The art of cognitive blindspots | Kyle Eschen | TEDxVienna

Using two classics of magic, Kyle Eschen explores the psychological techniques that underlie theatrical deception. As people wander the world, they use assumptions and heuristics to filter out everything that they deem unimportant - Kyle gives a conjuror’s perspective on the brain’s predictable blind spots.

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Magician Kyle Eschen thinks deeply about psychology of deception. Through a decade of performing he has seen that people possess gaping blind spots, which he will highlight through magic routines with audacious methods.
This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at ted.com/tedx

[@boobonet9088]

"I brandish the scissors wildly because I'm young and invincible." This guy is remarkable.

[@justacommentercommenting]

Invincible!!!

[@onlyonecannoli3952]

And you are remarkably pedestrian!

[@nicklikesradio]

This is emasculating

[@kepspark3362]

Is there any more meaning to this than what I'm thinking? I'm not thinking anything.😂

[@DannySullivanMusic]

haha man very nice

[@swedensdoubletrouble]

"I keep doing this because you know, if I had real magic powers, this is what I would do all day" savage

[@cheesecakelasagna]

that's actually what I would do

[@redeyes4211]

Yea I would do it too , feels good

[@aliimrankazan3294]

I didnt get it dude

[@husseinkatlan5858]

read this literally as he said it

[@aliimrankazan3294]

@@husseinkatlan5858 still dont

[@matthewolive1262]

"But these balls arent the stars of the show" Me: *studies his coat and tie, looking for something different*

[@dallingordon4772]

So true!

[@petrofel7656]

it's a fake plastic thumb the he puts on watch it closely he puts it on his left hand more

[@MaraEir]

Same! I was looking at his tie cuz I thought it had stripes before XD

[@leonardsalt]

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.

[@kylestanley7843]

@@leonardsalt i know I did lol. Feckin youtube :p

[@halimghani]

When life gives you citrus fruits, make the people experience cognitive blindness.

[@HaydenX]

Or...you can squirt lime juice into their eyes for a more tangible blindness...

[@heinhtetsoe9031]

maeve!

[@halimghani]

@@heinhtetsoe9031 ello, are you lost? :3

[@shiloh1943]

this made me chuckle. ty

[@andreas4417]

Not only good at sleight of hand, but also a master at dry humor, world class.

[@Rattattattatt]

someone said it somewhere - the magic is a prop for his humor !

[@AlcorSalvador]

@@Rattattattatt That was Penn and Teller i believe

[@theeviloverlord7168]

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

[@yaboibob4166]

RiftWalker yeah watching it a second time I could keep up with all the moves, great trick and wonderful entertainer tho

[@scptime1188]

@@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).

[@SophisticatedBanjo]

This guy's sense of humour slays me.

[@excellentbill69]

It's a miracle.

[@allenstevens4216]

He was on pen and teller, and had a great show there too.

[@piano_tutor]

absolutely awesome !

[@Nikitadatsichin]

SophisticatedBanjo please dibt

[@zolmanman]

Nate Yenawine h

[@3holepunchalton443]

"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

[@TMS5100]

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.

[@rickkoleyahoocom]

Teller didn't comment but you could tell he liked him too.

[@victorselve8349]

@@rickkoleyahoocom badumps

[@jayrose6312]

@@rickkoleyahoocom A smile is more than enough comment from Teller! 😃

[@DannySullivanMusic]

for real. entirely spot on.

[@tuckersimmons4950]

This guys comedy routine is so fire but the audience seems confused about it

[@angelorobledo1536]

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.

[@Posiman]

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...

[@Peter_Parker361]

+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. (:

[@rokpodlogar6062]

it's in vienna, they speak german there.

[@daemonCaptrix]

Because Ted x is the Buzzfeed of lectures.

[@MsBetsyT]

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. -.-

[@f.i.r.e.5119]

The king of sarcasm... Whoa. Then how do I know you're not being sarcastic right now?

[@padraic5020]

But Britain

[@trish8321]

Well that escalated quickly👀

[@MikePlaysYeet]

MsBetsyT you come out 3 years later to say you were there? Ok lol

[@f.i.r.e.5119]

@myra Ah, I must have missed that.

[@TGoodie1717]

“Because it’s not me who does the magic, WE do the magic… 🙄” this guy is great 😂

[@smallandstressed2364]

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.

[@n0M4c]

"I brandish the scissors in the air wildly because I'm young and invincible" HI-LA-RI-OUS!

[@BenWinder108]

No. Not really.

[@TalestoryJL]

5:15

[@bwaffle3434]

"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

[@asherpins6568]

This is also when he put the first set of balls inside the cups

[@eiebsrebla]

Kyle: makes joke Audience: laughs Commenters: ‘They just don’t get it’

[@masteryoda4583]

That's cuz they are laughing at the wrong thing

[@briseboy]

Commenter: the limes came from his last couple pocket visits. Acerbic, isn't it all?

[@galaxyofreesesking2124]

nobody touch that mf like button

[@briantimmins9783]

You just dont get it do you lol everyone is a counter consperitor wtf even me damn where do we live these days

[@jackblackfan4202]

Anything to feel smart in their own little worlds

[@ZMWargrif]

Lime placements 1: 11:40 2: 11:46 3: 13:19

[@THEFRISKIESTDINGO]

@Trius bulge ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[@2thumbtommy484]

@@THEFRISKIESTDINGO 😁😁

[@ninjapowerx11]

I was confused why your wrote this but once I seen the limes I came back lol

[@joneh9483]

@Trius oh that aint lemons😏

[@DraconicDuelist]

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.

[@anotherbrick8051]

His appearance on Fool Us was also really good.

[@isaacsmith6482]

Lentils, lentils everywhere!

[@joshuahettinger9287]

At least he didn't choose liver.

[@N0THANKY0U]

spoiler: he couldn't have chosen liver

[@lance-pubg8970]

lentils were forced

[@charleskorndorffer]

No, really? How did you figure that one out sherlock

[@CaliBabyCooks]

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.

[@yourdedcat-qr7ln]

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.

[@josepeixoto3384]

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.

[@be_hope_dk6547]

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)

[@dank6617]

@goggles789 the layman's definition of cognitive biases would be "cognitive blindspots"

[@nicklikesradio]

Does no one else see your dry humor?

[@justinisorange]

Saw this guy on Penn and Teller and he's just so awesome

[@justinisorange]

@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

[@ddd1hhh]

Genius!

[@slinky7355]

"Just an unnecessary flamboyant tap". Exactly what a necessary flamboyant tapper would say!

[@sushmamyneni103]

omg finally he emerges..

[@jaidencraig1098]

Sushma Myneni I know! I missed him!

[@jmpiya]

I'm pretty sure Sushma is talking about the stranger emerging from off stage.

[@sushmamyneni103]

no..am talking about kyle.. he has emerged from hiding

[@longbum123]

I think he's been going to college. Hopefully he will do more stuff after graduating.

[@danieladeremi2184]

Sushma Myneni 1000th like

[@TheArchsage74]

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.

[@castafiorept7309]

TheArchsage74 It's called dry humor btw

[@napzackz3375]

血と影 id rather call him a boring piece of shit

[@montyqstew]

TheArchsage74 well put

[@gabrielpetersen8528]

That's satire!

[@NekoEspada]

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.

[@davidbrickey8733]

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.

[@eyevenear]

11:38 first fruit 11:45 second 13:18 third.

[@a51mj12]

no.

[@Spad30]

Set the playback speed to .25 and watch lol I saw all 3

[@zainhottson7393]

True

[@ronscott8045]

eye NEAR!

[@sakkikoyumikishi]

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.

[@Therese231999]

This guy... I need someone like this guy in my life.

[@joeyhahm713]

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)

[@pierezajosh]

13:18 3rd lime is placed into the cup (left hand)

[@joeyhahm713]

@@pierezajosh genius! Nice catch!

[@LittleLionRawr]

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.

[@DarrenSemotiuk]

What hobbies do you have? ;)

[@shadowfyst997]

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.

[@Scorn4Narwhal]

he seems so calm but yet he's shaking visibly awww

[@rockerman403]

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.

[@Scorn4Narwhal]

I see,dindt notice :) thanks for letting me know

[@prispalos]

He actually was nervous. He messed up some words and his voice was shaky. This was big for him.

[@Scorn4Narwhal]

***** but compare it to the master of illusions,shouldn't the tedx be a piece of cake to him ? I was just wondering

[@NekoMouser]

He may be cold, though. :-)

[@ugithdahanayaka5616]

His jokes are on another level.

[@witchkingofangmar3721]

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!

[@kadieanavales2942]

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

[@mclovin7466]

I knew he was going places

[@yksnimus]

home

[@jordanlu9152]

McLOVIN where were u for me when I got arrested

[@Blackened88]

damn thats a tough crowd

[@zmalm87]

Maybe it was because of his presentation.

[@zachh298]

Brian that's what I was thinking

[@MsBetsyT]

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 ;).

[@jermainejackson9683]

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

[@1Hawk2Hawks]

maily becouse people that come to ted talks dont come there for a comedy show

[@blueicer101]

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.

[@Theroha]

All while moving the various pieces mostly by touch

[@senorbrooz]

The comedy in this is so under rated. His timing and overall demeanour are incredible

[@phteve1900]

Anyone else notice the lady who decided to bring her easel and paint on the balcony?

[@supernenechi]

No I didn't, I was focused on him

[@user-nj7rw5my9h]

where?

[@user-nj7rw5my9h]

oh, I see 0:53

[@Omfgwhtavid]

Me hahaha, I thought it was gonna be something to do with a distraction like the gorrila haha

[@devangsrivastava6736]

Me i did

[@autumngust519]

"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.

[@oxide9679]

This guy is one of my favorite magicians. His deadpan personality is a great contrast to most other magicians.

[@christiandavidpadriquez4788]

I've seen all three from this TED talk alone: stand-up comedian, magician, and an inspirational speaker. roller-coaster emotion 😂

[@calimari525]

man do I love me some kyle eschen

[@jaidencraig1098]

Marisa Gonzalez been years since I've see a new video of him! hope I see more!😀

[@ForcefulDragon]

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.

[@lucienterrazas370]

Good Lord, he's a beautiful man as well.

[@Katy-sh3ru]

Lucien Terrazas, absolutely!

[@NekoMouser]

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!

[@Fant]

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.

[@jsemnikdo2229]

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.

[@jvgreendarmok]

Yeah, once you know, you know that he played fair with you, and can appreciate how good his sleight of hand was.

[@nerglersstuff8890]

This entertained me by a great measure. I shall now ponder my use of the word "measure".

[@briseboy]

Don't ponder too often. I've heard it will make you go blind.

[@mayodelerotimi-ogundele9441]

This guy is a monster at dry humor. Magic revealed at 11:39 , 11:45 and 13:17

[@code988yay]

Oh i thought he was placing balls back into the cups instead of limes

[@justamobile]

The real mvp

[@adamakhtar6989]

Underated comment

[@TheDewaltBoy]

Mayodele Rotimi-Ogundele way to rip off the top comment then just add timestamps to yours, truely a brilliant display of human prevalence.

[@Provoxin]

@@TheDewaltBoy imagine being this upset about a KZbin comment

[@kevinducharme3988]

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.

[@weegiewarbler]

Humour doesn't always translate when it's filtered through a second language. Most Austrians tend not to have English as a first language.

[@turkeyphant]

Also, they weren't very funny.

[@user-hm5kg8nu2d]

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.

[@ketalciencia3163]

r/iamverysmart

[@chefEmersonWilliams]

People were laughing.

[@nowitzked]

His delivery on his dry humor is honestly perfect

[@notPConPC]

even going back and rewatching it, amazing. his loading the cups was so clean

[@Romamb]

I think Paul Daniel's version was magnificent and soooo quick. Worth a watch

[@Rctive]

aw man i've been waiting for this

[@jaidencraig1098]

Rctive riiiiight! it's been so looong!

[@chromaphasia453]

Rctive what is the thing in your profile pic? I swear I recognize it

[@Rctive]

the template is an 'fsjal' the thing i designed it after is the evolved dark caster from aqw

[@yunggod7876]

Rctive same

[@raizin4908]

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.

[@VivekGawande1]

Raizin he's very good at palming and he acts like he's palming something even when he's not

[@raizin4908]

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.

[@VivekGawande1]

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)

[@justinzekes4880]

Except MAGIC!

[@wyrobISwatchin]

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.

[@DaceJ]

11:43 that slight of hand is so clean

[@lucabuongiornonardelli8702]

10:33 there’s a guy just painting in the crowd

[@louiswang23]

LOL thats right!

[@Manuel-ek7wr]

lmao

[@dianabauer7412]

I've visited tedx vienna for years now, they always do these paintings and exhibit them

[@snowbound4078]

Your intellectual thought process is beyond our imagination.

[@Jewce182]

Ngl this got me really fukd up.

[@IsaacsLiam]

at 10:31 did anybody spot the woman who was looking for the art class but got the wrong room?

[@kooshamokhbery3581]

Lol yeah that was awesome.

[@wesleymorse1461]

She's "drawing the gaze"

[@kennylaysh2776]

I did catch that, and was totally confused by it, lol!

[@coreylane3069]

If you mean the woman at the top, she's been there for like the whole show.

[@Vici]

They're at every Ted Talk, they point a portrait of each person on stage

[@DaftPunkVision]

This is the best TEDx talk i've seen in a long time.

[@bryangatari2649]

Honestly one of the best things I have watched beautifully executed and an amazing performance 💯💯👏🏽👏🏽

[@jimlingmusicchannel]

The essence of this presentation is really his sense of humor, wonderful stage presence!!!

[@FastFink]

"because you just don't care" I resent that I care DEEPLY

[@daverumpel]

He's an amazing presenter.

[@distinctloafer]

I admire his good attitude.

[@av3stube480]

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.

[@danschaus9453]

P

[@thecampfire4877]

His humor is like the desert...dryer than you could possibly imagine.

[@JerryFlorez]

Best

[@msbhv_jin]

you got no sense of humour

[@nettogames4268]

And whilst it may be dry, it is simultaniously one of the most beautiful things we can observe. ;D

[@Ziirf]

I don't do the magic, WE do the magic *eye roll*

[@nettogames4268]

@@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

[@dibasacharya9347]

Any one from Penn and teller?

[@Madwarks]

Spotted every move he did thanks to Penn and Teller

[@omalone1169]

Dibas Acharya which Penn and teller. I want to learn to spot

[@AbhijithSprk]

I just came here from their video. But this guy is quite entertaining though.

[@alfcarjackstheclown7849]

Dibas Acharya I'm from Oklahoma

[@danieldriscoll2155]

What the fuck's a penn and teller?

[@ItsMe-lr3hf]

Enjoyed the Wit & Humor as much as the Magic I didn't pay attn to. Win Win

[@connorseunninga2324]

World's best Kyle rn 🥺🙏

[@Senjlimbu]

that was amazing. The whole thing. performance, deliverance everything. Truly shows how blind we can be. My respect for this talented showman.

[@ucankedi3627]

Explanation of the Cups and Balls trick: 10:40 Holding two balls in his hands plus another one on the right hand (Left for audience) 10:44 Putting the palmed ball under the cup while tilting the cup to take the ball on top 10:49 Palming the ball to the right hand (Left for audience) while pretending to put it in the other hand 11:00 Putting the palmed ball under the cup while tilting the cup to take the ball on top 11:04 Doing a vanish called "Striking Vanish" (Google it) to put the ball in the right hand (Left for audience) 11:07 Putting the palmed ball under the cup than sandwiching it between the cups 11:13 Putting the bottom cup with the ball in it face down 11:30 Palming the ball to the right hand (Left for audience) while pretending to put it in the other hand 11:31 Putting the palmed ball under the cup while tilting the cup to take the ball on top 11:37 Taking the citrus from pocket, placing it in the cup and putting the cup face down 11:41 Palming the ball to the right hand (Left for audience) while pretending to put it in the other hand 11:44 Taking the citrus from pocket, placing it in the cup and putting the cup face down 11:48 Pretending to be throwing the ball from hand to hand while actually just throwing the palmed ball in the right hand (Left for audience) up and palming the other one (Slow down the video if you could not see it) 11:51 Putting the non palmed ball in the right hand next to the second ball (Off-camera) 11:54 Putting both balls in the left hand (Right for audience) then proceeding to pretend severing the balls 12:12 Palming the ball to the right hand (Left for audience) while pretending to put it in the other hand 13:15 Taking the citrus from pocket, placing it in the cup and putting the cup face down then proceeding to reveal the fruits for the grand finale Hope this will help you get a better understanding of the show, If I made any mistakes (Content or grammar) then you can freely comment. Have a nice day.

[@RsDefcon]

Narra Clamborg thanks

[@one1815]

why bother

[@deday6525]

the audience member that says A was premediated and needed. to make sure he won't hesitate(as part of the joke) , and to make sure he says A.

[@CrossEyedLion85]

@De Day: Why should the audience member have been premediated? As he says, the choice A or B does not matter, it is just about what happens after that. You choose A: He goes on like in the video. You choose B: He says something like: "So we make ball A disappear and bring him to his friend B" He did not say what he will do after you made your decision. That was just pure PR bla bla stuff to interact with his audience. As he said the choice did not matter!

[@Bruno-no9ko]

Brandon Dreher but I did...

[@caleyforber5974]

Absolutely brilliant talk; I thoroughly enjoyed that, thanks!

[@frightenedsoul]

I have a weird feeling that the only reason this was recommended to me now (during 2020 coronavirus) is because he mentioned social isolation

[@whocares2773]

not only you

[@-Rambi-]

Nicely spotted.

[@cvspvr]

wow, i didn't notice that. must've been my cognitive blindspots

[@maruftim]

it's very possible

[@ycrep1993]

We're all like the third magic wand these days

[@hemlatagautam9530]

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.

[@BoopyTheFox]

His name is Connor. He is the android sent by Cyberlife.

[@pascalwiery7129]

28 stab wounds

[@lautarorive4837]

JAJAJAJA

[@Subpar1224]

*28 STAB WOUNDS*

[@debbkennedy1344]

@@Subpar1224 😂loved your comment!!

[@debbkennedy1344]

@@pascalwiery7129 yeah-I'm with you and the knives...I'm sure it's be preferable 🤪🤪🤪🤪

[@brandonas1]

Greatly enjoyed watching your presentation and flawless performance on the tricks. I ultimately received your overall message and appreciate your time on stage. Thank you for sharing. May God wish you many more wonderful moments to share ❤️.

[@onlyallegra]

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.

[@RockinTheDub]

When Elon Musk isn’t doing Tesla or SpaceX stuff.

[@rayakoth]

Dry jokes sales man xD

[@niklasmeyer8251]

It´s recorded years ago. Can´t you see how young he is in the video^^

[@serz1885]

he is not he is just investing by borrowing money

[@iwasadeum]

Don't compare this man to that narcissistic megalomaniac.

[@wenbocao8503]

penn and teller ruined Cups and Balls for me >_

[@UGSETH2]

Fucking right they did..

[@StillNight77]

I still enjoy seeing it very much.

[@UGSETH2]

***** you got me, he tricked me but i didn't want to admit it :l

[@Celticshade]

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.

[@billpuppies]

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.

[@ThePseudohaze]

i love his language, so powerfully orated.

[@brandie8286]

Thank you for sharing, very well said 👌

[@lordfrancoo3366]

HE'S THE DRY HUMOR KID FROM BRITAIN'S GOT TALENT YOOO HE'S OLD

[@uditsharmaification]

LordFrancoo was just thinking that! He even uses the same opening joke XD but good stuff nevertheless

[@davemarx7856]

LordFrancoo [citation needed] nah it's definitely him

[@Jaydoggy531]

24 is old?

[@uditsharmaification]

Considering he came onto a talent show in his pre-teens, yeah 24 is old

[@connor_mckinley]

Udit Sharma not him

[@Azazel_Woodwind]

Er that's not 30 degrees it's more like 34.472694 degrees...

[@redknight801]

I know right, this kid is such a damn phony!!

[@CrazedArranger]

Kai Strachan the world is safe now

[@redknight801]

***** Fahrensius, of course :)

[@joe9832]

I think you're all missing the obvious flaw here. It's measured in Dwarf Potato Osmosis, DPO for short. And, as we all know, the unit is degrees factorial.

[@D4ng404]

Joe You would be right if it wasn't due to the fact that dots are normally associated with the color black. There are many colors in black that can reach to infinite points, so the number is 1 dogssss.

[@freddygraffam6463]

Poor guy's hands were shaking the whole time. Weird to see someone so talented and seemingly confident be so nervous. Very humanizing.

[@MizukiUkitake]

The mitosis joke gave me flashbacks of a magician in a restaurant coming to my family's table to entertain us (He was made to go from table to table and repeat his tricks, it wasn't a place designed for entertainment). I doubted every single thing he was doing, until he brought out a tiny sponge rabbit. He did a few tricks with it, I wasn't particularly impressed, then he asked me to hold out my hand, and he gave me the rabbit. He told me to cup it between my hands, and I did so. Continuing his jokes, he said "But be careful. Rabbits are known to multiply". And in that instant, I felt my hand fill rapidly, and I parted my hands to find about a dozen tiny tiny rabbit sponges. The original was still there, among them. To this day, I cannot figure how he did it.

[@msalis1]

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.

[@Bobby.Kristensen]

The cognitive blindspots is a very important tool for the rulers of this world.

[@TheChurchHistoryChannel]

Greedy Imp FREE @ Google Play That's what they want you to think.

[@furiousbicuspid1053]

The best intellectual product produced by this act was exposing the fact that too much focus on intellect can mske people cold.

[@burningfirefightingfirefig5609]

Appreciate those two or three people laughing on behalf of the people watching this on KZbin.

[@sarthakmohanty997]

Give this guy a Netflix special already

[@the135joker3]

I remember this guy from Penn and Teller's: Fool Us

[@DanteYewToob]

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!

[@ImMacke3000]

Kyle Eschen has the same energy as Nathan Fielder, and he is an absolute master at playing that to his advantage

[@SamBrickell]

The crowd wasn't smart enough to understand that the awkwardness is the act.

[@timvermeulen4024]

Or you weren't smart enough to understand that the audience did in fact get it?

[@pauldavison7105]

SAM BRICKELL the awkwardness has lost its impact since he grew up. He was much better at the act as a child magician. he has lost his monotone voice

[@DUFMAN123]

SAM BRICKELL Typical Vienna crowd haha

[@EnricoRodolico]

Goat, i think he is referring to the live crowd in the video.

[@3Dusers]

The crowd is quieter due to the editing for the video in reality the crowd was much more cheerful and laughing alot Source: some people who went to watch this irl

[@inkspire2739]

Kyle Eschen, nervous and fumblingly as he was, still a great act.

[@saiintFPS]

that's the point of the act

[@reznovvazileski3193]

As Kyle loves to say: "I tuned down the awkwardness a bit for the stage".

[@ndspeedster]

he acts that way on purpose... he's been doing that schtick for years.

[@KokoRicky]

I wish more speakers at TED talks had this guy's sharp wit.

[@vijitkothari6502]

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.

[@jmpiya]

Someone could have easily said... "Is this the best dry humor magician?" just to get a lot of likes.

[@michiman6757]

He is the same guy I think from "The best dry humor kid magician" another video on youtube

[@longnguyenhoang1602]

Daniel J It's Kyle Eschen, you r right

[@mitchelly5324]

JMPIYA read this after posting that exact comment... you are a genius

[@kekke2000]

I know you are just like fishing. But I like your self awareness... soooooo, like! :)

[@CiaranCookie]

Piff the Magic Dragon is the best dry humour act! Thank me later

[@Rctive]

hes so nervous you can see his hand shaking the whole time

[@jaidencraig1098]

Rctive it's his adorable act.😋 or he really is scared. which means he is great at keeping his cool! I would've passed out!

[@saiintFPS]

it's a bit of both. He uses his awkwardness and amplifies it to make it an act

[@arnilodelrosario9933]

HE MIGHT HAVE TREMORS

[@FalconX88]

That's a stage persona. Watch the fool us performance. he's definitely not nervous because of a TEDx talk...

[@Christian.L.Rodgers]

I think his hands do that naturally.

[@Johnysimus]

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 :)

[@nathanchan68]

if you slow the video down to .25 you can see how he does it, it''s really impressive

[@cheesecakelasagna]

Finally, a decent TEDTalk audience.

[@GooseTech]

Isn't the real trick the fact he did nothing with the sharpie that remained in plain sight the whole time?

[@Halibut86]

He drops it on purpose for a chance to go below the table

[@KillerofGods]

I haven't seen him do anything below the table, he gets your attention with hand goes in his pocket with the other lifts up the cup with the distracting hand swaps it over with the incognito hand and plants the limes. That's all I was paying attention to though.

[@Pikachu-vo7qb]

This guy's expressions are just amazing.

[@rogerexposito8815]

Thanks for sharing your talents.