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“Psychic Medium” John Edward’s Deceptive Language Tricks (This Is Cringey) — Transcript

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0:01this morning is psychic medium john
0:03edward and we are packed to the rafters
0:06thanks to you you can pull a crowd
0:08you really can um all of these people
0:10would love to be read by you john so i
0:12guess we're in your hands okay
0:14self-proclaimed medium john edward is
0:16speaking to a woman whose son is
0:18deceased john's job is to pretend to
0:21know details about the deceased and his
0:24or her relatives details that he
0:26couldn't have known without his
0:27extraordinary talent
0:31there are specific tactics in the way
0:33so-called mediums operate
0:35this video will identify some of them is
0:38there a wild world his daughter's oldest
0:41daughter is lauren lauren this is
0:43probably the most common tactic provide
0:46a frame and let the relative fill it
0:49john wasn't able to guess the name but
0:51the relative's content with the fact
0:53that he started with the correct initial
0:55letter she says lauren as if it's close
0:57to lyle
0:59being able to guess a first name
1:01starting with l is unimpressive if it
1:04hadn't been the son's daughter the
1:06relative could have mentioned other
1:07people she knows whose first or last
1:10name starts with an ill
1:12they were going to do kokoda track
1:14together and she's still doing it this
1:16year in memory of him for beyond blue
1:19would he be 50
1:22he would have been 49
1:24he would
1:26he's telling me to talk about turning
1:2750.
1:29this year he would turn 50.
1:32obviously john's scarce about the sun's
1:34age is based on an assessment of the
1:37relative's age so this could be a
1:39compliment or criticism
1:41he starts with a dichotomy question
1:43which conveniently allows for
1:45disagreement would he be 50 so if the
1:47relative had disagreed he wouldn't have
1:49been in trouble because he wouldn't have
1:51claimed anything he didn't ask a
1:53presupposition question like how would
1:55you have celebrated his 50th birthday in
1:58december because he only knows what the
2:01relative shares
2:02when the relative confirms he shifts
2:04from dichotomy questions to sounding
2:06assertive all of a sudden he's telling
2:08me to talk about turning 50. mediums use
2:11equivocating language until the
2:13acknowledgements of the relatives allow
2:15them to use assertive language
2:18he's making me feel like you're going to
2:20celebrate his 50th birthday
2:25even when stating something obvious a
2:27mother celebrating her son's birthday he
2:30makes sure to cover himself with hitches
2:33expressing uncertainty rather than
2:35certainty he says he's making me feel
2:37like which is subjective hitches express
2:39equivocation and equivocation makes it
2:42possible for the medium to retract their
2:44statements at a later point
2:46next it's important for mediums to say
2:48something funny to make the audience
2:50like them better when we like someone
2:53we're more inclined to believe what they
2:55say self-proclaimed mediums are
2:57entertainers in the same way as
2:59magicians their goals are the same to
3:02deceive people for money and fame but
3:04two things differentiate them magicians
3:07are far more sophisticated and
3:09intelligent and magicians are honest
3:12about their intentions
3:13are you normally not somebody who uses
3:15curse words
3:19i mean like i'm supposed to say he was
3:21with you when you repetitively kept
3:24saying that over and over again so i
3:27don't know if when you found out he
3:28passed that's the word you kept using
3:31over and over and over yeah cursed okay
3:34one word over and over and over and over
3:36is what he showed me this is a
3:38completely obvious guess that would be
3:40true in many a most instances but still
3:44he covers himself with equivocating
3:46language he says i'm supposed to say
3:49which leads up to i don't know
3:51john doesn't take any chances and again
3:54when the relative confirms he shifts to
3:56assertive language one word over and
3:58over and over and over is what he showed
4:00me are you like an amazing
4:02like baker or something like
4:09i'd like to say like cool i like cooking
4:13okay so what's the what's the pie or the
4:16sweet thing i'm supposed to be bringing
4:18up
4:18lemon meringue pie
4:22is that it was his favorite
4:27mediums use positive affirmations
4:29constantly not only do they tell
4:31relatives exactly what they want to hear
4:34about their deceased loved ones they
4:36also praise the relatives here john
4:39praises her cooking skills with a
4:41question format that allows for
4:43disagreement this is testing testing to
4:46see how she'll respond so that he can
4:48know how he's going to respond
4:51once she's somewhat agreed with the
4:53statement saying that she likes cooking
4:55john can now shift to a presupposition
4:57question okay so what's the what's the
5:00pie or the sweet thing i'm supposed to
5:02be bringing up these are more assertive
5:04questions presupposing that the relative
5:07has an answer but even when asking these
5:09questions he covers himself pie is
5:12specific and perhaps too specific so his
5:15second alternative sweet thing is way
5:18more general he now waits for the
5:21relative to fill the frame he's provided
5:23which he does the audience supposedly
5:26amazed but i don't think it's because of
5:27john's ability to make the relative give
5:30him all the answers
5:32this show is staged and the producers
5:34are kind enough to let us know
5:42next john makes guesses that the
5:44relative doesn't immediately comply with
5:47for each wrong guess he mentions another
5:50area that his initial guest could fit
5:52into
5:53or something like that
5:55this is hilarious
5:56and did you tell him he was out of this
5:58world or he was interplanetary or he was
6:00gala galactic or
6:02did he like have an obsession with nasa
6:04why am i seeing space oh you see i don't
6:07know he was into everything
6:10no i'm seeing space like i'm seeing like
6:12space
6:14i don't know
6:20i don't know what this is did you like
6:22go see star wars with him or something
6:23or
6:24like he wasn't into star wars or
6:27anything like that he was outside out
6:29dory i'm star wars
6:32i'm a trekkie
6:38rather than just quit the act john
6:40resorts to his first tactic provide a
6:43frame and wait for the relative to fill
6:45it yes why am i seeing space
6:48actually making the relative responsible
6:50for what he's claiming to see
6:52this is a pressure technique the reason
6:55why he admits that he doesn't know what
6:56this is is because the relative doesn't
6:59give him enough information to work with
7:01this time around
7:02so then where could i have gone where
7:04could you have gone that he could have
7:06been with you
7:07in the last year or so
7:09that
7:10has me inside something
7:12spaceship-like did you go to an exhibit
7:15were you someplace that
7:18like are you like standing in front of
7:19darth vader vader or
7:22i flew to um
7:25brisbane because he was my first
7:28husband's child and to celebrate
7:32the anniversary's death with his
7:34daughter in the plane okay and my first
7:37husband has remarried and his son is a
7:40trekkie he's right into the hole works
7:44and drugs there's nothing unique about
7:46being a star trek fan many people are
7:49and john's testing questions are
7:50designed so that if the relative had
7:52simply seen star trek or star wars it
7:55could look like he was able to guess
7:57something extraordinary and john's
8:00reaching here big time he keeps asking
8:03her where she could have gone that has
8:04him inside something spaceship-like as
8:07he ambiguously suggests he even lists
8:10alternatives for her to choose from he
8:12won't stop until she complies because if
8:15he fails here everyone's going to see
8:18through his act finally the much too
8:21cooperative relative comes up with the
8:23narrative that john can use this is the
8:25most common mistake relatives make they
8:27give so much information that the medium
8:30can use this information in upcoming
8:32questions
8:33so when you went right
8:35what's the
8:37submerged
8:38like i want to like like put you in
8:41into the moment so did you like go
8:43someplace and where you were
8:46like you put your face in the cutout and
8:48it's like you know darth vader and yoda
8:50or
8:51like
8:52is there did you go see that yeah
8:54i can't remember but yeah
8:56after you passed yes okay then he was
8:58with you when you did this space thing
9:01okay
9:02now that the relative somewhat confirmed
9:05something about space
9:07john can mention another obvious thing
9:09in this context so did you like go
9:11someplace and where you were he does so
9:14with the same self-protective
9:16equivocating language we've observed
9:19she says she can't remember but john
9:21quickly makes the fact that he was with
9:22her the most important thing
9:24he says space thing which is ambiguous
9:27and vague and at this point it's a bit
9:30unclear what she's actually agreed with
9:32mediums exploit people's preference for
9:35agreement if an authority figure keeps
9:37pushing hard enough many people will
9:40eventually give in
9:46and why did you ask for his socks
9:52john goes from talking about space to
9:54talking about songs
9:56and he uses a presupposition question
9:58this must mean he's incredibly gifted
10:00right
10:01wrong we can think of all the situations
10:04in life that john's question could be
10:06applied to all the times when she asked
10:08for her son's socks for whatever reason
10:11all john has to do is provide a frame
10:13for the relative so that she can fill it
10:16with her own interpretations
10:18i needed socks
10:21i had a wall scrap wool and used to call
10:23her mummy socks and he used to say i
10:26need another pair of mummy socks can you
10:28nip me another pair
10:30john didn't guess this experience at all
10:33he simply mentioned something very
10:35common sucks and waited for her to give
10:38details in this last clip john shows
10:40what it's all about tapping into
10:43people's emotions and making it look
10:45like the two of them just had a shared
10:47spiritual experience even though nothing
10:50could be further from the truth
10:53cool can i just like whisper something
10:54in her ear
10:56yes okay
10:58[Music]
11:08okay
11:15making generic guesses is the most
11:17important part of john's jar this is yet
11:20another hilarious excerpt where john
11:22makes vague descriptions to give himself
11:25leeway i have somebody's father who's
11:27coming through they have something that
11:28i would see as being pulmonary related
11:30and i feel like i'm supposed to talk
11:31about something with the anchor i don't
11:33know if there's a connection to the
11:35anchor on the person's body or if
11:37there's a connection that somebody has
11:38the anchor with them but i'm seeing an
11:40anchor in some way but it's in that back
11:41section there's a j or a g sounding name
11:44either living or past that's connected
11:45to them and when audience members don't
11:47comply john's suspiciously quick to move
11:50on to something else
11:52the woman that you're talking to did she
11:54come with somebody else yes okay there's
11:56somebody that's with her that has an
11:58older male that's passed that passed is
12:00that you
12:01would you stand up
12:02okay do you have an older male that
12:04passed yes my dad okay your father has
12:07passed okay all right go ahead john is
12:09that where the anchor comes in he was in
12:10the military
12:12okay but there's an anchor that they're
12:13showing me so that to me would mean that
12:14the word anchor has a meaning like
12:16somebody lived on anchor street where
12:18they have an anchor connection that
12:19comes up with them
12:20so there's got to be something about the
12:21word anchor connected to your families
12:23that they want me to bring up and then
12:24somebody lost a child to you guys do you
12:26know that there's a little girl in that
12:27section i think she was either in a
12:29vehicle accident or somebody was a
12:31younger female pass in a car accident
12:33right where you're standing that's all
12:35hope for a time when more people become
12:37more interested in the truth rather than
12:39what makes them feel good see you in the
12:42next video
12:43during the course of that i kept
12:45alluding to it like being this big
12:46family surprise shocking surprise that
12:49was in june i kept alluding to it like
12:51being this big family surprise
12:53shocking surprise
12:54i don't know what this is did you like
12:56go see star wars with him or something
12:57or
12:58like he was into star wars
13:16you

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