{"id":24,"date":"2007-02-20T22:44:27","date_gmt":"2007-02-20T22:44:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cyberelk.net\/tim\/2007\/02\/20\/tricks-of-the-mind-derren-brown\/"},"modified":"2014-05-20T09:13:57","modified_gmt":"2014-05-20T08:13:57","slug":"tricks-of-the-mind-derren-brown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cyberelk.net\/tim\/2007\/02\/20\/tricks-of-the-mind-derren-brown\/","title":{"rendered":"Tricks of the Mind (Derren Brown)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"120\" height=\"120\" class=\"alignleft\" alt=\"Derren Brown - Tricks of the Mind\" id=\"image78\" src=\"https:\/\/cyberelk.net\/tim\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/derren-brown-tricks-of-the-mind.jpg\" \/>There are some very good bits in Derren Brown&#8217;s <em>Tricks of the Mind<\/em>.  His previous two books <em>Absolute Magic<\/em> and <em>Pure Effect<\/em> were really great, with an enjoyable writing style and (of course) superb content.  They were a lot to live up to, and his latest book isn&#8217;t as good.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>There are some very smooth presentations described for a simple card trick, and a simple coin trick, but the most enlightening section related to memory techniques.  I&#8217;ve seen descriptions of clever memory techniques before, but this surpasses them all.  I really want to practice using the linking system to remember lists, and to visualise things in order to remember them in general.  I think I&#8217;ll leave the number pegging system though, even though I can see its potential.<\/p>\n<p>Derren&#8217;s lovely writing style from his previous books could still be glimpsed occasionally, but seemed to mostly disappear after the first chapter or so.<\/p>\n<p>The last section of the book is basically a rant, in the Richard Dawkins style but with less direction. \ud83d\ude41<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are some very good bits in Derren Brown&#8217;s Tricks of the Mind. His previous two books Absolute Magic and Pure Effect were really great, with an enjoyable writing style and (of course) superb content. 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