@@everythingmadeeasier At the time I read your reply the original comment was 3 yrs ago and your reply was 4 days ago. I'm dyslexic and have a tendency to shortcut what I read. The consequence of this is that I thought your reply was 4 yrs ago - I.e. 1 year before the comment that you were replying to. That's some skill!
Lol yup, when the card said "Rob will be the Winner" I laughed and paused the video to leave this comment I love this show, teaching lessons they couldn't have known would be so important in a data-driven world, but they definitely knew were important enough
I'm honestly surprised I guessed the trick without hearing about it before. I figured it was weird that he used scissors to open a symmetrical envelope like that instead of just ripping open a one way envelope.
Yeah, I found that a bit suspicious too and immediately thought the same. I usually don't get those tricks without being told. But I think because it was so easy to figure out, they freely gave the secret out in the end.
In my teens, I figured out that with practice, I could get a Canadian quarter to flip to my choice of heads or tails as often as I wanted. And it worked.
I haven't seen the Curiosity Show since I was a kid! Great programme explaining science to children. In these times of anit-science social media and fake news, we need a show like this more than ever.
This show blew my mind as an Aussie kid in the 80s. It shaped the way I think. Brilliant TV programming. Then Peter Russel Clarke with come and get it.
I’m in the same boat. I don’t necessarily care to watch all of it, but it’s nice to see “How a refrigerator works” as an example. I like engineering so little things like that are nice. And the fact that the videos on TH-cam are often short makes it more justifiable for me to watch them
There’s a number of alternatives that you can use that are less suspicious. It’s a variant of what’s known as the “magician’s choice” or the “force”, where you essentially make it look like the person has a free choice but they actually don’t. One of the simplest alternatives is to just have 2 envelopes, and keep one in your left pocket and one in your right pocket.
Yeah, while a naive person like me goes along with the trick thinking "That's clever", a small voice in my brain was asking "What sort of monster uses scissors to open an envelope?". The way to solve a lot of magic tricks is to to look for the "unnatural" bit, so obviously magicians spend countless hours trying to make their weird behaviour look as natural as possible. If the script was typed out, we'd spot the giveaway the moment we saw the line "He cuts the envelope open with scissors".
How in my 30 years of existence have I never seen this show on Aussie TV? I've been watching a lot of these videos on TH-cam and thought 'man, they sound really Australian for Canadians' because I've literally never heard of it growing up. Took a bloody platypus on a 20c coin to reveal the truth to me haha
Thanks. Curiosity Show was a national science program featuring Dr Rob Morrison and Dr Deane Hutton. It was made in Adelaide, South Australia and screened nationally in Australia as well as in Europe, Asia and Australasia (14 countries and dubbed in German for Europe) from 1972-1990. Deane and Rob intentionally used everyday items around the house (like old rusty cans) so that people could repeat the demonstrations with materials they had to hand. In 1984 Curiosity Show won the Prix Jeunesse International, the world's top award for TV programs for young people. Rob and Deane are steadily uploading segments at th-cam.com/users/curiosityshow Why not subscribe?
Really good puzzle, to send to friends! Wow really good trick. After analyzing it, I realized one of the possibilities was that there were two cards in the envelopes, which is similar to the truth. I should have paid attention to the "reversed" phrases in each result.
Haven’t finished the video yet, but I remember being a child and reading a book with the phrase “heads I win, tails you lose” in there in order to to trick an unsuspecting/dull opponent (which at the time was me bcus I didn’t immediately see the problem with the conditions set by the game master in the book). Edit: finished the video and I am once again impressed by the creativity of people. This is cool.
I can do the same trick without having two answers in the envelope, 100% accurate with unlimited envelopes, all with perfect predictions and flipping the coin exactly as the video shows.
@@the_no1_ginger252 when he flips the coin and catches it, he then slaps it on the back of his other hand to reveal the side it landed. Ok, when you flip and catch the coin, make sure the coin is leaning on your thumb mussel. That allows you to flip the coin in your hand while you are in motion to slap it on the back of your other hand (takes a little practice ). The exact second the coin is in your hand, quickly glance at what side it is on, if it's heads then tails will show on the back of the other hand. If you want tails, flip the coin in your hand to heads and you will get tails. If you predicted heads and you see tails, you don't have to flip it.You can prepare envelopes in advance like two heads, and three tails, or whatever order you like, just don't forget the sequence. Let me know if you perfect it enough to try on someone.
@@MrAllan9 or you could do it without peeking at the coin all together. When you toss the coin and catch it, you can feel what side is facing up with the fingers on top, if it’s not the predicted one, you flip it like you suggested. Obviously this works better if you have a coin that is quite different on both sides, but with a bit of practice you can do it with any coin. This way you can ask the spectator what side they think it will be and make sure that is the outcome. I feel it’s better to have the spectator be right instead of you.
@@aidendoig4542 im not sure i understand that. Yes, its 1/1,000,000 at the beginning, but every time you get one right (50%) you move closer to (50%) until after 19 tries the last try is actually only 50%. Also each try is 50%. So its not the same as like the odds of picking a number out of a million. Its different. each succesfful chance lowers the overall unlikelyhood
Every now and then, I play a trick on my students (I'm a highschool teacher): "Think of a number from 1 to 10" "Ok, teacher" "You thought of 4" 10% of the time they are blown away, you should see their faces ha ha
@Dimitris Tripakis 7 is people’s most common “favorite number” so in that situation the first number someone might think is 7. There are people who knows this and would intentionally change their answer- but people are generally too shallow for that loll
There is a way to throw the coin to make sure it lands how you want it, I think it’s called a spin toss, it takes a bit off practice but is possible bud.
If this trick went wrong, you could lose your house or get visited by a gypsy who takes your family. After the grief, shock and self recrimination you would have to hatch an unnecessarily elaborate plan to get your family back while simultaneously dishing out a very extreme yet satisfying form of justice which would include (but not be limited to) a parrot who can swear, the world's smallest lawnmower, an expired credit card, three Czech traffic wardens in disguise, a cell phone, another cell phone, a beetle named Stephen , rare soda pop drinks, an ice rink, and a lie about dinosaurs. Think I'll play it safe myself, and stick with dice games.
Hey l have that coin! How l got it here in Argentina lve no idea. But it is one of my favourites in my collection. Great show. Its 2 a.m. and I should be sleeping, but l cant stop watching :)
It isn't, but it is. When it folded, three of us bought the assets and formed SciWorld, which continues its work as a mobile science education outfit, taking science to tens of thousands of students each year, especially in regional areas. I was its founding Chair and, after 11 years, have just stepped down, remaining on the boards as Deputy Chair. Deane is also a Board Member. Look us up sciworld.org.au and, better yet, book a visit - Rob
Its actually you Rob! Huge fan. Love your work. Very good of you to be putting out these classic clips.Will check out the site. I think the subject matter you cover is important for developing minds and was certainly more so back in the earlier days when we relied on television to convey.
Yes, that is the beauty of science. Technology may change but scientific principles don't, so things like a spectrum remain magic , generation after generation - Rob
This is called mentalism! The way magicians do it is they say "check under your chair for an envelope" or they'll say "check under my chair for an envelope" lol
Neat trick with the words. While not as elegant, one could simply write "Dean Wins" and "Rob Wins on opposite ends of card, cut it in half, and throw away the false statement based on outcome of flip.
von Neumann's Fair Coin Flip: Flip the coin twice... Heads+Tails = result is Tails. Tails+Heads = result is Heads Heads+Heads or Tails+Tails = discard both of the flips and try again. interestingly the trick presented in this video would still defeat it, BUT at least you'd know there was NO BIAS in the result from the coin or the coinflip itself.
This could have been done with a two sided envelope. Where each end has a pocket containing the different answers. The two pockets are not connected. Cutting one side will reveal one note and not the other. In this way the cutting of the envelope would not be so obvious since the decision on where to cut become which end and the one paper inside the envelope will be the pocket that is open on the end that is cut.
I thought this was going to be much simpler, by just doing the wobble toss… where the coin only appears to be flipping… and/or controlling the side up before reveal with the hand over hand reveal. Involving the paper, scissors, & envelope is way too much unneeded setup.
There isn’t a way to win every time, but there is a way to stack the odds in your favour. There’s a higher probability that it will land opposite of the side up. So if tails is up at the start of the flip, it’s more likely to land on heads
I can win with my half dollar every time... as long as I'm the one flipping it. The heads side is smoother than the tails side. As long as they call it in midair, and I don't screw it up, I can control which side shows up, in a motion so smooth, it's almost impossible to catch, unless you know it's a trick in advance.
"Heads I win tails you lose."
Oldest scam in the book
ratt n' roll!
But that's exactly how the unrigged game works
@@hillbillysamurai lmao read it again. If it's heads, I win. If it's tails, you lose. Either way, I win and you lose.
@@lunarjellyfish5538 certainly Joey Tribbiani didn't get it...
@@lunarjellyfish5538 oh, yeah I totally misunderstood this
rob and deane demonstrate how mentalism works in under 2 minutes
I knew you would say that.
@@everythingmadeeasier At the time I read your reply the original comment was 3 yrs ago and your reply was 4 days ago. I'm dyslexic and have a tendency to shortcut what I read. The consequence of this is that I thought your reply was 4 yrs ago - I.e. 1 year before the comment that you were replying to. That's some skill!
Lol yup, when the card said "Rob will be the Winner" I laughed and paused the video to leave this comment
I love this show, teaching lessons they couldn't have known would be so important in a data-driven world, but they definitely knew were important enough
@@bruceyboy7349 that's some nice narrative there.
Mentalism: to use ambiguity to your advantage. One of the oldest tricks in magic as well
What’s the most you’ve ever lost in a coin toss, Deane?
I love that movie
Everything
Nice joke, friendo.
You have to call it. I cant call it for you. It wouldn't be fair.
Heads I win, tails you lose….just like Shaggy & Scooby Doo
I'm honestly surprised I guessed the trick without hearing about it before. I figured it was weird that he used scissors to open a symmetrical envelope like that instead of just ripping open a one way envelope.
Yeah, I found that a bit suspicious too and immediately thought the same. I usually don't get those tricks without being told. But I think because it was so easy to figure out, they freely gave the secret out in the end.
I really hope you two are under 12 years old..?
@@kevin_gross Yeah I'm like 3
@@rohitchaoji makes sense...
@@kevin_gross If you had to ask, I'm guessing you're under 3 yourself?
In my teens, I figured out that with practice, I could get a Canadian quarter to flip to my choice of heads or tails as often as I wanted. And it worked.
I learned this too with an American Quarter. I got it down to if I had it heads up, I could almost without fail make it land tails up
Me too! Worked about half the time!
@@gustavolopes5094 :-O Very funny.
@@gustavolopes5094 😀👍
No. You didn't.
'Heads' I win, 'tails' you lose
boomstand bad newwws
Ratt
The classic
Ralph Kramden to Ed Norton.
I just now got this wtfffffffff 🤯
I haven't seen the Curiosity Show since I was a kid! Great programme explaining science to children. In these times of anit-science social media and fake news, we need a show like this more than ever.
Agreed!
This show blew my mind as an Aussie kid in the 80s. It shaped the way I think. Brilliant TV programming. Then Peter Russel Clarke with come and get it.
Lol anti science? Is questioning science what science is all about.
@@loyal7597 That depends on the science and the question.
@@steveanton763 yep... science *and* cooking. It was great.
“A normal 20c piece.”
I had no idea that existed.
ha same
They do in Australia. Notice the platypus?
Someone’s never been to Aus or NZ
@@roddydykes7053 you don’t have to come here to know what our coins look like lmao
@@LN106R yeah we do. Your coins don’t exist to us
" Well, I'm glad you asked "
Everyday I'd rush home at schools end to watch this show !!
Got recommended in 2022. Never heard of this mind-blowing show before,Dang!!
I’m in the same boat. I don’t necessarily care to watch all of it, but it’s nice to see “How a refrigerator works” as an example. I like engineering so little things like that are nice. And the fact that the videos on TH-cam are often short makes it more justifiable for me to watch them
That’s actually pretty funny even though it was suspicious when he cut it in those specific spots
There’s a number of alternatives that you can use that are less suspicious. It’s a variant of what’s known as the “magician’s choice” or the “force”, where you essentially make it look like the person has a free choice but they actually don’t.
One of the simplest alternatives is to just have 2 envelopes, and keep one in your left pocket and one in your right pocket.
Yeah, while a naive person like me goes along with the trick thinking "That's clever", a small voice in my brain was asking "What sort of monster uses scissors to open an envelope?".
The way to solve a lot of magic tricks is to to look for the "unnatural" bit, so obviously magicians spend countless hours trying to make their weird behaviour look as natural as possible. If the script was typed out, we'd spot the giveaway the moment we saw the line "He cuts the envelope open with scissors".
I don't remember having a show like this in Canada. These videos stand up even in 2022. I have never seen videos like this even on TH-cam.
I was watching this back in the early 80s. I loved it, and have only rediscovered it in the last week. Very happy. ✌️🇦🇺
We had OWL TV! 🦉
Probably because it was on Channel 2, at 3AM.
Back in the day when 20 cents bought a pie.
Lmao this video wasnt made in 1893
@@ImBenzo When this show was on the tele, my school lunch was a pie and kitchener bun. Total cost 45 cents.
And with sauce!!!!
Mmm pie! If I had to live on one thing for the rest of my life...
Today you can buy a fart to your face with 20 cent
How in my 30 years of existence have I never seen this show on Aussie TV? I've been watching a lot of these videos on TH-cam and thought 'man, they sound really Australian for Canadians' because I've literally never heard of it growing up. Took a bloody platypus on a 20c coin to reveal the truth to me haha
Thanks. Curiosity Show was a national science program featuring Dr Rob Morrison and Dr Deane Hutton. It was made in Adelaide, South Australia and screened nationally in Australia as well as in Europe, Asia and Australasia (14 countries and dubbed in German for Europe) from 1972-1990. Deane and Rob intentionally used everyday items around the house (like old rusty cans) so that people could repeat the demonstrations with materials they had to hand. In 1984 Curiosity Show won the Prix Jeunesse International, the world's top award for TV programs for young people. Rob and Deane are steadily uploading segments at th-cam.com/users/curiosityshow Why not subscribe?
@@CuriosityShow you guys replied on a recent(10 days old) comment on a 4 YEAR old video?!?! 👀👀
@@CuriosityShow wait so if it was broadcasted in Asia, was it broadcasted in india?
@@sanyambansal5859older people don't have this thing where you can only discuss the trendy topic for a certain time
Really good puzzle, to send to friends! Wow really good trick. After analyzing it, I realized one of the possibilities was that there were two cards in the envelopes, which is similar to the truth. I should have paid attention to the "reversed" phrases in each result.
“I’m an agent of chaos, deane”
Haven’t finished the video yet, but I remember being a child and reading a book with the phrase “heads I win, tails you lose” in there in order to to trick an unsuspecting/dull opponent (which at the time was me bcus I didn’t immediately see the problem with the conditions set by the game master in the book).
Edit: finished the video and I am once again impressed by the creativity of people. This is cool.
Good old-one show👌Bravo👏We need to come back to these values.
It has become a tradition to come to this masterpiece every once in a while
Classic show-wish it was around now days
Like all magic tricks when shown are so simple !
Wonderful stuff !!
Best show. Ever
So grateful.
Loved the show!
I knew exactly how he did this trick. I’m so smart lol.
I used that one Christmas. Awesome!
Love these guys
I can do the same trick without having two answers in the envelope, 100% accurate with unlimited envelopes, all with perfect predictions and flipping the coin exactly as the video shows.
tell me how pls
@@the_no1_ginger252 when he flips the coin and catches it, he then slaps it on the back of his other hand to reveal the side it landed. Ok, when you flip and catch the coin, make sure the coin is leaning on your thumb mussel. That allows you to flip the coin in your hand while you are in motion to slap it on the back of your other hand (takes a little practice ). The exact second the coin is in your hand, quickly glance at what side it is on, if it's heads then tails will show on the back of the other hand. If you want tails, flip the coin in your hand to heads and you will get tails. If you predicted heads and you see tails, you don't have to flip it.You can prepare envelopes in advance like two heads, and three tails, or whatever order you like, just don't forget the sequence. Let me know if you perfect it enough to try on someone.
@@MrAllan9 So in other words, both methods are slimy but somewhat brilliant tricks and not predictions.
@@scunts Exactly, but my way you don't get caught by someone examining the envelope, slight of hand is always the hardest to spot.
@@MrAllan9 or you could do it without peeking at the coin all together.
When you toss the coin and catch it, you can feel what side is facing up with the fingers on top, if it’s not the predicted one, you flip it like you suggested.
Obviously this works better if you have a coin that is quite different on both sides, but with a bit of practice you can do it with any coin.
This way you can ask the spectator what side they think it will be and make sure that is the outcome. I feel it’s better to have the spectator be right instead of you.
Companies did this to bring investors on board regarding their capacity to predict the future!
I wouldn’t need the envelope to look smart if I were spinning the coin as slowly as Rob.
I actually figured this one out. Proud of myself.
He had me in the first half. Not going to lie.
Best dad jumpers ever.
I once guessed a coin toss 20 times in a row. My friends thought I was psychic. Of course I had a 50% chance every time of getting it right
the odds of that are 1/2^20 or 1/1048576, so you could say you did something that was literally one in a million.
@@aidendoig4542 what a nerd
No you didn't.
1 in a million actually makes it statistically likely somebody has done this
@@aidendoig4542 im not sure i understand that. Yes, its 1/1,000,000 at the beginning, but every time you get one right (50%) you move closer to (50%) until after 19 tries the last try is actually only 50%. Also each try is 50%. So its not the same as like the odds of picking a number out of a million. Its different. each succesfful chance lowers the overall unlikelyhood
Definitely wanting to use this now
It's like a 5th grader got an assignment to invent a magic trick.
Every now and then, I play a trick on my students (I'm a highschool teacher):
"Think of a number from 1 to 10"
"Ok, teacher"
"You thought of 4"
10% of the time they are blown away, you should see their faces ha ha
Lmao, I love that. Personally it’s best to always say 7 because that’s the most common answer
@@brehella770 Cool, I didn't know that, thanks!
@Dimitris Tripakis 7 is people’s most common “favorite number” so in that situation the first number someone might think is 7. There are people who knows this and would intentionally change their answer- but people are generally too shallow for that loll
their voices and accents are so satisfying
These guys rule!
Hahah funny as!! Im more curios as the know the date on the shinny Twenty Cent Coin.
learn something new everyday. Thanks
When "They had us in the first half ngl" comes alive.
Even if you can't control the coin, you can control the prewritten prediction.
Josh Allen studying this all off-season
I'm disappointed.... I want to know how to predict a coin toss without fail....
Don't we all - Rob
There is a way to throw the coin to make sure it lands how you want it, I think it’s called a spin toss, it takes a bit off practice but is possible bud.
Get a fake coin. Done
If this trick went wrong, you could lose your house or get visited by a gypsy who takes your family. After the grief, shock and self recrimination you would have to hatch an unnecessarily elaborate plan to get your family back while simultaneously dishing out a very extreme yet satisfying form of justice which would include (but not be limited to) a parrot who can swear, the world's smallest lawnmower, an expired credit card, three Czech traffic wardens in disguise, a cell phone, another cell phone, a beetle named Stephen , rare soda pop drinks, an ice rink, and a lie about dinosaurs. Think I'll play it safe myself, and stick with dice games.
Classic Australiana. Be still my Gen X heart.
i knew it by the first cut. proud
What kind of magic did I watch.......great video
Mentalism.
WHAT THE HECK THIS IS SO GENIUS
Haha You got me. I thought it wouls be about the speed of the flip since that's how I usually do it and get what I want most of the time.
"Heads I win, tails you lose." - Yogi Berra
Weird way to open an envelope! But pretty clever
Heads I win tails you lose....my father had me on that one for a good few years.
Double contingency result envelope, that is quite clever!
Are there 2 results at either side of the envelope? And you hand over the one appropriate to what landed ? I paused at 48 seconds
Suppose the boys needed to fill a little airtime with this one haha
I tried this trick down the pub with a handful of gamblers and woke up in hospital 3 weeks later.
They had me in the first half
Hey l have that coin! How l got it here in Argentina lve no idea. But it is one of my favourites in my collection. Great show. Its 2 a.m. and I should be sleeping, but l cant stop watching :)
I wonder if that Investigator science and technology centre is still going - saw these guys there in the early noughties.
It isn't, but it is. When it folded, three of us bought the assets and formed SciWorld, which continues its work as a mobile science education outfit, taking science to tens of thousands of students each year, especially in regional areas. I was its founding Chair and, after 11 years, have just stepped down, remaining on the boards as Deputy Chair. Deane is also a Board Member. Look us up sciworld.org.au and, better yet, book a visit - Rob
Its actually you Rob! Huge fan. Love your work. Very good of you to be putting out these classic clips.Will check out the site. I think the subject matter you cover is important for developing minds and was certainly more so back in the earlier days when we relied on television to convey.
Yes, that is the beauty of science. Technology may change but scientific principles don't, so things like a spectrum remain magic , generation after generation - Rob
@@CuriosityShow Congratulations on keeping this going! Fond memories of the show as a child. Thanks!
I was really sad when they closed this down, it was one of the only good entertainment places in Adelaide
Love this 👍😁
This is called mentalism! The way magicians do it is they say "check under your chair for an envelope" or they'll say "check under my chair for an envelope" lol
"Tossing a coin is a good way to resolve a dispute"
Josh Allen:
Neat trick with the words. While not as elegant, one could simply write "Dean Wins" and "Rob Wins on opposite ends of card, cut it in half, and throw away the false statement based on outcome of flip.
You want to cut off as little as possible. If you throw away half, that's suspicious. So make the word "winner" really big.
Absolutely unexpected and mindblowing
von Neumann's Fair Coin Flip: Flip the coin twice...
Heads+Tails = result is Tails. Tails+Heads = result is Heads
Heads+Heads or Tails+Tails = discard both of the flips and try again.
interestingly the trick presented in this video would still defeat it, BUT at least you'd know there was NO BIAS in the result from the coin or the coinflip itself.
dude crossed all four fingers on the second toss
This video is:
✔ Life changing ✔ Informative
✔ Inspiring ✔ Heartwarming
✔ Useful ✔calming ✔Enjoyable
✔ Other
This could have been done with a two sided envelope. Where each end has a pocket containing the different answers. The two pockets are not connected. Cutting one side will reveal one note and not the other. In this way the cutting of the envelope would not be so obvious since the decision on where to cut become which end and the one paper inside the envelope will be the pocket that is open on the end that is cut.
You can see some orange in the other half on the 2nd one.
"Will be Robbed"
-Your wallet is empty now.
I thought this was going to be much simpler, by just doing the wobble toss… where the coin only appears to be flipping… and/or controlling the side up before reveal with the hand over hand reveal.
Involving the paper, scissors, & envelope is way too much unneeded setup.
i like this channel
It's where he cuts the envelope. One side has one answer, and the other side has the other answer
that's pretty good!!
I want those two minutes of my life back please
I was wondering why he was cutting open the envelope so far towards the centre 😆
Nice trick 👍
I'm slightly too young to have seen this on TV, but I love seeing it on TH-cam. That goatee though... srsly didn't anyone tell him...
It's fantastic. I dig it, man.
Simplest trick ever.
Very educative... learning how to cheat .
I figured it out instantaneously
A blast from the past
love it!
so far my fav cs
Oh I think I get it lol that's genius. Became obvious when the letter was cut so far down
He doesn't trust dude with scissors I'm thinking.
Never seen a coin toss that worked that way 😂
I don't care that the show is 50 years old and they're probably both dead; they owe me two minutes of my life! 😆
Both still very much alive, and you could have turned to something else any time you wanted to - Rob
@@CuriosityShow I was fooled in to thinking that there would be a conclusion worth waiting for...
I was so wrong 😑
Some crafty business😂
Figured it out on the first envelope.
dean and rob ... you're NOT supposed to give away the secret!
There isn’t a way to win every time, but there is a way to stack the odds in your favour. There’s a higher probability that it will land opposite of the side up. So if tails is up at the start of the flip, it’s more likely to land on heads
I can win with my half dollar every time... as long as I'm the one flipping it.
The heads side is smoother than the tails side. As long as they call it in midair, and I don't screw it up, I can control which side shows up, in a motion so smooth, it's almost impossible to catch, unless you know it's a trick in advance.
My first thought was “whys he opening the envelope like that?”.
As a kid this was the only bit of humphrey bear I liked...loved it when they got their own show
Damn, this started as a segment on B. Bear? Old-school as..
How 1970s do you like a video?
This video:yes
There’s another way to flip a coin and make it land the same side up but it’s pretty tricky
not exactly how you win a coin toss but still clever
Use this for prop bets!
Now that is some laughs😆👍.
2 pieces of paper inside the envelope one heads one tails. He cuts it in half and knows where the right answer is.