There's a coin in your hand and the
magician does something and it's no
longer in your hand. Your pocket was
empty
the magician does something and now
there's a card in your pocket. Those are
wonderful but that's quite different
from there's a thought in your mind
and now The Mentalist has grasped it.
This is a little experiment in
imagination and influence. So I have here a few cards and I'd like you to imagine
that they're all Queens. Can you do that
no problem?
All different Queens? Yep all four queens. Okay?
Now we're going to remove either the Red
Queens or the black Queens. And you're
going to choose what to imagine. Do you imagine that we're going to remove
the Red Queens or the black Queens? I imagine we'll remove the red. Remove the red? Yes.
Okay, so you can change your mind if you
want or you can stick with that. I'll stick
with it. Okay, so I've put the Red Queens
right here okay can you imagine that?
All right. You have imagined and now I
want you to imagine that I'm going to
take one of these Queens one of these
Red Queens turned it face up and put it
back in the pack.
Okay. Okay, now which would you like to
imagine that I've turned face up and put
back in the pack? The Queen of Diamonds.
The Queen of Diamonds? Okay was that a
free choice? Yes. Seem like a free choice to you?
Yes. I guess. Okay but, if I give you the
opportunity to change your mind
would you like to? Not at all?  Nope.
Now tomorrow or even tonight when you
return to your room you will ask yourself
what would have happened if I had chosen
the other Queen. So I'm gonna give you five seconds to luxuriate in that choice. Would
you like to stick with the queen of
diamonds? Yes. You would. I will stick with
the queen of diamonds. Okay that's what you've imagined you've placed face up. Yes.
Well I said that this was a little experiment in imagination but in influence as well.
Your imagination ,my influence. Because
although it might
not have felt as if you were guided,
in fact, the only Queen that is face up
in here is the Queen of Diamonds.
Now you might still be suspecting
because I can see that you're a
skeptical person. That there was some
kind of funny sleight of hand that took
place but, just to forestall that thought
I want you to know that I took this
queen from a different deck. So sleight
of hand would have been very very
difficult. I also want you to know that I
was so confident in my abilities to
influence you that I didn't even bother
to bring any other queen. And that was an
experiment in imagination and
influence.
