Actually you can see his sleight of hand --he puts the ball under the cups when he inclines the cup to pick up the balls resting on top, for example. His humour compensates for everything though
@@theeviloverlord7168 Most simple tricks like cups and balls or complete vanishes are amazing to laymen. But as you said, the comedy makes it ten times better, and the goal of the talk was excellently demonstrated (using magic to explore cognitive blindspots).
For all of you saying that it's a tough crowd: no, it really wasn't. the audience response and his voice is recorded separately and then one is lowered. I was there. Believe me, the audience loved him and laughed. I loved him. And yes, speaking for me, I understood him perfectly well and yes, I speak german as first language. And actually we have a sense of humor, we are not grumpy, Austria is the king of sarcasm and cabaret. -.-
Like Penn said, he naturally holds his hands as though he's palming something. It makes it incredibly difficult to notice when he finally grabs something to sneak into it's place.
I think it's because of the event. Since it's a TEDx event, this routine was probably performed between some scientific presentations and strong personal stories, some speeches are kinda boring and bad. When you see this at a magic show, you instantly understand that this is a comedy magic, but on event like this, it confuses you...
+Angelo Robledo If you are a native English-speaker, you may not know it, but actually English is a language which is extreeeeemely easy to learn from scratch, at least when it comes to acoustic understanding. Especially in a rich, European country like Austria, chances are high that even an average 16-year-old would be able to understand at least 80% of this, the sarcasm and humor in it included. I guess the real problem with this performance in Vienna is, that not everyone can really appreciate its very dry humor, me included. In Germany and Austria, we are unfortunately used to a much "simpler" kind of comedy, to put it nicely. ^^ And the combination of a good, but rather unusual comedy-act and somewhat impressive, but rather unfunny magic tricks is a little bit problematic. So, I think these could be some of the reasons why the audience wasn't freaking out like hell. But it had most likely not much to do with the language. (:
I love this guy. I was not expecting to enjoy this talk so much, but he’s a very entertaining speaker. Interesting connection between magic and cognitive bias.
Coach Alixandrea you maybe surprised to know the CIA hired magicians to teach them slieght of hand. I think they may have even released a book on it under the freedom of info act.
cognitive bias? don't think so, keep it simple ,you just can't see thru his hands, when he brings the limes from his left pocket, *that's it* . Now,once you are able to rewind and go back in *time* you learn the only possible way to do it;before that,you did not know what was behind the "wall"/hand.
No, I didn't expect much of this video either, but some how it captivated me??! maybe because I wanted to know more about the subject, or because I thought that he was funny at the same time!?? And now I gotta go look up "cognitive bias"!!!... It sounds interesting like "cognitive dissonans"!!! (Y)
his tricks are not complex but his technique is excellent. penn commented very positively on his competency. combined with his humor, makes a great performance.
"This third magic wand sits in my pocket, socially isolated, much like I was for a number of years, until I learned magic and became accepted" most underrated line
Nice one. I noticed the first two occasions on first watching (he puts the cups down a bit awkwardly), although obviously I didn't know I was looking for limes. 😂 The third one was much smoother, I had missed that one.
So, I was playing hide and seek with my sister at a playground. She sat on the bench, in plain sight, and I didn’t see her at all. I was running around, looking in every possible hiding spot, and she won by not using a hiding spot. It made me question myself and my reality in a way no 8 year old should. The same thing also happens in crossword puzzles for me. I look too hard for something that was so obvious.
Scone4Narwhal it's intentional bruh. ever seen his acts as a child? didn't shake even once when he was in front of a huge crowd and Penn and Teller (the pinnacle of modern sleight of hand masters) it's one hundred percent an intentional display. he ain't nervous.
@Zach Meeds Yeah he did this silly trick with lentils but the important part was he was just hilarious. He had to tone down his funny for this crowd, even so it was spot on
voice was recorded separately from crowd then placed overtop of the crowd but synced with his speech. The crowd noise lessened for the sake of the video. as such the crowd seems quieter than in reality
"I keep doing this because, as you know, if I had real magic powers, this is what I'd be doing all day." Spewed on my monitor. Absolutely absurd. I love it.
I have been watching him grow from his first televised performance. This is like, the 5th-6th time i've seen him on stage, and he just keeps getting even better. Bravo Kyle, Bravo.
Wow I love this guy, but the crowd seriously didn't catch 90% of his jokes. I guess dry humor flies over most people's heads? Either way, Kyle is so freaking funny that even though he's not a GREAT magician (some of his tricks are pretty well known), he still is just an amazing entertainer. I really don't know if he's more of a comedian or a magician (kind of like the direct opposite of "The Amazing Jonathan". Either way, what a funny, smart and talented guy with a fantastic act. love all of his videos and glad I discovered him on Penn and Teller's Fool Us.
In total 3 red balls @10:44 red ball #1 is placed under the cup 10:48 red ball #2 is still in the right hand which is used to pick up the pen 11:01 red ball #2 is placed under the 2nd cup 11:04 everyone figured out where the red ball #3 has gone 11:09 red ball #3 is placed in the bottom cup 11:32 red ball #1 is placed in the other cup 11:36 red ball #2 is now in the pocket 11:40 Lime is now in the cup (right hand) 11:45 2 Limes are now in the other cup (left hand) 12:06 red ball #1 appears (this one, i don't see where the slight of hand has taken place)
You missed the most beautiful and blatantly in your face slight of hand XD - When Ball #3 is revealed under the right hand cup and Lime #1 is placed underneath, first he did a fake pass again (like before): Ball #3 is still in the right hand, which then grabs the pen while he talks about making the other ball appear. Nothing goes into the pocket, but the Lime #2 is taken out. - Ball #1 is revealed under the left hand cup. The pen is dropped to allow the right hand's index finger and thumb to pick up the cup while Ball #3 is still inside the right hand. The cup is passed to the left hand and the right hand picks up Ball #1 to distract from the left hand placing Lime #2 underneath the cup. At that moment there's both a hidden Ball #3 and a visible Ball #1 held by the right hand. Now here comes the great part: - Ball #1 is passed to the now empty left hand. There's one ball in each hand, Ball #3 still hidden in the right hand. - He throws the visible Ball #1 up to lead all attention to it and to prime the throwing motion. - He catches Ball #1 and _places his thumb on it to secure it!_ - In a throwing motion, all attention still being on the left hand, _he simultaneously fake throws with the left hand and throws the hidden Ball #3 up from the right hand_ The move is executed beautifully and even on camera it's hard to catch! xD Ball #3, now visible while Ball #1 is hidden in the left hand is caught by the right hand again. The switch is made! :D After this he moves the hidden Ball #1 to the right hand in a move that is unfortunately not caught on camera, and with both Ball #1 and Ball #3 in the right hand he can do the mitosis trick, revealing that what seemed just one ball were actually two! In my opinion this was the most beautifully executed part of the whole performance. Better than the three limes even.
The first time watching his final trick I was not really watching closely or thinking critically, so I was completely fooled. But then at the end he said we weren't paying attention to the cups. So I went back and payed attention to the cups. That was when I noticed the moments when he put the balls and limes under the cups. :) And bit by bit I figured out almost all his tricks with the balls and cups.
I'm not sure what palming is, but he's definitely very smooth and convincing. When he acts like he passes a ball from one hand to the other, for example, I only figured it out because 1. you don't actually see the ball when he does that (I checked. I watched those few seconds, like, five times), and 2. I know there's no other way that ball could have ended up in the other hand.
Raizin Yea, palming is when you hide something in your palms and try to act like there is nothing in your hand but you can see it (his fingers are curled)
Vivek Gawande the awkward vibe he puts out does a good job of making the awkward way he holds his hand not as apparent. Even when you watch his hands his fingers move incredibly quick.
I love how when he was talking about the experiment with the basketballs and how you can't pay attention to everything, the camera pulls back for a super wide shot. The paranoia is real.
The ball and cup trick is more impressive when you know how he did it. Like he needs to speak and preform and wave the pen around to draw the gaze from his other hands. It’s really impressive.
People say that "when you learn how the trick works the magic disappears" but for me the magic starts the moment I know how the person did it. Especially when it involves Sleight of Hand. I'm fairly confident I could see every move he did to achieve the final moment, since this is a very simple trick, and even though I know this I feel even more amazed than if I didn't know it.
His execution was as flawless as it could be, honestly. But, if you tune him out and focus on his hands, you can see exactly what he did. He plays on your attention incredibly well with his dry humor and self-narration. I almost missed the moves he made getting the limes into the cups.
O.K. great, he took the opportunity to display his talent to get recognition because logically TED talk is for people who do research, meetings, write books or want to share their experiences but a magician can best do magic so he did that. No hatred but still his talk did not reveal any new idea or even share any preconceived idea that is unknown to people, he just amused us. He just talked through the magic to make it look more consistent with the stage, that's it.
This is absolutely genius... I had to watch it about 10 times before I could see the moments he put the balls and citrus fruits there and even then I still didn't see all of them... But I realized that the most important thing about magic is confidence - the guy never shows any hesitance, you never notice he's even doing something with those cups because he just doesn't show that he attaches importance to the small gestures, like when he takes the balls or lifts the cups etc. Absolutely genius, I've learned a lot.
I love the way this guy talks. He probably has tons of girls that love him too. I would love to date someone like him. His intelligence is the perfect mixture of humor and beauty. He creates master pieces just by opening his mouth.
For the first trick, you just have to look closely and observe. There seems to be some kind of weight attached to the on the other end of the string. As soon as he lifts, the stick up, the weight falls back and the thread retracts.
Personally penn and teller showing the trick added more to the trick for me. The real magic for me is knowing how its done and the amount of practice and skill it takes to do tricks. Its like chop cup. Thats cups and balls with just 1 cup and one ball. But if the person is good enough they can fool you even if you know all the moves. Now this guy isnt as smooth with cups and balls as ive seen many other be but its such a simple trick and like he said it shows blindspots. Even if you know how a trick is done you just sometimes cant catch it. Obviously his moves were noticeable but not on a large stage lol.
Yeah, I was disappointed to see it was nothing more than "cups and balls" with a one paragraph summary of an old psychology study that is actually unrelated to the trick. I was looking out for a "surprise" and still did not miss a single time he slid a ball/lemon under the cups.
The star of the show are his words, we focus more on what he says more than to what he is doing, our attention is locked on his words that we become blinded of his actions Our ability to immensely focus our attention on a single object was an evolutionary feature, if you are not focused on one thing you can easily lose your attention just like how the cheater has to wait patiently and steady before it strikes otherwise if it couldn’t do so it would easily lose its attention just like how we do in class and this is very important for it in order to survive
I've seen him do this routine of his at least 4 times (over multiple years) and it's still great, because it's funny. Modern magic is less about the trick and the unbelievable and more about the show and the jokes. And he's still funny :)
If I were to guess i'd say that the rods have a weighted ball pulling the strings back when he moves the rods back into an upright position, considering that he moves them whenever he pulls the strings.
Interesting idea with those balls. But it seems too gimicky. Simpler solution (that gives you more control) is that those two rods he is holding in his hands have presure point or button on bottom side which when pressed will reel back the line (like on slide meters or those long dog collars). Small spring that is blocked one way untill you put presure on bottom end is all that is needed. Of course the third one he is not holding is set permanently to always reel back the line. You can see how it few times start reeling back before he touches other lines and how he never lets it hang without holding the line with his hand.
iglidor its not a simpler solution and gives you a lot less control than you'd imagine. Having something that reels back the rope would either require to be fast or you'd need larger sticks. A dog collar has an entire compartment to roll up the line. Having the stick reel it back in requires you to have such a line. The other way is using spring, but the issue with springs is that they wear off quite easily. *Now for those who dont want to know how it works: dont click "read more"* The original comment was almost right, but they are weighted cilinders made of wood that are about 1.2 times as heavy as the entire rope. You can sometimes hear the clicks in the silence or when he pulls it a bit too hard or too quick. Every pull he does makes him lift the sticks so that the weights align with gravity.
@timwins31 I'm not disagreeing on that point. I'm just pointing out that if he wanted a verbal explanation of what was happening during those magic tricks, he wouldn't get it from a magician.
Kyle was smart to choose those tricks. Very clever Kyle. The Chinese sticks is another trick that if done too many times can be easily sussed out by an observant viewer. But we don't look that closely, because we're dumbfounded by the magic of it. Two tricks, easy to spot how their done if you pay close attention... which was the point of his talk. If anyone wants to know how the sticks were done, just look for something in common as the string "shrinks" each time. Good luck! Also, for any magic police... you can find the solutions to both of those tricks easily, and even but them for a few bucks. Spoilers don't count on tricks a thousand years old!
In case you missed it: @11:33 Sneaks the red ball into the cup @11:36 Grabs lime out of his pocket @11:40 Sneaks the lime it into the cup @11:43 Grabs another lime from his pocket @11:46 Sneaks the lime in to the cup @12:12 He never puts the red sponge ball in his left hand, rather just keeps it in his right @12:16 He never says what he will do with the choice the audience member chooses, regardless of choice, he will show his left hand, and say 1 of 2 cheeky phrases, depending on choice. @13:17 Grabs yet another lime out of his pocket, palms it for the 3rd. @13:18 Drops it into the the now empty cup, while he directs your attention to the lime in his right hand.
11:40 - he inserts a lime under the cup and again at 11:46. THEN at 13:19 he inserts the third lime under the up he is holding (He took it out of his left pocket a few seconds prior) Magic trick done. First time round I'm so busy watching for the red balls I missed him inserting the limes under the cups. Amazing stuff.
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Not only good at sleight of hand, but also a master at dry humor, world class.
someone said it somewhere - the magic is a prop for his humor !
@@Rattattattatt That was Penn and Teller i believe
Actually you can see his sleight of hand --he puts the ball under the cups when he inclines the cup to pick up the balls resting on top, for example. His humour compensates for everything though
RiftWalker yeah watching it a second time I could keep up with all the moves, great trick and wonderful entertainer tho
@@theeviloverlord7168 Most simple tricks like cups and balls or complete vanishes are amazing to laymen. But as you said, the comedy makes it ten times better, and the goal of the talk was excellently demonstrated (using magic to explore cognitive blindspots).
"I keep doing this because you know, if I had real magic powers, this is what I would do all day" savage
that's actually what I would do
Yea I would do it too , feels good
I didnt get it dude
read this literally as he said it
@@husseinkatlan5858 still dont
When life gives you citrus fruits, make the people experience cognitive blindness.
Or...you can squirt lime juice into their eyes for a more tangible blindness...
maeve!
@@heinhtetsoe9031 ello, are you lost? :3
this made me chuckle. ty
For all of you saying that it's a tough crowd: no, it really wasn't. the audience response and his voice is recorded separately and then one is lowered. I was there. Believe me, the audience loved him and laughed. I loved him. And yes, speaking for me, I understood him perfectly well and yes, I speak german as first language.
And actually we have a sense of humor, we are not grumpy, Austria is the king of sarcasm and cabaret. -.-
The king of sarcasm...
Whoa.
Then how do I know you're not being sarcastic right now?
But Britain
Well that escalated quickly👀
MsBetsyT you come out 3 years later to say you were there? Ok lol
@myra
Ah, I must have missed that.
This guy's sense of humour slays me.
It's a miracle.
He was on pen and teller, and had a great show there too.
absolutely awesome !
SophisticatedBanjo please dibt
Nate Yenawine h
Lime placements
1: 11:40
2: 11:46
3: 13:19
@Trius bulge ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
@@THEFRISKIESTDINGO 😁😁
I was confused why your wrote this but once I seen the limes I came back lol
@Trius oh that aint lemons😏
Like Penn said, he naturally holds his hands as though he's palming something. It makes it incredibly difficult to notice when he finally grabs something to sneak into it's place.
This guys comedy routine is so fire but the audience seems confused about it
He's in Vienna. He's probably speaking to an audience who's first language isn't English, in which irony or sarcasm isn't picked up.
I think it's because of the event. Since it's a TEDx event, this routine was probably performed between some scientific presentations and strong personal stories, some speeches are kinda boring and bad. When you see this at a magic show, you instantly understand that this is a comedy magic, but on event like this, it confuses you...
+Angelo Robledo If you are a native English-speaker, you may not know it, but actually English is a language which is extreeeeemely easy to learn from scratch, at least when it comes to acoustic understanding. Especially in a rich, European country like Austria, chances are high that even an average 16-year-old would be able to understand at least 80% of this, the sarcasm and humor in it included.
I guess the real problem with this performance in Vienna is, that not everyone can really appreciate its very dry humor, me included. In Germany and Austria, we are unfortunately used to a much "simpler" kind of comedy, to put it nicely. ^^
And the combination of a good, but rather unusual comedy-act and somewhat impressive, but rather unfunny magic tricks is a little bit problematic.
So, I think these could be some of the reasons why the audience wasn't freaking out like hell. But it had most likely not much to do with the language. (:
it's in vienna, they speak german there.
Because Ted x is the Buzzfeed of lectures.
I love this guy. I was not expecting to enjoy this talk so much, but he’s a very entertaining speaker. Interesting connection between magic and cognitive bias.
Coach Alixandrea you maybe surprised to know the CIA hired magicians to teach them slieght of hand. I think they may have even released a book on it under the freedom of info act.
cognitive bias? don't think so, keep it simple ,you just can't see thru his hands, when he brings the limes from his left pocket, *that's it* .
Now,once you are able to rewind and go back in *time* you learn the only possible way to do it;before that,you did not know what was behind the "wall"/hand.
No, I didn't expect much of this video either, but some how it captivated me??! maybe because I wanted to know more about the subject, or because I thought that he was funny at the same time!?? And now I gotta go look up "cognitive bias"!!!... It sounds interesting like "cognitive dissonans"!!! (Y)
@goggles789 the layman's definition of cognitive biases would be "cognitive blindspots"
Does no one else see your dry humor?
his tricks are not complex but his technique is excellent. penn commented very positively on his competency. combined with his humor, makes a great performance.
Teller didn't comment but you could tell he liked him too.
@@rickkoleyahoocom badumps
@@rickkoleyahoocom A smile is more than enough comment from Teller! 😃
for real. entirely spot on.
His appearance on Fool Us was also really good.
Lentils, lentils everywhere!
At least he didn't choose liver.
spoiler: he couldn't have chosen liver
lentils were forced
No, really? How did you figure that one out sherlock
"This third magic wand sits in my pocket, socially isolated, much like I was for a number of years, until I learned magic and became accepted" most underrated line
"But these balls arent the stars of the show"
Me: *studies his coat and tie, looking for something different*
So true!
it's a fake plastic thumb the he puts on watch it closely he puts it on his left hand more
Same! I was looking at his tie cuz I thought it had stripes before XD
Did we all just see Apollo Robin's talk on misdirection? Memorizig his outfit was my first response as soon as I saw him on stage.
@@leonardsalt i know I did lol. Feckin youtube :p
This guy... I need someone like this guy in my life.
11:38 first fruit
11:45 second
13:18 third.
no.
Set the playback speed to .25 and watch lol I saw all 3
True
eye NEAR!
Nice one. I noticed the first two occasions on first watching (he puts the cups down a bit awkwardly), although obviously I didn't know I was looking for limes. 😂 The third one was much smoother, I had missed that one.
So, I was playing hide and seek with my sister at a playground. She sat on the bench, in plain sight, and I didn’t see her at all. I was running around, looking in every possible hiding spot, and she won by not using a hiding spot.
It made me question myself and my reality in a way no 8 year old should.
The same thing also happens in crossword puzzles for me. I look too hard for something that was so obvious.
"Because I don't do the magic, WE do the magic" *eyes rolling* wtf was that XD
This guy is so funny, he is an humourist before being a magician :'D
This is also when he put the first set of balls inside the cups
he seems so calm but yet he's shaking visibly awww
Scone4Narwhal it's intentional bruh. ever seen his acts as a child? didn't shake even once when he was in front of a huge crowd and Penn and Teller (the pinnacle of modern sleight of hand masters) it's one hundred percent an intentional display. he ain't nervous.
I see,dindt notice :) thanks for letting me know
He actually was nervous. He messed up some words and his voice was shaky. This was big for him.
***** but compare it to the master of illusions,shouldn't the tedx be a piece of cake to him ? I was just wondering
He may be cold, though. :-)
Saw this guy on Penn and Teller and he's just so awesome
@Zach Meeds Yeah he did this silly trick with lentils but the important part was he was just hilarious. He had to tone down his funny for this crowd, even so it was spot on
Genius!
His jokes are on another level.
"I brandish the scissors in the air wildly because I'm young and invincible"
HI-LA-RI-OUS!
No. Not really.
5:15
Kyle: makes joke
Audience: laughs
Commenters: ‘They just don’t get it’
That's cuz they are laughing at the wrong thing
Commenter: the limes came from his last couple pocket visits. Acerbic, isn't it all?
nobody touch that mf like button
You just dont get it do you lol everyone is a counter consperitor wtf even me damn where do we live these days
Anything to feel smart in their own little worlds
This guy does the "Boring piece of shit" act real well, and that's not a joke. It's hilarious and he keeps it up the whole time.
TheArchsage74 It's called dry humor btw
血と影 id rather call him a boring piece of shit
TheArchsage74 well put
That's satire!
omg finally he emerges..
Sushma Myneni I know! I missed him!
I'm pretty sure Sushma is talking about the stranger emerging from off stage.
no..am talking about kyle.. he has emerged from hiding
I think he's been going to college. Hopefully he will do more stuff after graduating.
Sushma Myneni 1000th like
This guy is absolutely brilliant. He kept his cool in an amazing way for someone who hasn't done a lot of public talks. Bravo!
damn thats a tough crowd
Maybe it was because of his presentation.
Brian that's what I was thinking
Actually the mood was really good. I was there and i remember that I sometimes couldn't hear him because people were laughing that loud ;).
voice was recorded separately from crowd then placed overtop of the crowd but synced with his speech. The crowd noise lessened for the sake of the video. as such the crowd seems quieter than in reality
maily becouse people that come to ted talks dont come there for a comedy show
"I keep doing this because, as you know, if I had real magic powers, this is what I'd be doing all day."
Spewed on my monitor. Absolutely absurd. I love it.
I have been watching him grow from his first televised performance. This is like, the 5th-6th time i've seen him on stage, and he just keeps getting even better. Bravo Kyle, Bravo.
Anyone else notice the lady who decided to bring her easel and paint on the balcony?
No I didn't, I was focused on him
where?
oh, I see 0:53
Me hahaha, I thought it was gonna be something to do with a distraction like the gorrila haha
Me i did
I knew he was going places
home
McLOVIN where were u for me when I got arrested
“Because it’s not me who does the magic, WE do the magic… 🙄” this guy is great 😂
This guy is a monster at dry humor. Magic revealed at 11:39 , 11:45 and 13:17
Oh i thought he was placing balls back into the cups instead of limes
The real mvp
Underated comment
Mayodele Rotimi-Ogundele way to rip off the top comment then just add timestamps to yours, truely a brilliant display of human prevalence.
@@TheDewaltBoy imagine being this upset about a TH-cam comment
I love this type of humour. Very subtle and dry. Sometimes you can't tell if they're being serious or joking with the dead pan expression.
I've seen all three from this TED talk alone: stand-up comedian, magician, and an inspirational speaker. roller-coaster emotion 😂
I love this guy's humor. Some of his best jokes don't get near the respect they deserve. He's also great on Penn & Teller's Fool Us!
"Just an unnecessary flamboyant tap". Exactly what a necessary flamboyant tapper would say!
The 3 balls and 2 cups sequence was the first magic trick I learned from a book and beginners guide to magic in my grandfather's library
that was amazing. The whole thing. performance, deliverance everything. Truly shows how blind we can be. My respect for this talented showman.
man do I love me some kyle eschen
Marisa Gonzalez been years since I've see a new video of him! hope I see more!😀
he was on Penn and Teller's "Fool Us" recently. I'm hoping he'll do more in magic now that he's finished college.
Good Lord, he's a beautiful man as well.
Lucien Terrazas, absolutely!
The best intellectual product produced by this act was exposing the fact that too much focus on intellect can mske people cold.
Wow I love this guy, but the crowd seriously didn't catch 90% of his jokes. I guess dry humor flies over most people's heads? Either way, Kyle is so freaking funny that even though he's not a GREAT magician (some of his tricks are pretty well known), he still is just an amazing entertainer. I really don't know if he's more of a comedian or a magician (kind of like the direct opposite of "The Amazing Jonathan". Either way, what a funny, smart and talented guy with a fantastic act. love all of his videos and glad I discovered him on Penn and Teller's Fool Us.
Humour doesn't always translate when it's filtered through a second language. Most Austrians tend not to have English as a first language.
Also, they weren't very funny.
I think dry humour often just isn't laugh-out-loud funny. I thought he was very funny, exactly my kind of humour, but I didn't laugh out loud once.
r/iamverysmart
People were laughing.
This guy is one of my favorite magicians. His deadpan personality is a great contrast to most other magicians.
In total 3 red balls
@10:44 red ball #1 is placed under the cup
10:48 red ball #2 is still in the right hand which is used to pick up the pen
11:01 red ball #2 is placed under the 2nd cup
11:04 everyone figured out where the red ball #3 has gone
11:09 red ball #3 is placed in the bottom cup
11:32 red ball #1 is placed in the other cup
11:36 red ball #2 is now in the pocket
11:40 Lime is now in the cup (right hand)
11:45 2 Limes are now in the other cup (left hand)
12:06 red ball #1 appears (this one, i don't see where the slight of hand has taken place)
13:18 3rd lime is placed into the cup (left hand)
@@pierezajosh genius! Nice catch!
You missed the most beautiful and blatantly in your face slight of hand XD
- When Ball #3 is revealed under the right hand cup and Lime #1 is placed underneath, first he did a fake pass again (like before): Ball #3 is still in the right hand, which then grabs the pen while he talks about making the other ball appear. Nothing goes into the pocket, but the Lime #2 is taken out.
- Ball #1 is revealed under the left hand cup. The pen is dropped to allow the right hand's index finger and thumb to pick up the cup while Ball #3 is still inside the right hand. The cup is passed to the left hand and the right hand picks up Ball #1 to distract from the left hand placing Lime #2 underneath the cup. At that moment there's both a hidden Ball #3 and a visible Ball #1 held by the right hand.
Now here comes the great part:
- Ball #1 is passed to the now empty left hand. There's one ball in each hand, Ball #3 still hidden in the right hand.
- He throws the visible Ball #1 up to lead all attention to it and to prime the throwing motion.
- He catches Ball #1 and _places his thumb on it to secure it!_
- In a throwing motion, all attention still being on the left hand, _he simultaneously fake throws with the left hand and throws the hidden Ball #3 up from the right hand_
The move is executed beautifully and even on camera it's hard to catch! xD
Ball #3, now visible while Ball #1 is hidden in the left hand is caught by the right hand again. The switch is made! :D
After this he moves the hidden Ball #1 to the right hand in a move that is unfortunately not caught on camera, and with both Ball #1 and Ball #3 in the right hand he can do the mitosis trick, revealing that what seemed just one ball were actually two!
In my opinion this was the most beautifully executed part of the whole performance. Better than the three limes even.
What hobbies do you have? ;)
The comedy in this is so under rated. His timing and overall demeanour are incredible
The first time watching his final trick I was not really watching closely or thinking critically, so I was completely fooled. But then at the end he said we weren't paying attention to the cups. So I went back and payed attention to the cups.
That was when I noticed the moments when he put the balls and limes under the cups. :) And bit by bit I figured out almost all his tricks with the balls and cups.
Raizin he's very good at palming and he acts like he's palming something even when he's not
I'm not sure what palming is, but he's definitely very smooth and convincing.
When he acts like he passes a ball from one hand to the other, for example, I only figured it out because 1. you don't actually see the ball when he does that (I checked. I watched those few seconds, like, five times), and 2. I know there's no other way that ball could have ended up in the other hand.
Raizin Yea, palming is when you hide something in your palms and try to act like there is nothing in your hand but you can see it (his fingers are curled)
Except MAGIC!
Vivek Gawande the awkward vibe he puts out does a good job of making the awkward way he holds his hand not as apparent. Even when you watch his hands his fingers move incredibly quick.
I love how when he was talking about the experiment with the basketballs and how you can't pay attention to everything, the camera pulls back for a super wide shot. The paranoia is real.
at 10:31 did anybody spot the woman who was looking for the art class but got the wrong room?
Lol yeah that was awesome.
She's "drawing the gaze"
I did catch that, and was totally confused by it, lol!
If you mean the woman at the top, she's been there for like the whole show.
They're at every Ted Talk, they point a portrait of each person on stage
The ball and cup trick is more impressive when you know how he did it. Like he needs to speak and preform and wave the pen around to draw the gaze from his other hands. It’s really impressive.
All while moving the various pieces mostly by touch
People say that "when you learn how the trick works the magic disappears" but for me the magic starts the moment I know how the person did it. Especially when it involves Sleight of Hand. I'm fairly confident I could see every move he did to achieve the final moment, since this is a very simple trick, and even though I know this I feel even more amazed than if I didn't know it.
His execution was as flawless as it could be, honestly. But, if you tune him out and focus on his hands, you can see exactly what he did. He plays on your attention incredibly well with his dry humor and self-narration. I almost missed the moves he made getting the limes into the cups.
Yeah, once you know, you know that he played fair with you, and can appreciate how good his sleight of hand was.
This is the best TEDx talk i've seen in a long time.
even going back and rewatching it, amazing. his loading the cups was so clean
I think Paul Daniel's version was magnificent and soooo quick. Worth a watch
O.K. great, he took the opportunity to display his talent to get recognition because logically TED talk is for people who do research, meetings, write books or want to share their experiences but a magician can best do magic so he did that. No hatred but still his talk did not reveal any new idea or even share any preconceived idea that is unknown to people, he just amused us. He just talked through the magic to make it look more consistent with the stage, that's it.
This is absolutely genius... I had to watch it about 10 times before I could see the moments he put the balls and citrus fruits there and even then I still didn't see all of them...
But I realized that the most important thing about magic is confidence - the guy never shows any hesitance, you never notice he's even doing something with those cups because he just doesn't show that he attaches importance to the small gestures, like when he takes the balls or lifts the cups etc.
Absolutely genius, I've learned a lot.
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"because you just don't care"
I resent that
I care DEEPLY
I love the way this guy talks. He probably has tons of girls that love him too. I would love to date someone like him. His intelligence is the perfect mixture of humor and beauty. He creates master pieces just by opening his mouth.
His humor is like the desert...dryer than you could possibly imagine.
Best
you got no sense of humour
And whilst it may be dry, it is simultaniously one of the most beautiful things we can observe. ;D
I don't do the magic, WE do the magic *eye roll*
@@Ziirf Can't tell if you're eye rolling at what he said, or if you're quoting the fact that he eye rolled, himself lol
For the first trick, you just have to look closely and observe. There seems to be some kind of weight attached to the on the other end of the string.
As soon as he lifts, the stick up, the weight falls back and the thread retracts.
His delivery on his dry humor is honestly perfect
He's an amazing presenter.
aw man
i've been waiting for this
Rctive riiiiight! it's been so looong!
Rctive what is the thing in your profile pic? I swear I recognize it
the template is an 'fsjal'
the thing i designed it after is the evolved dark caster from aqw
Rctive same
Bought it based on this video. It is amazing for dense medical articles. Particularly to cross reference images and ideas.
Any one from Penn and teller?
Spotted every move he did thanks to Penn and Teller
Dibas Acharya which Penn and teller. I want to learn to spot
I just came here from their video. But this guy is quite entertaining though.
Dibas Acharya I'm from Oklahoma
What the fuck's a penn and teller?
Give this guy a Netflix special already
The essence of this presentation is really his sense of humor, wonderful stage presence!!!
wow the highest quality video of Kyle Eschen, every other one is like in 360p and less than 5 minutes, except when he was on Penn & Teller Fool Us
This entertained me by a great measure. I shall now ponder my use of the word "measure".
Don't ponder too often. I've heard it will make you go blind.
I admire his good attitude.
Poor guy's hands were shaking the whole time. Weird to see someone so talented and seemingly confident be so nervous. Very humanizing.
When Elon Musk isn’t doing Tesla or SpaceX stuff.
Dry jokes sales man xD
It´s recorded years ago. Can´t you see how young he is in the video^^
he is not he is just investing by borrowing money
Don't compare this man to that narcissistic megalomaniac.
11:43 that slight of hand is so clean
I love this guy, his humor is wonderful, and I dont care how many times I see the tricks or hear the jokes, I am always entertained.
penn and teller ruined Cups and Balls for me >_
Fucking right they did..
I still enjoy seeing it very much.
*****
you got me, he tricked me but i didn't want to admit it :l
Personally penn and teller showing the trick added more to the trick for me. The real magic for me is knowing how its done and the amount of practice and skill it takes to do tricks. Its like chop cup. Thats cups and balls with just 1 cup and one ball. But if the person is good enough they can fool you even if you know all the moves. Now this guy isnt as smooth with cups and balls as ive seen many other be but its such a simple trick and like he said it shows blindspots. Even if you know how a trick is done you just sometimes cant catch it. Obviously his moves were noticeable but not on a large stage lol.
Yeah, I was disappointed to see it was nothing more than "cups and balls" with a one paragraph summary of an old psychology study that is actually unrelated to the trick. I was looking out for a "surprise" and still did not miss a single time he slid a ball/lemon under the cups.
Appreciate those two or three people laughing on behalf of the people watching this on TH-cam.
Kyle Eschen, nervous and fumblingly as he was, still a great act.
that's the point of the act
As Kyle loves to say: "I tuned down the awkwardness a bit for the stage".
he acts that way on purpose... he's been doing that schtick for years.
10:33 there’s a guy just painting in the crowd
LOL thats right!
lmao
I've visited tedx vienna for years now, they always do these paintings and exhibit them
Your intellectual thought process is beyond our imagination.
Ngl this got me really fukd up.
*His play on words, and stage presence is “magical”!*
I'm the one who commented on the other video, stating the wood blocks were actually separated by a 45 degree angle.
so you feel smart?
Juan Ortega Just a dumb joke..
Adam B just a dumb comment
CptPickleJuice Yeah, your comment was pretty dumb, and unnecessary.
Adam B it was actually genius, and extremely necessary.
I remember this guy from Penn and Teller's: Fool Us
World's best Kyle rn 🥺🙏
The cognitive blindspots is a very important tool for the rulers of this world.
Greedy Imp FREE @ Google Play That's what they want you to think.
His name is Connor. He is the android sent by Cyberlife.
28 stab wounds
JAJAJAJA
*28 STAB WOUNDS*
@@Subpar1224 😂loved your comment!!
@@pascalwiery7129 yeah-I'm with you and the knives...I'm sure it's be preferable 🤪🤪🤪🤪
The star of the show are his words, we focus more on what he says more than to what he is doing, our attention is locked on his words that we become blinded of his actions
Our ability to immensely focus our attention on a single object was an evolutionary feature, if you are not focused on one thing you can easily lose your attention just like how the cheater has to wait patiently and steady before it strikes otherwise if it couldn’t do so it would easily lose its attention just like how we do in class and this is very important for it in order to survive
HE'S THE DRY HUMOR KID FROM BRITAIN'S GOT TALENT YOOO HE'S OLD
LordFrancoo was just thinking that! He even uses the same opening joke XD but good stuff nevertheless
LordFrancoo
[citation needed]
nah it's definitely him
24 is old?
Considering he came onto a talent show in his pre-teens, yeah 24 is old
Udit Sharma not him
This guy is the master of dry humor. I am in awe.
I wish more speakers at TED talks had this guy's sharp wit.
I've seen him do this routine of his at least 4 times (over multiple years) and it's still great, because it's funny. Modern magic is less about the trick and the unbelievable and more about the show and the jokes. And he's still funny :)
If I were to guess i'd say that the rods have a weighted ball pulling the strings back when he moves the rods back into an upright position, considering that he moves them whenever he pulls the strings.
Mr. Sir. Psychopath thanx i had a hard time figuring it out.
Interesting idea with those balls. But it seems too gimicky.
Simpler solution (that gives you more control) is that those two rods he is holding in his hands have presure point or button on bottom side which when pressed will reel back the line (like on slide meters or those long dog collars). Small spring that is blocked one way untill you put presure on bottom end is all that is needed.
Of course the third one he is not holding is set permanently to always reel back the line. You can see how it few times start reeling back before he touches other lines and how he never lets it hang without holding the line with his hand.
iglidor Yes, that's a really simpler solution
@@iglidor that was my theory.
iglidor its not a simpler solution and gives you a lot less control than you'd imagine. Having something that reels back the rope would either require to be fast or you'd need larger sticks. A dog collar has an entire compartment to roll up the line. Having the stick reel it back in requires you to have such a line. The other way is using spring, but the issue with springs is that they wear off quite easily. *Now for those who dont want to know how it works: dont click "read more"*
The original comment was almost right, but they are weighted cilinders made of wood that are about 1.2 times as heavy as the entire rope. You can sometimes hear the clicks in the silence or when he pulls it a bit too hard or too quick. Every pull he does makes him lift the sticks so that the weights align with gravity.
Rewatching it in half speed. First couple tricks are easy to catch on and then even with half speed I can't see it, really impressive.
I have a weird feeling that the only reason this was recommended to me now (during 2020 coronavirus) is because he mentioned social isolation
not only you
Nicely spotted.
wow, i didn't notice that. must've been my cognitive blindspots
it's very possible
We're all like the third magic wand these days
It was entertaining, but he didn't really say much about cognitive blind spots
actually I find this a sufficient into to the concept
magicians are all about distraction. They use meaningless flourishes to get your attention, to keep it where they want it, like politicians do.
I guess you aren't intellectually ready to understand what happened
He's a magician, not a neuroscientist
@timwins31 I'm not disagreeing on that point. I'm just pointing out that if he wanted a verbal explanation of what was happening during those magic tricks, he wouldn't get it from a magician.
Kyle was smart to choose those tricks. Very clever Kyle.
The Chinese sticks is another trick that if done too many times can be easily sussed out by an observant viewer. But we don't look that closely, because we're dumbfounded by the magic of it.
Two tricks, easy to spot how their done if you pay close attention... which was the point of his talk.
If anyone wants to know how the sticks were done, just look for something in common as the string "shrinks" each time. Good luck!
Also, for any magic police... you can find the solutions to both of those tricks easily, and even but them for a few bucks. Spoilers don't count on tricks a thousand years old!
Honestly one of the best things I have watched beautifully executed and an amazing performance 💯💯👏🏽👏🏽
In case you missed it:
@11:33 Sneaks the red ball into the cup
@11:36 Grabs lime out of his pocket
@11:40 Sneaks the lime it into the cup
@11:43 Grabs another lime from his pocket
@11:46 Sneaks the lime in to the cup
@12:12 He never puts the red sponge ball in his left hand, rather just keeps it in his right
@12:16 He never says what he will do with the choice the audience member chooses, regardless of choice, he will show his left hand, and say 1 of 2 cheeky phrases, depending on choice.
@13:17 Grabs yet another lime out of his pocket, palms it for the 3rd.
@13:18 Drops it into the the now empty cup, while he directs your attention to the lime in his right hand.
"in case you missed it" as if you didn't rewind and watch the footage multiple times, possibly slowed down or frame by frame to pick it.
if you slow the video down to .25 you can see how he does it, it''s really impressive
Never try to be funny in front of Austrians. They just don't get it.
Marco Bortolotti I agree
Marco Bortolotti Sad but true
Marco Bortolotti I guess he wAustrian to make them laugh. don't hate me pls
ArsenalsJack1992
LOL
English is not the first language in this country and many are really bad at it.
This man's a legend
11:40 - he inserts a lime under the cup and again at 11:46. THEN at 13:19 he inserts the third lime under the up he is holding (He took it out of his left pocket a few seconds prior) Magic trick done. First time round I'm so busy watching for the red balls I missed him inserting the limes under the cups. Amazing stuff.
what a fantastic conclusion and the way he systematically arrives at it (a lot like a proper academic author). but such a bad crowd.
Anyone noticed that subtitles are exactly where they shouldnt be?
RIght on the spot where the magic and his hands are~!
you can click on the subtitles and drag them to another spot
Yeah, I had to turn the captions off :-(
@RATO that doesn’t work if you’re watching on an iPhone
Kyle Eschen has the same energy as Nathan Fielder, and he is an absolute master at playing that to his advantage
I absolutely love this guy and his performance. I kid you not, I laughed with tears.