Subtitles section Play video Print subtitles - I hate brain tricks. God (bleep) it. What is this? Witchery? - Just one more, just one more. This alliteration might fool some people. Ask someone, "What is the word spelled S-H-O-P?" What is the word spelled S-H-O-P? - Shop. - Shop. - Then ask them, "What do you do "when you come to a green light?" - Shop. - What do you do when you come to a green light? - Stop. - Green light. Get it? (laughs) 'Cause a green light. You don't stop at a green light. - No! - Stop. Oh, (bleep). - Oh, I'm so dumb! - Their answer will most likely be wrong, because they've been primed to think of the wrong word. Priming manipulates people to think and act as they were suggested. Here's a mind/body test. Ask your friends to catch a dollar from the midpoint. Have to try to catch this dollar from the midpoint. So put your hand like right here. - Okay. - Do you think you can catch this dollar from the midpoint? - Yes. - Okay. You can't! - I can do it. - Okay, okay, okay. - Okay. Can anyone do it, or is it just me? - No, no, no. It's a sure bet their reaction time will be too slow, because by the time the brain processes it, the dollar would've already dropped too far. Try this one. Give yourself a thumbs up. Now, point at it. Now, switch. Now, switch. - Wait, what the... Oh my God! - Ugh. No, I can't do it. - Don't get discouraged if you can't do it. It's really hard. (chuckles) Nope. You can do it. I can do it. We all can do it. One, two, three. Oh!
A2 UK green light green dollar shop spelled bleep Brain Tricks To Fool Your Friends 408 26 Kuan-Hao Li posted on 2015/06/04 More Share Save Report Video vocabulary