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Mind Trip of the Week #52: It’s What’s On the Inside that Counts.

Are you having a party and you want to have a great opening?  Here is a perfect little Mind Trip for your guests.
Gather them all around the table.  On the table you have a empty paper bag that is folded flat, an empty bowl,  and a bowl of oranges.

You tell them that before the party …

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Mind Trip of the Week #46: The Golden Ratio and Scientific Proof of Beauty

First let me say that understanding the Golden Ratio is a Mind Trip in and of itself. I guarantee that you could spend hours and hours reading and learning about this concept. It is not an easy concept to wrap your brain around and some say that it goes beyond math and science into spirituality …

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Mind Trip of the Week #23: Easy Bets

Whenever you make a bet with someone, make sure you understand exactly what the rules are.  Of course, we have learned from previous mind trips that it is very easy to skew your assumptions and perceptions.
There is an old saying that gamblers are fond of:  “Never bet on another man’s game.”
The following Mind Trips will …

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Mind Trip of the Week #18: Lesson from the Bad News Bears

A young boy and his father are in a terrible automobile accident.  They are both put into an ambulance and rushed to the hospital.  On the way to the hospital the father dies from his injuries in the accident.  Once at the hospital the boy is rushed into emergency surgery.   The surgeon looks at the …

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Mind Trip of the Week #16: Strange Coincidence

Are you ready to have some fun with your friends and trip them out?
I  thought so.
Have one of your friends join you and point to a closed Paper Bag sitting on the desk.

Here is what you will tell them: “For the moment this paper sack contains a mystery.  Today the planets are aligned in a …

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Mind Trip of the Week #12: Sensing and Seeing

Stand up and raise both arms in front of you.  Open both hands with the palms facing down.  Make sure that both hands are at an even level.  Now, close your eyes.  Lower one arm to your side and then bring it back up to the same position.  Now, lower the other arm to your side and …

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Mind Trip of the Week #9: The McGurk Effect

Did you know that what we see can influence what we hear? I know that it sounds crazy, but it is true. Do this first: Click on the video link below. First, watch the video and remember the sound that you hear. Then close your eyes and just listen to the person speaking. What sound …

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Mind Trip of the Week #8: Altered Visual Perception

In our show Mind Tripping, Katalina and I demonstrate how easily people can be influenced to make very specific choices.  Sometimes these actions are motivated by emotional triggers, sometimes they are motivated by false logic, and sometimes they are motivated by distorting one’s sensory inputs.  This is a classic example of how you could confuse …

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Mind Trip of the Week #7 Days of the Week

This is simple and fast.  I want you to name three days of the week.  Quickly, do it out loud.

I bet you named three consecutive days.  OK, lets do it a little differently.  Name three days, out loud, that aren’t consecutive.

I bet that was a little more difficult, but overall pretty simple.  You just had …

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Mind Trip of the Week #6 Racing with the Mind

You have been training for months for a half marathon.  You really want to win.  You ran sprints, hills, and long endurance training routes.  You have also been preparing mentally, thinking about how to pace yourself in the race.  Finally, it is race day.  You start the race at a steady pace not trying to …

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