Uri Geller Mind Power - does it work?
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In 1996, Uri Geller claimed that by concentrating really hard, he moved the ball just as Gary McAllister was about to strike it from the penalty spot against England. The penalty was saved, and England won the game.
Twice yesterday I concentrated really hard to get Djokovic to serve a fault and visualised the ball dumped into the net - on both occasions that's exactly what happened!
Sadly Federer wasn't playing well enough to do anything with the 2nd serves, but was this Uri Geller mind power at work? Have you ever experienced Uri Geller mind power? Have you ever bent a spoon?
Twice yesterday I concentrated really hard to get Djokovic to serve a fault and visualised the ball dumped into the net - on both occasions that's exactly what happened!
Sadly Federer wasn't playing well enough to do anything with the 2nd serves, but was this Uri Geller mind power at work? Have you ever experienced Uri Geller mind power? Have you ever bent a spoon?
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I don't think he actually claimed he did that himself did he? I thought he claimed it was as a result of the England fans collectively willing him to miss.
Either way, the guy is a crackpot.
Nah. Sadly pure coincidence. Uri Geller is a total fraud.
The spoons were specially made for his tricks. James Randi set out to expose him and provided the spoons for him to bend and magically his powers conveniently left him just at that moment
For some reason Geller refused to use them. I wonder why
I'm pretty sure he claimed that he had done it himself.
If it was just the fans, then no away team would score a penalty ever, as the majority of people in the stadium would always be willing the taker not to score!
He also claimed that he 'willed' the Russians into signing a peace treaty with the US in the 80s, so maybe they should now wheel him out to Ukraine...
James Randi et al. have demonstrated just how selective his 'powers' are. The man uses pop psychology. Derren Brown is a far more accomplished illusionist than Geller and he doesn't even claim to have any 'powers' at all.
Why do you think Uri Gellar himself can't bend spoons that are provided by other people? I'm pretty sure James Randi did this.
Well, I can guarantee if I really, really, really want someone to win Wimbledon, they'll never do it - so sort of similar, but in a very bad way
(Apologies to Lendl, Roddick, Henin, Mandlakova, several others and this year Murray, I really am sorry, very sorry - I have much the same effect on Spurs as well
My friends were peeing themselves the first time I 'got' Djokovic to serve into the net, then about 2 points later I tried it again, the same thing happened and they were like Uncle Albert in Fools and Horses when Rodney was going out with a girl
I didn't try it again, it would have ruined my new Mind Powers. Can't use them willy nilly now...
There was an excellent documentary on BBC4 only a month or so ago, about James Randi outing these magicians making fraudulent claims. In fact, James was quite an accomplished magician himself.
If it's still available on iplayer, it's worth watching.
Shame...you could have at least gone for a hat-trick!
I take it you told everyone what you were doing BEFORE you did it?
I trust you will be willing to demonstrate your new found power before the court of DIGITAL SPY ?
Oh yeah. There was that bloke crossing his fingers that kept being shown, and I said "he's not doing it right, he should be giving it the full Uri Geller, fingers on eyebrows, Israeli accent... "you will serve into the net. The ball will go into the net...."(visualises ball into net)"
I'm not sure I've got the mind power today... it's all a bit... fuzzy.
Do not worry we are very patient here but rigorous in our approach.
Now I've may have cold tea, and a soggy earplug, but I have PROVEN BEYOND DOUBT the power of my mind.
(Don't look at the other six attempts that went nowhere near, focus on the coincidence/miracle, just like Uri Gellar and his ilk do.)
I wouldn't call him a crackpot. In my personal opinion he's a deliberate fraud, and very successful at it. To me a crackpot would act quite differently from how Uri Gellar has acted.