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Intro to mentalism (mentalism 101)

 Mentalism is a very close thing to deduction, but with a twist of showmanship. I've explained some aspects of it, but today I will give you a bigger picture.

This mentalism "project" is going to be a series. A series of me explaining this particular form of showmanship. My dear friend the science of deduction blogpost.

So, mentalism is very close to deduction, but how close? It is a "style" of deduction that is using your intuition to get the info you're looking for. It also requires a skill to understanding psychology and a large knowledge in body language. It also requires cold reading skills and many more skills to be able to at least appear mentally intelligent. This is also highly connected with being a fake spiritualist and pretending to talk to the dead. In my case I'll just try and be like Patrick Jane.

These are going to be shorter entries, both on tumblr and here, so prepare.

Happy deducing!



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