city. This was a time when marriage between man and city was still frowned upon, so rather than face public derision Derren decided just to live there forever instead. During this time he began to perform magic in bars and restaurants, and gave occasional hypnosis shows. Then in 1999 he was asked by Channel 4 to put a mind-reading programme together for television, which became Derren Brown: Mind Control. It was an immediate success and gained Derren a cool underground kudos which he described as 'not enough'.
Mind Controls 2 and 3 followed, then a series, and then in October 2003 Derren caused an international furore by playing Russian Roulette live on television. This secured his notoriety with the public and his big apartment in London. 'Bristol can shove itself', he said. Further specials have followed - Derren Brown: The Seance which was the most complained about show in the history of television. He still gets several letters of complaint a week from psychics and Christians. He is sensitive to everyone's objections but knows at least the latter group will forgive him.
Derren's workload keeps him exhausted and irritable fifty-two weeks a year and he continues to live in London with a large collection of taxidermy and a fatalistic parrot. He spends any free weekends painting and likes to receive gifts.
我不是超人,我没有超能力,我不是真的能读心,也不能做到所谓的通灵,我只是一个能利用魔术技巧及心理学知识带给你们不可思议体验的普通人,这是他一直在表达的一个观点,也是我尊敬他的原因之一。我记得他在表演秀《恶名昭彰》里说过,“如果他们(观众已经逝去的亲人)有机...
评分他性 打开我们的循环封闭信念系统 罗素的茶壶 气氛 动作引导 暗示 我们的注意力总是如此狭小 ⚫️魔法不是来自你做了什么 而是来自观众认为你做了什么 核心不是硬币消失了的事实这仅仅是魔术的结果 而硬币究竟是如何消失的 这才是充满魔力的地方—-魔力 奇迹 往往是一种缺...
评分达伦布朗,也许不是每个人都知道这个人,但知道的人都会觉得是个很传奇的魔术师。从俄罗斯轮盘赌到预测彩票号码,从让白领抢银行到改变一个人的宗教信仰,他一路走来已经做了很多匪夷所思的表演。而且不光高强度的几乎每天都有演出之外,还特地会在魔术师面前表演魔术。这也是...
评分【魔术】 1.由于误导、记忆偏差、观众被愚弄之后的尴尬情绪,绝大多数的魔法都发生在魔术结束以后。 2.魔术高潮之后,观众戒心最低之时,对观众植入各种暗示会变得易如反掌。你在魔术过程中有多大程度的精神集中,事后往往就有多大的放松,正是利用这一点对你植入暗示。 3.大...
评分我不是超人,我没有超能力,我不是真的能读心,也不能做到所谓的通灵,我只是一个能利用魔术技巧及心理学知识带给你们不可思议体验的普通人,这是他一直在表达的一个观点,也是我尊敬他的原因之一。我记得他在表演秀《恶名昭彰》里说过,“如果他们(观众已经逝去的亲人)有机...
从文字的韵律感来说,这本书有着一种古典的、近乎哲学思辨的美感。它的句子往往很长,充满着复杂的从句和精确的词汇选择,读起来需要全神贯注,稍有走神,便可能错过作者精心设置的那个微妙的转折点。这种文风,让我想起了那些十九世纪的经典著作,它似乎在对抗当代阅读的碎片化趋势,坚守着深度阅读的阵地。我特别喜欢作者在论述‘延迟满足’与‘长期目标’之间关系时所使用的比喻——将心智比作一个缓慢升温的熔炉,而非瞬间点燃的火柴。这种宏大叙事下蕴含的耐心,极大地缓解了我对于即时反馈的焦虑。它似乎在耳边低语:真正有价值的改变,从来都不是一蹴而就的。对于那些在快速变化的世界中感到浮躁和迷失方向的人来说,这本书就像是一剂强效的镇定剂,它将你的时间尺度拉长,让你能够从更宏远的维度去审视眼前的得失。每次合上书页,都能感受到一种久违的、沉淀下来的宁静。
评分这本书最令人拍案叫绝的地方,在于它对‘自我叙事’(Self-Narrative)的解构与重塑。作者没有过多地谈论具体的心理技巧,而是深入到我们如何‘讲故事’给自己听这个层面。他指出,我们对过去的记忆、对未来的期待,本质上都是一种被精心编辑过的脚本,而我们的大脑,就是在不断地为这个脚本寻找证据,以维持叙事的连贯性。我印象最深的是其中一个关于“失败的版本控制”的讨论,作者认为,我们经常保留着那些过时的、负面的自我版本,而不是像软件一样,不断地更新到最新的、更适应环境的版本。这个比喻非常形象,它让我开始审视自己过去那些耿耿于怀的“人设”是不是已经过时了。这本书的语言在严肃之余,偶尔还会冒出一些带着讽刺意味的幽默,这种反差使得原本沉重的议题变得易于消化。它不是那种读完后就想在朋友圈转发的那种书,它更像是一坛老酒,需要时间去回味、去消化,每一次重读,都会发现新的层次和更深刻的共鸣。它是一场对内心独白进行彻底‘审计’的旅程。
评分这本书拿到手的时候,我就被它厚实的装帧和那一抹深邃的蓝色封面吸引住了。翻开扉页,映入眼帘的是一篇作者的引言,文字间透露着一股不容置疑的自信,仿佛在向读者宣告,接下来的内容将是一场思维的探险,而非枯燥的说教。我最欣赏的是它在构建理论框架时的那种精妙与克制。它没有急于抛出那些惊世骇俗的“秘籍”,而是像一位技艺精湛的工匠,缓缓铺陈出人类心智运作的底层逻辑。比如,书中对“注意力的稀缺性”这一概念的阐述,简直是醍醐灌顶。作者用一系列贴近生活的案例,比如早上醒来后大脑如何在瞬间决定优先处理邮件还是冥想,清晰地展示了我们在信息洪流中如何被动地分配资源。这种层层递进的剖析,让我开始重新审视自己那些看似“本能”的决策过程。它不是在教你如何成为超人,而是教你如何真正理解你“是什么”,然后在此基础上,有意识地去雕琢你的每一个念头。读完前三章,我最大的感受是,这不仅仅是一本关于心智的书,更像是一本关于如何“高效存在”的工具手册,每一个理论点都像是为我量身定制的微小修正,让我对日常的效率管理有了一个全新的、更具批判性的视角。
评分这本书的结构安排可谓匠心独运,它没有采用传统的章节递进,更像是散落一地的思维碎片,需要读者自己去拼凑出完整的图景。这种去中心化的叙事方式,最初让我感到有些迷失,仿佛在探索一座没有明确地图的迷宫。然而,正是这种开放性,给了我极大的解读自由。例如,书中花了大量篇幅去描述‘心流’状态下的感官阈限变化,但它没有给出标准的进入方法,反而提供了大量关于环境、情绪和生理状态的变量分析。我个人根据这些变量,结合我自己的音乐创作习惯,做了一次小小的实验,记录了不同背景噪音下,我进入高效状态所需的启动时间。这本书的伟大之处在于,它提供的不是一个答案,而是一套可以让你自己生成答案的‘语法’。它教你如何提问,如何构建属于自己的认知模型,而不是简单地接受既成的教条。这种鼓励独立思考、强调个体差异的处理方式,非常对我的胃口,让我感觉自己不是在被动地接收知识,而是在积极地参与一场知识的共创。
评分我必须承认,这本书的阅读体验是极其颠簸且充满挑战的。它的语言风格,尤其是在探讨认知偏差的那几个章节,如同走在布满荆棘的沼泽地。作者似乎对那些流于表面的“积极心理学”嗤之以鼻,直接用冷峻的笔触,毫不留情地揭露了我们大脑中那些根深蒂固的、自我欺骗性的陷阱。有一段关于“确认偏误”的论述,简直像是一面照妖镜,让我瞬间看到了自己过去无数次在社交媒体上、在争论中,是如何不自觉地筛选信息来巩固既有观点的。这种被‘看穿’的感觉,起初带来的是一种强烈的不适,甚至有些许被冒犯的恼怒,但很快,这种情绪就被一种更深层的敬畏所取代。它迫使你走出舒适区,去直面自己思维结构中的‘漏洞’。书中穿插的那些晦涩难懂的学术引用,虽然偶尔让人需要停下来查阅资料,但也正是这些硬核支撑,让整本书的论证显得无懈可击,绝非空穴来风的‘鸡汤’。对于那些追求深度、厌倦肤浅成功学的读者来说,这本书的‘锐利’度,无疑是它最大的价值所在。
评分这本书我主要读的是提高记忆力的部分。他说的一些方法我之前接触过,当然他也否定了我之前看过的一些从宣传上看很神奇的方法。让我少走了一些弯路。derren brown大神~ 哈哈。
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评分The secrets behind the trick are never as entertaining as the magical appearance. A very helpful introductory book on psychological magic, falsehood of psychic ability and religious belief. However, Brown's extremely egocentric way of writing is unbearable to read. Still an amazing person though.
评分Derren你很讨厌,你弄的那20个词我现在想忘都忘不了了。给我爸试验了前10个词,60多的人现在好像也忘不了了,正着背倒着背都似乎都没什么问题。很讨厌。可以分章随意看,可以整体看,非常之推荐。本来我只想看伪科学的那部分,后来每章都想看了。很讨厌。中译本不知如何,所以没给我爸妈买
评分To treat something as self-evidently paranormal is to curtail curiosity and the willingness to learn. By applying easy labels and simple meanings that are satisfying to those who don't like thinking, and patronising to those who do, such treatment strips us, our minds, our world, and our universe of their staggering complexity and richness.
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