Saw this on TV - do we ever get past the stereotype?

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Comment by John Cerbone - The Trance-Master on January 26, 2012 at 5:08pm

Nice you looked him up James. I'd like to Hypnotize him too. LOL

Comment by James Hazlerig - HypnosisAustin on January 26, 2012 at 7:19am

People think hypnosis is something bad, and then they misinterpret the Stanford research to believe that some people are not "susceptible" to hypnosis. Of course, if you define hypnosis as spinning a hypno-spiral and saying, "Yoooouuu are getttiiiiinngg sleeeeeeeeeeeeeeepy," then she's certainly right; almost no one is influenced by that.

I actually looked up Johnny Clockworks (the puppeteer/magician on the show) on facebook and offered to explain why his hypnosis had failed, but he didn't take me up on that.

Comment by John Cerbone - The Trance-Master on January 25, 2012 at 8:30pm

Actually I think he was some sort of performance art puppeteer. I want to drop by that place, she said she was not susceptible to Hypnosis. I wonder how folks draw that conclusion with no training, or maybe, it just a secert wish based upon fear?  Humm, she's yet to me some of us, she's never met me!

Comment by James Hazlerig - HypnosisAustin on January 25, 2012 at 6:52pm

Yeah, I saw that when it aired. It was obvious throughout that the stage magician had no actual knowledge of hypnosis. *sigh*