The Magic Trick That Fooled Albert Einstein - Revealed

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In this video, I reveal the magic card trick that fooled Albert Einstein. This is a really powerful magic trick that is easy to do because it is practically self-working. It will give you the ability to guess how many cards are in a pile just by weighing it with your hand!
If you have any questions please ask me in the comments section below. Cheers!
Note: The original trick was performed with coins, not cards, but effect and prediction are exactly the same.
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[@oscar]

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[@brendanward2991]

"Don't believe everything you see on KZbin" - Albert Einstein.

[@ericbell7]

Brendan Ward that's exactly what he stated in one of his books. Good research mate! Haha

[@cerouxaud1492]

Tip to help you find it: it was an e-book.

[@ericbell7]

Right, can you find his tweet about it? I know I've seen it..

[@fz8692]

Card tricks, gaff card magic gaff building hi

[@elkaiozen]

But how can we trust you: "Many KZbin commentors will attempt to lead you astray."-Abe Lincoln

[@hanshaun1350]

"I didn't watch this shit" - Albert Einsterin.

[@andreaseriksson9746]

韩爽 Who is Einsterin? 😉

[@zipg246]

@@andreaseriksson9746 😂😂😂

[@firstnamelastname3089]

BS, any trick could fool Einsten. He may be smart, but he's not a magician. Intelligence comes in many forms.

[@nelsonx5326]

Maybe it fooled that loser in the movie Young Einstein.

[@oscar]

Indeed that is true. But it still fooled him and I’m simply saying what happened.” 💪🏻

[@ericbell7]

So true:)

[@nelsonx5326]

It fooled me, I was all "How he do dat?"

[@kech2674]

How do you know that he wasn't so smart that he allowed the magician to pretend to fool him in order to make him feel good and not embarrass him? Sometimes you don't need to show that you are smart in everything.

[@BobSmith-ud6nm]

Beautifully explained; no extraneous comments or noise, just exactly what you need👌

[@who1527]

Next Title: Tricked dat fooled Jesus Christ

[@DaBusterYTGaming]

“Even if I have to die with you, I will never disown you.” - Peter

[@tomgirl366]

The trick which the snake use to convince Adam to eat apple

[@RMSLusitania]

@@tomgirl366 not apple, but some kind of apple-looking fruit, that is just deadly. It was spawned by Jinn. And also you should know that im a muslim

[@achintyarai1386]

Hahahaha 😂😂😂😂😂😙

[@VictorVictor-hq7ui]

That*

[@Kaiser12349]

Always appreciated this series, card tricks on some of the smartest men in history.

[@mattismadsen8756]

Donald trump was one of Them...

[@yabinayam9141]

@@mattismadsen8756 lol

[@jaymike3302]

This wouldn't even come close to fooling Einstein.

[@anitin2421]

Actually Einstein did't get fooled, he just acted as if he got fooled.. Only a Legend can do this👏

[@itzjasxn91]

NITIN ASALKAR there are many ways of being intelligent. Einstein was a scientist, not a magician, so he might have got fooled

[@Potatomatoo]

Cap

[@jaymike3302]

This wouldn't even come close to fooling Einstein.

[@Willesden_Rab1_TV]

albert einstein worked in a patent office as a clerk his theory of relativity is a theory / NOT fact - but whoever wants to believe einstein was a genius is free to do so

[@adamthaok5025]

Whats with the sad music

[@HarvoSpoon]

i don't know how to describe it

[@annereilley4892]

It's not really optional unless you want to lose the narration too.

[@hbcreates8355]

It’s the KZbinr using pathos

[@giovanni-hf9uo]

Kek

[@Bibibosh]

THIS THREAD IS FAF

[@YanVidz]

Einstein said that it's impossible because he assumed that the magician knew as much as Einstein did about the deck, and with only that knowledge it would be nearly impossible, but little did he know that the magician knew more about the deck than Einstein did, (the fact that there's an amount of bent cards to realize).

[@DylanLCutshall]

Fun fact, some people actually practice weighting different amounts of cards. What I'm saying is that this trick is possible without any setup, if you've practiced the weight of cards enough.

[@booper1896]

I guarantee you're wrong

[@wouterspijkman2246]

I waited for so long for you to release another video... not disappointed

[@oscar]

I’m glad you were not disappointed!

[@aquality8345]

I don't know your channel well, the video was pretty well done, but I don't really like the trick. Believe me or not I figured it out before the trick ended.

[@RickSunarMAGIC]

AQUAlity have u guess the method to ..n how was dis played to meet the result..??

[@youtubehelper3040]

Oscar Owen do u have Facebook

[@RickSunarMAGIC]

sniper lobby anyone want to exchange magic dvds i got lot of them

[@Cacuofa]

The risk of failure is very high with this one. First for your friend to cut under 20 although you ask for a small cut and then be fast and precise enough to cut exactly the marked cards

[@michaellewis7861]

52-Ceinstein=Cremaining Cremaining-C1=Cdiscarded Combining those two equations: 52-Ce-Cd=C1 52-Ce-C1=Cd C1-Ce-2-x=0 Ce+x=20 That is the system we get. So: Adding the systems we get, C1-2=20 C1=22 ------- Norming, 52-Ce-C1=Cd If C1=22, Then: 52-22-Ce=Cd 30-Ce=Cd The cards chosen must always be less than 30, but if C1 is 22, then certainly less than 2 minus that, ie. 20, and the difference between the amount of cards taken by Einstein and the packet put on the table must be 30. This is operating under the assumption that C1 is 22.

[@JoJo_727]

When he bend the card I said “ahh hell nah”

[@eloffski]

I Love Lolis wow

[@abdurrahmanjilani5931]

The mans voice and the simple yet classic effective background intense music slowly getting over with the cinematography just deserves an Oscar considering the amount of gear he used which u of course understand with his sub count quality of video ...

[@LinusKnight]

(beginning starts) me: (long exhale)..... “can you just show the fucking trick?..”

[@pixel0tt]

0:45 how did he do that

[@boogersauce7593]

“What you see is real,just don’t underestimate it”

[@prasadpadhye6123]

I love it! It's awesome the way you first tell a bit of history and then the trick. Keep up the work! I love the music in the background.

[@oscar]

Thanks mate!

[@giribalathomas3147]

The music's soooooo calming and relaxing

[@monkey.sanlang]

This presentation is legendary...well done mate🧡🤍💚

[@Akavall]

"I cannot plan to tell you how many card we both randomly cut off, but I can tell you the difference the number of cards that we both cut off". However, the answer is y = x + 2 + (x - 20) or y = 22, and x is irrelevant. Or in other words, "I can tell you how many cards I have, and that's it". It is hard to imagine that Einstein would not see this in a second.

[@red_dot_doc]

Brother I have a small improvment to this trick. We can simply avoid the '+2' cards. Just take and fold 20 cards instead of 22 cards in the beginning. Then while performing trick,you can say "I have the same number of cards as you have plus enough cards to make up to 20." We can simply avoid the use of that +2 cards;it feels unnecessary. I think that would make the trick more fun. People may get confused with the +2 cards. Hope you like it brother. Please reply me if you got it. Peace out :)

[@oscar]

The plus two makes the illusion harder to work out!

[@red_dot_doc]

@@oscar You are right brother...it makes it harder for the observer to guess the secret. Thanks for replying me though ;)

[@FlyingPhilUK]

Magician says: I don''t know how many cards you have picked, but I can tell you that I have 22 cards in my hand Albert Einstein (for it is he): Wow! That's an amazing trick! Now help me figure out Quantum Entanglement!

[@leroar7871]

0:22 *HIS NAME IS JOHN CINA*

[@alondravaladez7898]

Nigga that shit wasn’t funny those likes were probably some 3rd graders

[@jonjohn9930]

​@@alondravaladez7898 if you dont like the joke then dont judge the people who like it. I dont like your name, does that mean your parents are at 3rd graders level??

[@alondravaladez7898]

JON JOHN You stupid ass nigga if you don’t like my name Look at yours tf is JON JOHN

[@michaelwei2143]

I figured it out before he even revealed it. y = x+2+(20-x) y = 22 It doesn't matter what x is

[@peterpauldonoghue7024]

Provided X is less than 20 !!

[@mohindersingh7300]

This music actually freaks me out. Maybe because I am watching at night and I don't like sad music at night. Lol ♡

[@sushanth942]

Sir,Thank you very much I'm learning every card trick from your videos sir

[@ramaraksha01]

Why the +2? Wouldnt it work with just 20 or 30? I have as many cards as you have + enough left over to make 20 or 30?

[@whataloadofbollox]

it's great how AFTER watching the video, everyone's an Einstein and knows how it was done !

[@benjamingunderson774]

X+2+(20-x)=22 it doesn't matter how many cards they pick (as long as they don't grab more then 20), x. The equation works!

[@LittleMissLeared]

"Awww, shit. That be some sorcery, bruh!" - Albert Einstein

[@chrislesmana]

Next upcoming video: The Card Trick That Fooled Beetlejuice

[@abbasabbasli3460]

I solved it myself.lets say you chose X amount of cards.Then I say I have as much as yours which is X then +2 which is X+2 then as many cards to bring your cards to 20 that's (20-x)more cards.Then my deck will have X+2+(20-x)=22 cards.It doesn't matter how many you have.And magician could somehow get his deck to be 22cards

[@oscar]

Yep. Quick maths!

[@minhazrajib251]

Abbas Abbasli HAHA you see the blue highlighted part, if you click that, it brings you to a website

[@ninjason9-759]

Abbas Abbasli you know if you ignore the extra two, it’s literally just taking twenty cards, taking out whatever they have and putting the rest on theirs. It’s really obvious, you don’t need your 5th grade algebra 😂

[@ninjason9-759]

Abbas Abbasli they draw 4, you take out 4, put the other 16 on their 4

[@ninjason9-759]

Abbas Abbasli you’re kinda just switching decks. The extra +2 is just to distract

[@theamericanaromantic]

Oscar, while your trick is wonderful; I would very much appreciate if you replied with information about how you filmed the beautiful intro to this video? What camera/gear/editing software/effects/settings/plugin/lighting whatever you're willing to explain! It is stunning!

[@oscar]

Camera is a Nikon D7000. Shot in 1080p 25fps. Software is Premiere Pro and Aftereffects. The most important thing is lighting - get a scene - buy a set of lights and lay around until they loon great. I then shot the video in SLOG and edited the colours on premiere pro. I put it on after effects to add a few artificial light rays etc. Then added music and dramatic voice over after 💪🏻

[@anupamakerketta3246]

Oscar Owen is probably the best of all magicians

[@djcorehd932]

Well Einstein was right, he said "it's impossible to tell how many cards you have by just the weight". And it's true, the magic trick involved setting up and not actually telling by the weight.

[@forsakenmagic]

Not sure if the back story is true or not, but it doesn't matter because it makes for beautiful magic. Nice job!

[@fernandocovarrubiascomander]

Yea. Doesn’t matter how smart you are, you will be fooled.

[@easfgman4687]

Technically Einstein was correct when he said it isn't possible. Because the magician does not disclose all information about the deck. It's like saying "I bet I can put 30 grapes in my mouth", then u pull out a box of raisins and say "I told u I could do it".

[@pjlouarda2494]

When you speak in your video That makes it awesome

[@KINGTERRIFY420blazeit]

This is dope. Thanks a lot.

[@oscar]

Thanks bro 💪🏻

[@johncharlton8725]

Oscar.Sublime as always young sir.I also have been eagerly waiting for you to put up another video.Backgound music a pure delight.You know how to put a video together.Well done.

[@oscar]

Thanks so much. Your comment means a lot to me 😁

[@keironkbrown]

As soon at it started, I thought to myself, hmm, are those cards bent, or is it just me?

[@__-dd4du]

So what. Einstein may have been smart, but that doesn’t mean he couldn’t have been fooled by a magic trick.

[@DoFliesCallUsWalks]

Im just loooooove how videos like this begin

[@darrenyu6181]

I saw the gap while you were doing the trick, 0:48. I questioned it.

[@oscar]

Hmm

[@user-ci9te3yt6t]

The easiest way to perform this trick is that you don't have to count of and pend 22 cards but you do tell the spectator to take punch cards less than half of the cards or as much as 20 cards. As he takes some cards look at his cards carefully (without letting him to notice that) to make sure he took less than 20 cards then take more cards than he took. After that tell that you will only count your pile, and for example you got 27 cards and you think that your spectator has less cards than 24, pick up your pile and pick up his pile and feel how much heavy they're (pretending to be weighting the cards), put down the two piles and say like this; "I have as many cards as you plus 3 and the rest will make your pile 24". If he has 18 you put 18 from yours plus 3 and the rest which is 6 will make his cards 24.

[@alexismandelias]

I figured it out in a couple of minutes using maths. I thought that if Einstein would take one less, the performer would need one more to reach 20. So all you have to do is make sure that you have 22 cards

[@sohamganguly3015]

Your tricks are always mind blowing

[@miabellerosie]

I really love watching this channel , it makes me want to do a magic trick too

[@mrbenwong86]

If anyone ask me to cut the deck, I will ask let me shuffle the deck first.

[@uhsi530]

What was the fucking point in setting up the projector??

[@cerouxaud1492]

Atmosphere, you know.

[@oscar]

Exactly

[@johncharlton8725]

Been Trill .Are you kidding me!!!.You must have as much interlect as a soggy turd.

[@drtroyturner7464]

Ceroux Aud Yea, right. He's being a Meanie. This whole thing was well done and intriguing rather than just spitting out the trick. The Einstein story could be made up but doesn't matter. They could've said Houdini, Freud, Lincoln or Patton.

[@uhsi530]

John Charlton 30 other people agree with me so

[@farhaankhan9916]

He takes the small tricks to the next level with the help of his intro, s..... Amazing intro, s. Love your intro s.....

[@philipnguyen3107]

Great trick. Thanks🎯

[@mrbenwong86]

Einstein is very good in maths, this is not some delusion that require quick hands, it is simple counting trick, if should take Einstein seconds to work out.

[@maxdurk4624]

Ben Wong It IS a delusion. It literally involves bending cards to cheat.

[@dukestreetking75]

Einstein "was" ... would be more accurate.

[@RickSunarMAGIC]

But dont get mistaken of the power of simple things .. Magic principle is based on simplicity yet it fooling people over the ages

[@_J.F_]

Einstein has been dead for ages so I don't think that he will be working anything out anymore.

[@geraldsembrana5169]

I just fooled my math teacher on this card trick....thanks

[@droger00]

What you are basically saying: "I have 22 cards on this pile", but indirectly. This sentence: "I have as many cards as you plus enough to bring your total to 20." is equal to this one: "I have 20 cards" . Some people might get what you are saying. That 'two extra cards' part is here just for that reason and it did fool me!

[@MrLaPrune1337]

Everyone gets confused with something doesn’t mater how smart you are you will always get confused 😐

[@harshrathod]

It just fooled my friend Great video sir

[@weamhaleemi4984]

name of background music please ?

[@barrowsb]

A mathematician should have been able to figure part of the trick out. As soon as you said how many cards you had my mind immediately went: spectator has X cards. Magician has X + 2 + (20 - X) which of course solves to 22. So I knew the magician somehow made sure that he would always cut 22 cards off the bottom, but, not being a magician, I was not sure how he accomplished that. And I suspect that Einstein probably would not have been able to figure it out either, especially since he is not given the chance to inspect the cards before the magician either removes the "bow" he put in the bottom 22 cards, or gives the deck a real shuffle..

[@stefan_dumitru]

Would it work without the +2???

[@stefan_dumitru]

Of course it will.. why am I so stupid? But why though? Just to add a little extra for the effect?

[@therandomchicken6517]

Just because you’re smart in science doesn’t mean you’re smart in magic tricks

[@hendwigames]

What is the name of the background music? That's sooo calming!

[@truxtenspangler]

A number of people have asked in the comments but none of these have been replied to - Come on Oscar why is this a secret???

[@daniyalss]

Nice trick to fool my friends 😂😂😂

[@oscar]

It is!

[@Justin-bb2hj]

I noticed the gap in the card immediately and although I didn’t know exactly how I knew it had something to do with the trick

[@sully6114]

Does anybody know the title of the music in the background?

[@Meowsciles]

Bro made this 5 years ago and it’s still 🔥

[@gmsleepless6530]

Oscar can you tell me the song name please ?

[@joelchrono]

Damn, you are the new Xavier Perret

[@oscar]

Thanks mam that means a lot.

[@ethancraig4554]

The quality of this vid made me give u a sub bro

[@AndrewVasirov]

x+2+20-x=22 I got it. It's similar to that "think about a number then do these mathematical operations".

[@daau9900]

Hey Oscar.....Thanx☺️

[@zipg246]

My father was a magician. When I was a child he asked our family if we wanted to see a magic trick. Then he disappeared from our lives forever.

[@nikolaspappas5763]

It was such an easy trick to come up with, I could see the break before hand and I figured out the way on my own,It was a nice little trick for beginners but when I read the title I expected something far better than that

[@riverraisin1]

Well, you're no Einstein! 🤣🤣

[@TyTimeIsAwesome]

After this Einstein became obsessed with how it was done. This eventually led him to the Theory of Relativity and other famous equations such as E= MC^2.

[@drtroyturner7464]

Love the Mystery to this before even seeing the trick.

[@vintageitems9847]

this seems like its wrong, I did it 100rd times, and NEVER got it up to 20, I did it with 9, and didnt get to 20, 19, but never ever 20, I even did 21 Instead of 22 and still never worked, what am I doing wrong, do I need to add the joker in?

[@yamerabufakher4854]

U can go with this trick further... 1 just don't bend the whole 22 cards .bend the corner of the 20th card from the bottom .... 2 ask him to choose any number between 15 and 25 .. 3 . Secretly steal from the bottom pile enough cards to make a total of the chosen number if it is less than 20 , feel lucky if it is 20, or simply pinky break enough cards from the top to make the total of that number an perform a classic pass ... now all of this is done while u r just introducing the trick and talking about the birth of the universe.. So technically you are ready to perform without any slight of hand techniques while they are watching ...( remember talking abt gravity from the beginning?). .... Now you have more cards than he does to make a total of [the chosen number ]... If u r afraid they gonna cut more than the chosen number. (...) .. Then work it for yourself ...am not gonna give the law and tell you how to apply it. Good luck.

[@annefrank5460]

Do you have any jokers in the pack of cards when you preformed the trick

[@KingX-tz2tk]

Thank you for showing me this and i did that magic to my Friends and they all got Fooled😂 Thank you I finally made my Friends in shock because of you❤

[@farhanhanavi3623]

whats the music ? please reply, i would've be very happy

[@zipg246]

What baffled me is the fact that you said the spectator cut off 15 cards before you even counted them. But I'm guessing that this wasn't recorded using a live voice. You recorded it, then wrote your script.

[@oscar]

Yep exactly

[@nmaurok]

What's up with the sad music? lol

[@philipnguyen3107]

Mourning Einstein.

[@billprindle1613]

Nicely done. Great effect, clearly presented.

[@blipco5]

As soon as I hear "legend has it" it is proof it never happened.

[@cloudjar5173]

I was really amazed by your trick. Oscar, where do you live.

[@georgegrigoriu5114]

I swear I'm telling the truth and I'm not trying to be a wise ass, but I would have chosen only ONE card from the top. I wonder how that would have went. All the best, great channel.

[@dowaliby1]

It still would have worked. After the cutting procedure, he always has 22 cards in his hand. He says, "I have as many cards as you." (So he deals 1 card on to the table). He says, "I have 2 cards left over." (Thus he deals 2 cards on to the table). He now has 19 cards remaining in his hand. Those 19 cards, when added to your 1 card = 20.

[@leomesspidey2825]

Wow amazing trick blown my mind and your explanation is too good keep it up

[@sohamganguly3015]

The next trick- the trick that fooled Johnny Sins!

[@alainjames9556]

"Legend has it" that this trick fooled Einstein. Your source?

[@riverraisin1]

John Legend

[@carloscasillero4422]

Legend has it! Meaning you made it up

[@nodeathu]

Does this mean that Oscar is now the smartest person to ever walk the Earth?

[@geeksaga6400]

It's like saying "The scientific equation that Penn and Teller couldn't understand"

[@jasonirelan1737]

Do you know any tricks that fooled David Kotkin(Copperfield)?

[@ojassahu6282]

The music and your voice can really help me sleep.

[@makeouthill1714]

Did you have every card in the deck or did you take out some cards?

[@stankolodin5586]

"But how tho?" and "What did I miss?" was what I was thinking after watching the vid. I don't understand how the second part of the trick works? plz send help

[@alanshinall6851]

this is a great trick - I love to see card trick by Oscar