What podcasts say about Oz Pearlman
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What Oz Pearlman has said on podcasts
28 statements · 14 positive · 7 negative · 1 mixed · 6 neutral
Mentalism is learnable, repeatable, and science-based.
“what I'm doing is learnable, repeatable, and based in science”
Open the episode · How to Steal Thoughts Out of Anyone’s Head - Oz Pearlman - #1088Listen at 2:41
Psychic ability cannot be taught to others.
“You can't teach someone to be a psychic.”
Open the episode · How to Steal Thoughts Out of Anyone’s Head - Oz Pearlman - #1088Listen at 2:46
Mentalism depends on establishing trust and cooperation.
“If you can't get people to trust you and work with you, it won't work.”
Open the episode · How to Steal Thoughts Out of Anyone’s Head - Oz Pearlman - #1088Listen at 3:39
Mentalists typically require many years of work before becoming successful.
“There were 10 or 20 years of work to become an overnight success.”
Open the episode · How to Steal Thoughts Out of Anyone’s Head - Oz Pearlman - #1088Listen at 4:15
Mentalism performances do not demonstrate general abilities in every situation.
“And it's not always true.”
Open the episode · How to Steal Thoughts Out of Anyone’s Head - Oz Pearlman - #1088Listen at 5:06
The ideomotor response is scientifically real.
“The idiometer response scientifically. ChatGPT. It's real.”
Open the episode · How to Steal Thoughts Out of Anyone’s Head - Oz Pearlman - #1088Listen at 8:11
Stories are more emotionally memorable when they personally involve the audience.
“the way the story gets told, the way a thing is remembered, is much more emotionally impactful if it has something to do with the person watching you.”
Open the episode · How to Steal Thoughts Out of Anyone’s Head - Oz Pearlman - #1088Listen at 16:14
People operate on autopilot for most of their daily lives.
“We operate 95% of our lives in that exact fashion.”
Open the episode · How to Steal Thoughts Out of Anyone’s Head - Oz Pearlman - #1088Listen at 24:27
Reading and writing rarely operate simultaneously in the brain.
“Read and write are two different operations that rarely work at the same time in our brains.”
Open the episode · How to Steal Thoughts Out of Anyone’s Head - Oz Pearlman - #1088Listen at 25:19
Repeating a name twice reduces the chance of forgetting it within ten seconds.
“If you've said it twice, your odds go down by over 90% of forgetting it within the next 10 seconds.”
Open the episode · How to Steal Thoughts Out of Anyone’s Head - Oz Pearlman - #1088Listen at 28:28
Most people tend to add details when they are lying.
“Most people add more details when they lie”
Open the episode · How to Steal Thoughts Out of Anyone’s Head - Oz Pearlman - #1088Listen at 39:16
AI will soon become highly capable at detecting deception.
“I believe that AI in the very near future will become incredibly good at detecting deception.”
Open the episode · How to Steal Thoughts Out of Anyone’s Head - Oz Pearlman - #1088Listen at 39:51
Speech and visual cues may improve deception detection alongside polygraphs.
“Yes, I think so. I think that in conjunction with the polygraph.”
Open the episode · How to Steal Thoughts Out of Anyone’s Head - Oz Pearlman - #1088Listen at 41:25
Vulnerability is an important way to improve sales interactions.
“Being vulnerable is a huge one.”
Open the episode · How to Steal Thoughts Out of Anyone’s Head - Oz Pearlman - #1088Listen at 42:12
Preparation and practice are necessary for successful presentations.
“So be prepared, do your homework, practice.”
Open the episode · How to Steal Thoughts Out of Anyone’s Head - Oz Pearlman - #1088Listen at 52:48
Good stage hypnotists test audience suggestibility before selecting participants.
“a good hypnotist will check that as they go”
Open the episode · How to Steal Thoughts Out of Anyone’s Head - Oz Pearlman - #1088Listen at 59:58
Reality testing can induce dream-based checks that support lucid dreaming within about a week.
“Within about a week of doing this, the checking my watch. In my dream, I would now check my watch.”
Open the episode · How to Steal Thoughts Out of Anyone’s Head - Oz Pearlman - #1088Listen at 1:05:18
Lucid dreaming is relatively easy if people consistently practice.
“It's not that hard to do, which is most people don't put in the work.”
Open the episode · How to Steal Thoughts Out of Anyone’s Head - Oz Pearlman - #1088Listen at 1:06:14
People remember the beginning and end of experiences better than the middle.
“people remember the beginning and the end more than the middle.”
Open the episode · How to Steal Thoughts Out of Anyone’s Head - Oz Pearlman - #1088Listen at 1:10:30
Psychics generally make more incorrect than correct claims.
“They mostly get things wrong.”
Open the episode · How to Steal Thoughts Out of Anyone’s Head - Oz Pearlman - #1088Listen at 1:10:51
Human perception is highly vulnerable to deception and misdirection.
“I'm blown away by how easily people can be fooled.”
Open the episode · How to Steal Thoughts Out of Anyone’s Head - Oz Pearlman - #1088Listen at 1:26:45
Identifying a heckler’s motivation helps performers manage the interaction.
“if you can figure out what is the core motivating factor for them”
Open the episode · How to Steal Thoughts Out of Anyone’s Head - Oz Pearlman - #1088Listen at 1:27:46
Mental states directly affect physical bodily experiences.
“Your body is directly impacted by the way you think.”
Open the episode · How to Steal Thoughts Out of Anyone’s Head - Oz Pearlman - #1088Listen at 1:33:02
A mental shift can help people overcome perceived physical limitations.
“you have the ability to flip that switch and everything is excuses in life.”
Open the episode · How to Steal Thoughts Out of Anyone’s Head - Oz Pearlman - #1088Listen at 1:35:07
Scheduling a next-day check can motivate immediate action on an avoided task.
“I set an alarm for 24 hours from today. I forced myself”
Open the episode · How to Steal Thoughts Out of Anyone’s Head - Oz Pearlman - #1088Listen at 1:43:31
Completing an avoided task can substantially reduce anxiety by the following day.
“when the alarm went off the next day, if I even remembered it, I would say, how anxious do I feel now? Two. Not even.”
Open the episode · How to Steal Thoughts Out of Anyone’s Head - Oz Pearlman - #1088Listen at 1:43:48
Extreme running is usually less harmful than substance abuse, though risks remain uncertain.
“I think it is probably better than substance abuse typically to go do running”
Open the episode · How to Steal Thoughts Out of Anyone’s Head - Oz Pearlman - #1088Listen at 1:46:23
A performer cannot research a person’s spontaneous real-time thoughts beforehand.
“there's no way to research real time thoughts”
Open the episode · How to Steal Thoughts Out of Anyone’s Head - Oz Pearlman - #1088Listen at 1:51:47
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