The Carbonaro Effect - Girl Genius Revealed

[@BurgerSliderMan]

"she's very observant" Girl "sure, let's go with that"

[@cinemaparadiso5402]

I miss my mom and dad .. they always defended me 😢.. people remember to be nice, forgiving AND PATIENT with your parents 😊❤️☮️

[@robbybush6489]

How was the little girl in on it though? Like how'd she know the right numbers to say

[@strawberttt]

she wasn’t in on it, they simply swapped out the cards

[@mr_smell_nice]

Obvious fake "Reality TV" yet again: The multiple camera angles, panning in/out that can only be done by a real time camera operator, voice audio you can only get by using mics or a sound boom... Come on people, surely you can see this is about as real as the Kardashians, surely?

[@0megacron]

I love the fact that throughout the entire thing, the little genius has this expression on her face that screams "What the hell is going on right now?".

[@RealityFragment]

Iiiii 0:00 j

[@ritchiedee6210]

shes a great actress for sure.

[@leeleevu]

He just shattered this moms hopes and dreams that her daughter is a genius...

[@floatingfish2415]

1:49 The child crying in the back round represents the Mom's internal screaming

[@andrewmakasini4054]

“She’s very observant.” - confident mother

[@sculter8]

Part and parcel of how the con artist screws over people. First you build "con"fidence and rapport with the duped, you use magician tricks to manipulate or to create a "reality" that is in fact false and untrue, (with the help of the duped), and then move in for the kill, i.e. the sale of a worthless junk Flashcard Kit, to "exercise and improve the child's natural intellectual abilities", so they can then realize their fullest potential.

[@serious.business]

"She's very observant..." - confident mother **child exhibits geniusness** "Wait, what?" - mother who didn't actually believe what she said

[@cheetahobx]

Too bad the mom is/wasn't......LOL

[@coversbymikaila]

sculter8 HE’S NOT A CON ARTIST!!!!!!! HE’S A MAGICIAN

[@themediators5338]

Kudos to the woman for sticking to what she knew as a child psychologist. Awesome episode!

[@Chandrika-22]

Yes .. as a child psychologist she proved she knew nothing.

[@DeletedProgramming]

@@Chandrika-22 😆

[@sinclairj7492]

All women think they’re child psychologists

[@nummers6337]

@@sinclairj7492 ….but this one is? What’s your point?

[@sinclairj7492]

@@nummers6337 That all women think they know everything

[@klienmurollo8395]

I loved this lady. You can tell she’s a great mom

[@huskiehuskerson5300]

Building up your kid's ego, yes great mom

[@lilzenwi6714]

@@huskiehuskerson5300 building their self confidence not ego

[@boydhorning1830]

Yep, 4 minute segment, you can tell she's a great mom. I guess possible, because with one 3 second comment, I can tell you're an idiot.

[@petergriffiinbirdistheword]

That little girl felt so special for 15 minutes until she found out it was a prank. 😂

[@wittekPL]

She clearlu felt confused

[@cool-as-cucumber]

It has happened to me

[@sandlotkrew8778]

Yeah... Realized she was just a loser like the rest of the other kids in her class.

[@Painter2828]

You kill me 🤣🤣🤣

[@uberofficial11]

It always last a few moments until the glitch is revealed

[@Tampabayraysgirl]

I read 'girl genius', and was waiting for the little girl to hand him back a completely solved Rubik's cube.

[@1970Lainie]

It's really not that hard to solve one

[@omarpena827]

yea right!!

[@breannaspringer8947]

Anyone can solve a Rubik’s cube

[@pinchopaxtonsgreatestminds9591]

That's the easy way, but a genius solves it muddled up. You try making that pattern that the girl made.

[@alanacartes3382]

Tara Donahue , RIGHT!

[@Kz3andMore]

Mom: “She is very observant” Girl: “Eh... ok mom..”

[@shresthapuja]

🤣

[@firebirdude2]

Apparently mom isn't very observant. Daughter was able to slip away and be in on the joke.

[@The1stDukeDroklar]

hahahah btw

[@legalfictionnaturalfact3969]

Moms tend to know whether their kids are observant or not. Listen to Mom's talk and they will say their kids are either very observant or very unobservant or somewhere in the middle. Try not to get too hung up on your Envy of other people's kids Karen. Lol :-)

[@edenschannel101]

@@legalfictionnaturalfact3969 i-

[@brka7551]

Best part is that he is as nice in real life as he is on the show. Knew him years ago, casually, thru a mutual friend. Very nice man. Kind, gentle soul.

[@trufflz]

I really do appreciate that the Mom trusts her instincts and never stops questioning what's happening, haha. Some people just fall into that ego trap of assuming they're too stupid to understand.

[@kriever]

She's a child psychologist, and would have known it if that was a thing.

[@huskiehuskerson5300]

That mom is not good building her kid's ego like that

[@tfrank2695]

Lol, she just knows for fact that even genius can't solve problems if they dont even knnow the formalism of it, I'm pretty sure the girl didn't even know what a root square was.

[@Refulgent_Rascal]

She's in her ego by thinking her "education" knows everything and cannot accept what reality was showing her regardless.

[@jarodgarza9955]

My favorite part of this show is how he bullshits his way through the tricks. Its crazy how he can just improv really plausible explanations that leave people bewildered. I love the puzzled looks on people faces when they're seeing something occur but they know they shouldn't be believing it.

[@ssimon64]

Jarod Garza Yeah, it's a great show haha

[@fatdad64able]

Jarod Garza : I am so glad it wasn't the girl and her dad. He woul have shot his wife for cheating with Stephen Hawking.

[@ChristianZambrana-v1x]

He makes it seem so logical when its not.

[@hokemtokem7220]

Jarod Garza he bullshits us, it’s all obviously acted out and faked.

[@georgetzokas7192]

i hope you know its fake and you are just joking about it.

[@treyark49]

The little girl's face reactions are priceless

[@luval3506]

I thought the title meant the kid figured out his magic trick.

[@andyz3925]

Me being a fan of this show I figured (after reading the title) ah finnaly someone was not made a fool.

[@InevitableTruthTeller]

Me too. Damn trolls.

[@bpogueg2]

That’s what I was hoping for.

[@donutlionn1477]

Mee 2

[@pVrocker95]

Same.

[@knux5796]

that little girl looks so spaced out like, wtf is going on😂

[@moncorp1]

3:19 Mom ~ "I don't understand." Daughter ~ "Of course you don't understand mom. Its because I'm a genius and you're not."

[@valentinadennis7280]

lmao

[@plasmaj4377]

Someone watchs rick and morty

[@smissions7340]

+moncorp1 Inc geniuses make complicated things simple. If you can't understand him, he's not a genius :)

[@quasarproductions2690]

More like shes a psychotic female David blaine. Audrey gives me the creeps.

[@deejaydfc]

Or more like "How the heck am I doing this?" Is what I read on her face. 😂

[@michaelbausachverstandiger5172]

I hope this mother from time to time remembers that feeling when she thought her daughter is a genius and she gives her a little boost on self-esteem as if she was that genius. Could work wonders for both of them, their lives and relationship.

[@Maxim.Teleguz]

I seek that boost everyday. But since not a lot of people recognize I need it, I just give it to them instead.

[@thebatwholaughs3168]

She’s very observant haha the little girl didn’t know what was going on

[@solomonaryeetey7370]

cody rodriguez hahahaha

[@cmartichickm6812]

TheBatWho LaughsOO lmao

[@immanuellasker4273]

I think she knew it exactly as it was clearly set up. She is very cute and funny.

[@williammosley6327]

o.○

[@faafafineartist]

the girl didn't care

[@valvenator]

You can tell by the look on the little girls face when she handed back the 'locked' cube that she knew something funny was up and she just played along. Just watch when her mom questions her, she has that same smirk on her face. No child's dream was shattered in the making of this video.

[@MerrieLovesGod]

How did the girl know to say the numbers 4 and 12?

[@Alexdelarge1975]

@@MerrieLovesGod The girls sees cards with numbers (resp. 4 and 12) but I do not know how the man switches the cards.

[@abcabcq313]

This guy is the king of pranks 😂

[@RichardAlsenz]

King of fraud:?)

[@trollwayy5981]

You know all of these are fake, right?

[@timandrews406]

King of wasted time

[@Logger1010]

@@trollwayy5981 the reactions are real

[@Reliscian]

or the mother just the queen of idiots

[@kai223noa6]

He would make a good politician, cause he can just confuse people with BS.

[@yapandasoftware]

Well just half of them anyway.

[@daviehenry265]

I vote for him as the president of the United States of America.

[@PoloMFKing]

Like tRUMP right?

[@zaphodbeeblebrox7916]

The first POTUS from Qliphoth realms of evil

[@commonsense3673]

I'm sure he is related to Trump somehow 😂

[@TampaTec]

😆 everything she learned in college just throw it out the window .

[@flesme911]

haha learn without learning

[@rychew1280]

It depends on the degree. Women's study, yes, throw it out. Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics are relevant degrees.

[@NickRoman]

Yeah, at least she wasn't buying it that easily in spite of not understanding what was going on.

[@cliffords2315]

good, they teach nothing but Junk in College

[@lynnlynn9124]

Clifford S, exactly! That's why you and your family should only see medical doctors that have never had a day of schooling. They will help you way more than the idiots who studied.

[@icecat2009]

I'm glad nobody was waiting in line behind them.

[@DavinStewart]

4:16 I'm Michael Carbonaro and I just crushed your daughters dreams of being a genius!

[@alexcrowder1673]

You never know, it could have left her determined to prove him wrong. Something that crushes one persons spirit could be ultimate motivation to another person. Kinda like how some people get told they are fat and give up on losing weight, and others are told they are fat and go on to become a model or fitness guru etc.

[@Grimfed]

The mom looked jealous that her daughter knew them

[@ThePepe969]

nah she looked happy knowing she's getting paid for doing this

[@videoeffectstutor]

+jay lay Even though I disagree, THAT WAS GENIUS xD

[@ADT2695]

+Quinton_360. Nah. You're just unable to discern a psychologists' demeanor between someone who isn't one.

[@ADT2695]

+Jay lay;+AHDProductions. I doubt you get paid, just a signing of a waiver for express-written consent. And no, it wasn't "GENIUS XD".

[@thsscapi]

I said she was a school psychologist. I think she was just fascinated by this concept, and the fact that she hasn't seen anything even remotely close to this. Seems like they found the perfect person to fool.

[@kingj6753]

The mom was mad AF the kid was gettin all the answers right and she was wrong

[@seredithsubs2356]

whats af mean sorry

[@matthedgehog14]

kcuf sa

[@seredithsubs2356]

+Duckie our lord and savior ohh lol

[@gillian4683]

she wasn't mad. she was confused

[@lapacesiaconvoi]

i am getting 15 for the equation. how is it 12?

[@seededsoul]

The kid’s like, “Uhhh...just gimme my dam temporary tattoos!”

[@diyboomboxesintexas2805]

She was " damn" smart

[@LydsVyds]

I knew it was 4 and 12! it was just a gut feeling

[@DCM8828]

I guessed 4 and 15. Since I am 71 it must be the geezerly-carbonaro effect.

[@marcatomusic9036]

Same here... I was actually looking through the comment section to see if I was alone... strange.

[@luchalerae7687]

Stfu you liar

[@Miss_GiggleFarts]

@@luchalerae7687 you are insanely dumb. Mathematically it's highly improbable (possibly impossible) that no one that has seen this video would straight up guess 4 & 12, whether or not they had the subconscious ability to answer one or both with skill rather than luck is debatable, regardless some people *are* going to give the right answer straight up calling people liars on a 3 month old video without any proof or logic is just mathematically nescient

[@ASDF-mb8we]

I guessed 4 and 6.

[@5656Dana]

That kid screaming in the background

[@fandomfreak3657]

+5656Dana™ ikr??

[@Brian-rr9kk]

+5656Dana™ thats how you know this show is real

[@sadie4201]

I know I said shut up out loud! Haha lol

[@zainnnzy]

DEAD

[@unicornsarelife4669]

DM Productions I'M DEAD XDDDDDDDDD OMG

[@MegaMAWG]

I love Michael and this show. Hadn't seen this clip yet and so the weird part for me was when he showed the equation, the first number I thought of was 12! I freaked myself out a little when he revealed the answer!! One of the most original magicians to come along in a while. LOVE IT!

[@johnnyquest6115]

Oh, Ron, I know exactly what you're talking about. And that girl is really cute!

[@PUTRiDLegacy]

@@johnnyquest6115 why you referring to him on a first name basis 😭

[@gblargg]

0 or 1 would be a better guess. Lots of things equal that.

[@ddebenedictis]

@@PUTRiDLegacy Oh Rocky, why not?

[@sidvicious332]

I love Michael too!!! He's awesome!!!!!

[@chrisackerley1842]

Audrey is one exceptionally bright, and adoreable young lady! Her parents should be very proud of her!

[@StephFrandsen]

Lol, I believe if I met Carbonaro myself, I'd play along as though I didn't recognize him ;-)

[@codyray2818]

+Jellybean Frandsen I'd find someone who'd never seen him and lead them over

[@StephFrandsen]

That's not something I thought of actually. That would work if it were a scene where it's not subjective. He often is in situations where there is nobody else nearby. That's when I'd just give the satisfaction people are wanting to see.

[@menwithmouths.8944]

Me too.

[@bria8519]

Me to but try not to freak out because im on tv and he is famous

[@howdoyoudeleteuraccountple374]

Ikr same

[@darkamyntas3820]

Since the girl obviously didn't memorize her Rubik's Cube, he had to have switched it when he took it back to one that was pre-aligned to look like the big one. There's nothing "fake" here, just simple misdirection. Love this guy lol

[@robertvermillion6816]

I'd have come to this conclusion sooner if I hadn't been in such denial that this was real and un-rehearsed. Now that I think I see what he's doing, I do believe this could be done with no prior setup.

[@darkamyntas3820]

Well either way we both just "think" about how this is done. Ultimately it doesn't really fucking matter.

[@robertvermillion6816]

Alex Cambron Nope, but it's still fun :).

[@mikeworkman3593]

Alex Cambron When he showed the girl the cards, notice it was away from the camera, and also the little girl was trying not to laugh and smile the whole time. Well when SHE saw the card, he revealed something the hard the number one it, then quickly hid it. Then the cube, it was just slight of hand, OR the cube only moved a couple of times and would lock up. Not to hard really.

[@robertvermillion6816]

I think that's exactly it. The girl saw something different than the mother and we did which was why he had to ditch it so fast. And I go for the cube switch theory for the finisher :-).

[@rivabenzikri77]

He is brilliant have been watching him since day one.still cannot understand how he stops himself from cracking up laughing.

[@andyz3925]

Especially when he feeds more into it by responding around the questions they ask him. That gets me laughing nearly every time.

[@OI814U2C]

When he says he magician, the poor kids looking around like "You mean I'm not super smart!!".

[@Nolan_Hall]

at 2:16 the kid looks scared XD

[@fatloser7244]

At least she's honest. Other people are like, "yeah, I've totally heard about the Carbonaro Effect,....uhhhh what is it?"

[@jjmfour2049]

I thought I've heard about it before lol I was wrong

[@bornvillain6819]

Lol... Yea totally smh... I'm one of those people. 🤔

[@jacobreuter]

My favorite part of this show is the gaslighting XD He's so good at just BSing his way through it

[@OPTIONALWATCH]

🤣🤣🤣I'm laughing when she said I'm a school psychologist.

[@IB-eg9xo]

What's there to laugh? The lady is clearly mystified

[@marisabeltran3084]

Some people don't get "irony"🤣🤣🤣🤣 that was the funniest part.

[@ALANLEEY]

Mom is disappointed now her kid didn't answer the equation lol

[@tacoemporium2500]

+Gunner's Channel who the duck says duck anymore?

[@tacoemporium2500]

wow thanks for making me feel stupid (:

[@armavirus]

Actually she did. The correct answer is 12.

[@joshthemyth1]

she was fooled awesome. the school psychology specialist had to question her practice a few mins lol.

[@bmarin3339996]

Carbonaro: "we were rehearsing all week last week" :D Mom: "um wut.?" ._.

[@harryhood3548]

This trick can be done without having met either the mother or daughter previously.

[@bassett-AR15]

Guy tried to convince her nd did nice job but mother knows what he was saying dosnt makes sense, smart lady.

[@keerthana7353]

What a great confidence booster she could have grown up thinking she could do anything.

[@kdsupreme5176]

i like how when he asks if people heard of the cabonaro effect they say no and he gets mad no one watches his show

[@rsgpandskilling]

i love the part at the end were he's like we were rehursing all last week, then hes all like "no no no' xD cracks me up every time and puts me in a good moood

[@sird5104]

As incredible as this might be, the equation has 3 possible solutions and they are: 1): x = 3.0622, 2): x = 7.6397, and, 3): x = 12

[@lagrangiankid378]

Approximately yes. There's excact solutions, but they are really ugly.

[@radiostation6366]

I would have just solved the cube, put it down, and got all the questions wrong.

[@BooBaddyBig]

Good luck with trying to solve a cube that was glued into position. But even if you got all the questions wrong, they just wouldn't have shown it.

[@jamesvan2201]

BooBaddyBig how was it glued? Watch right before he hands it to her, 00:27 it was almost matched and he twisted and turned it before he handed it to her... So did he sneak and place super glue on it real quick? Sleight of hand I suppose.

[@jungleno.]

Probably a trick cube...no matter how many moves, every side will be the same.

[@sweetkittykat2000]

The girl was trying to move it in her hands and couldn't after he initially mixed it up. Look back at the video, you don't see her move it from the positions he placed them in once after it is handed to her. He solved it to exactly match the model cube lmao it's a trick cube.

[@joefadda578]

simple: its a sleight of hand trick, 2 cubes(3 counting the large one), the display that he rotates to show it can in fact be rotated, then the second cube with the solved sides fixed in place then gets swapped in place of the real one. The same can be done with the flash cards and a bit of paper hidden in the palm of his hand or between the card and a false backing of said card.

[@angelica3744]

The woman must've been pretty disappointed when she found out her daughter wasn't really a genius lol.

[@MachineGunMouth]

lol exactly same thing I was thinking

[@tiffanyrena]

I didn't want to say it. I thought it might sound mean 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@EpicBunty]

+Angelica Guerrero I think she was more relieved that her daughter wasn't smarter than her like the know it all little devil she was!

[@myoniesherrie527]

So the kid isn't a genius, he's just a good magician.

[@headlesschicken99]

Power of suggestion

[@UmarRosyad]

Mom questioning her Psycology degree lol

[@12mrmajestic]

The little girl looks like Dakota Fanning early 2,000's.

[@AustinKoleCarlisle]

yeah but look at her future, *woof*.

[@casualweekday-ytshadowbang2469]

@@AustinKoleCarlisle A quote from Al Bundy?

[@joep3279]

Are we putting commas in years now? Lol

[@lindahandley5267]

Yes, and I think she looks like Leah and Jeremy's daughter, Addie, on Teen Mom.

[@1989NickyD]

@@AustinKoleCarlisle "take a gander into the seat next to you if you wanna see what your future looks like."

[@whysoserious4274]

Little girl's looking at her mom like " You'll never know my secret "

[@mustangmikep51]

can you say "intuition"...young kids still have for a few years till their "ruined" by the "limits"+ B.S. society puts on them...then they "dumb up" like the rest of us

[@whysoserious4274]

@@mustangmikep51 that a question or a statement?

[@mustangmikep51]

@@whysoserious4274 I believe it was a stating of facts..but thanks for asking...

[@MIKUIEL]

@@mustangmikep51 what about doctors, engineers and nuclear physicists then?

[@mustangmikep51]

@@MIKUIEL what do they have to do with intuition? intellect has nothing to do with it...its outside of the "matrix" we are living in and young children are still OPEN to a realm of endless possibilities....since they just recently came from that place e.g. the "other side"...

[@ned_biggs]

I've been watching these for years and have never once seen someone say they've heard of The Carbonaro Effect...

[@lac2275]

"instead of letting them know they are born knowing", only mr.carbonaro could say this with a straight face 😂

[@ZekeSage3]

lol the look on the girl's face. She's a forced accomplish in trolling her mom

[@generichouse]

Isaac Kim accomplice*

[@eclipsespilce]

*accomplice

[@spicybrain4451]

*accomplice

[@TheHomeExpert5]

The gentleman actually does make a point in that kids are much smarter before they learn the processes of solving problems in many cases. Our curiosity and Imagination are discouraged by society's developed teaching methods.

[@DavyBrando]

Just the type of nonsensical dross one would expect to see from the big-brain KZbin commenters.

[@philipsuskin6843]

Davy Franck hahahah you’re too right 🤣 I like your style

[@NicksMagicstorytime]

Poor school psychologist. He was blowing her mind. Everything she knew was cast in question. Hilarious.

[@Raison_d-etre]

+Phloid82 Nah. What I saw was someone who knew that she wasn't being told the whole truth. She never bought into his lie, unlike the less educated and more gullible people on the show.

[@NicksMagicstorytime]

+Reason I agree. Her training was definitely resisting. She didn't buy it, but it was messing with her.

[@stanstanly3812]

We saw Michael perform in Vegas a few months back. Wonderful show with a very funny ending that included a lot of shaving cream!

[@jn___livecast6449]

"we tricked you, your daughter isn't really smart" lol

[@MikeTheMGTOWMonk]

I'm dead af

[@Vision_Voyagers]

After he reveles that they are on the show why everybody says "no" I would be like yeah that make sense now.

[@rise73g75]

Mom: "Sorry Im just here to buy my daughter a toy, not let a grown man tell me Im dumber than her."

[@wiretamer5710]

Not everyone is as insecure as you imagine them to be.

[@rise73g75]

I think the guy at the register was doing a great job, he showed good sportsmanship so Idk what you mean.

[@joescaletta4913]

be dumb Dumb is fun Be a bimbo believe everything you see on tv

[@mynameisgladiator1933]

You again. Your hair is on MY monitor. How rude!

[@sanuhara1375]

Her: "I'm a school phycologist" Crew: "Michael, abort.. abort..."

[@kigozimuhammad]

and thats how he reacted after being told

[@cherilynnecesario5873]

He actually did🤣

[@raycope2086]

Made me smile. Little Audrey and her mum were lovely people. I wish them rainbows.

[@chris_tzikas]

Though, despite it being a show, what he said about children is true. Not that all of them are geniuses, but their thought process is much more original than an adult's. And then, at school, we teach them how to think by forcing them to do things one way and one way only and not use their brain to think.

[@ItsNessaTho]

@@kaprio551 lol same here i drew grey diagonal stripes as rain and she said i should draw them as blue drops...bruh 🤦🏾‍♀️and then I explained that it was raining hard that's why i drew stripes and she yelled at me for that 😑 I was like 5 btw

[@ItsNessaTho]

@@kaprio551 exactly lmao 😂

[@realdiamondshow]

What utter drivel. A child is not born understanding Algebra, trigonometry etc.

[@chris_tzikas]

@@realdiamondshow As far as we know, yes, they're not born with such understanding. Though, that was not what I meant.

[@FubarGuy666]

@@kaprio551 I guess your parents were supportive because they know the majority of teachers are incompetent and should not be allowed to walk a dog, let alone brainwash kids to be as dumb as they are.

[@MrWiner222]

notice how the camera never shows the card when the girl sees it, the card must be switched

[@mikezheng33]

But the math equation was right and we saw it

[@firstnamelastname4752]

It never shows the math card and the girl at the same time. Pay attention to the editing.

[@blazayblazay8888]

winer222 Hmmm seems like you're the genius

[@myhappyplace2949]

Firstname Lastname The answer is twelve though.

[@TylerLL2112]

My Happy Place Is it really?

[@anonymousinternet8183]

The little is so cute. She does not care about all that has happened.that is cutest thing

[@alcyone9361]

I have a granddaughter the same age as this little girl and she got called up on stage at a holiday show last week and we have a video of it. The guy was a sort of magician and made balloon animals...that kind of thing for the kids. He ask her to name any animal and he'd make it for her. He was probably expecting her to say "dog" or "cat", You should see his reaction when she said, "spider monkey". The entire place went crazy.

[@cinemaparadiso5402]

=D

[@XaeeD]

There are indeed four apples on the card. When he shows the mom the card, and asks her "what number would you say", he signals with his hand towards her, briefly but very obviously putting one finger up as he asks the question. This is a very simplistic way of manipulating people's thoughts, but apparently it works. I used to do something similar as a kid; using a specific word in the question that sounded a lot like the number I was 'predicting', and using seemingly insignificant pauses, with the right timing and tone, I found out that most people would fall for it. They'd 'think' of a random number, but in most instances they thought of the number that I briefly but very clearly highlighted in the question. The mom says one because he shows her one finger. It's not a random number as such, she's just very easy to manipulate. When it's the daughter's turn, he doesn't do the hand-gesture, but instead holds the card up with four fingers facing her. The thumb is on the back of the card. It's a weird way of holding a card. Normally, you'd make like a fist and hold the card between thumb and index in the center of the bottom; the way a soccer ref holds up a red card. But he very obviously places four fingers right on the front of the card, so that they're very clearly visible to her. She says four, I think.. wasn't too clear to me what she uttered. The calculation trick seems quite difficult to pull off, and I'm not entirely sure how it's done. The mom is staring at the problem, trying to make sense of it, and her focussing on the symbols and numbers is kind of the point, I believe. The answer she gives is irrelevant, even though there was a small chance that she would've said 12 by mere coincidence. When he shows the daughter the card, the girl isn't considering the calculation. She doesn't know these symbols, but she's probably old enough to know that 15 - 3 = 12. She recognizes the minus symbol, while ignoring all other unfamiliar symbols, and because what she sees on the top of the card is 15 = - 3, it's probable that she extracts those numbers and symbols and gets 12 as a result. The mom is trying to interpret the problem, because she does recognize all of those other symbols, whereas the child does not, so what the child sees (i.e. notices) and what the mom sees is different. I find this quite interesting. The final trick is probably just him getting them to focus on the big colorful object while he quickly grabs a hidden rubix cube that matches the big one. All in all, it's pretty obvious what's happening here, and I wouldn't have fallen for it, but I think he did great. Nice, natural presentation. Some of the things he said were very nonsensical. Children are born knowing? Lol. They're not. We come into the world devoid of knowledge. And intuition (or gut feeling, or instinct) is rejected as a source of knowledge because it's not objectively verifiable. If I was being told that, it would immediately cause me to pay extra close attention to what this guy is saying and doing.

[@nickfriend3629]

....you're right, I remember reading a while back about, “ suggestive hand gestures“ Magicians were also included in the article too.

[@lawrenceshdow]

And its even easier because it's a television show; so they tried the trick on 100 people and the only one that worked perfectly was aired (after editing out anything that would tip off the audience). Just saying; I've worked in television. Never trust it.

[@Onurb2821]

The cards one he probably just hides the answer with his hand when showing to the mom and when he shows it to the kid he changes his hand position. When I worked with kids party we used this trick. Most kids get along with the act pretty quick, specially when they understand that they're tricking adults, they become instant sidekicks to the performance. And you probably would be fooled too because people like him are professionals in getting your attention, no matter how smart you are. That's why they choose these public places where people let their guard down instead of openly saying they are magicians and start raising suspicions. We know it's a trick so we start paying attention to other details, but when we are in a conversation with a cashier we tend to focus on other things.

[@caidentaft6440]

this is better explanation than what other people were saying i’ve been looking because watching the video i said 4 and 12 too and it freaked me out cuz idk how i did but most people watching didn’t do that i’ve only seen two other people comment they got it right too that’s crazy

[@tiranito2834]

I've got a far easier explanation. This is all actually faked. The equation one is a dead giveaway because you cannot solve it analytically, it requires a numeric approximation to obtain the result 12, which means that this problem was either solved correctly by pure guess and they just tried this on multiple kids till they got one that replied what they wanted, or they are clearly just acting.

[@GippyHappy]

The girl is me when I guess a question and get it right

[@gokulr1989]

Than the pranks, love the chap talking , that confident !!!!! LMAO

[@fandomfreak3657]

love the screaming kid in thee background. -_-

[@greyvandegraaf5246]

12 is actually the right answer

[@wiretamer5710]

According to many people on this string, 12 is not the right answer.

[@shmot3392]

Yes, 12 is the right answer, BUT, if you watch the video carefully, you see they inserted a clip when he is showing the math problem to them. The card is probably not the one that was originally showed to them, but one that corresponds the the answer 12. If you look at the placement of Michael's right hand, the thumb is about at the point where the space is between the top and the bottom parts of the question mark. Then when they go back to the original footage, his hand is in a different position on the card. Later in the video, they use the equation that is shown in that added clip.

[@KrumelmonsterLP]

{~3.062;~7.64;12}

[@YouTubeallowedmynametobestolen]

@Gaius Arroyo More important than whether you were originally right or wrong is that you had the integrity and intellectual honesty to recognize, acknowledge and admit that you were wrong. BTW, I didn't have a clue as to how to go about figuring out the answer.

[@VICTORdoomm]

HOWDY I've Victor and twelve is the largest number Only having one syllable

[@testodude]

"I'm a school psychologist." "nuh uh."

[@freeeverything1552]

testodude school psychologist pass out pills

[@tonytendencies4698]

@Lance Penguin exactly, the majority of them just had a good memory and remembered the answers for their tests or they plagiarize from existing books when writing a theses. Anybody can read a book and spout off what they've read but knowing what you're talking about is different. Just because someone "is" a psychologist doesn't necessarily mean they "ought" to know what they're talking about.

[@R-L-D]

I watch this show to be amazed at the extreme and utter gullibility of people.

[@masterpp8836]

"Girl Genius Revealed' I thought the little girl wae going to know how the trick was done.

[@AntiBOtix]

Berserk Nerd same. This is just a skit with paid strangers.

[@masterpp8836]

Sadly

[@krystalevanueva8432]

me 2

[@aishanicole3447]

Me too lol

[@happydisillusion]

Or solve the Rubiks cube

[@lovegruvberg4631]

“What number would you say?” - “...One?” “She says four, interesting”

[@robotpizza]

Imagine how many parents would have bought into what he was saying, and then purchased these items. He could be a very wealthy man. Until they took it home and could not reproduce the same results.

[@wiretamer5710]

Yeah... is called a hustle. You see about a thousand of them every day in an urban enviroment

[@jerrywhidby.]

Ever heard of T.M. Landry?

[@wiseacredave]

I love how the mother is immediately VERY skeptical. She knows there's something fishy. She's the smart one here. She has a physics brain which would literally cause her to go insane trying to understand this. LOL

[@popperpoppler4569]

Yeah I appreciated the fact that she pushed back on this as hard as she did. So many people on these just accept the outlandish explanations he offers so it was nice to see someone confident enough in their understanding of the world to give him some resistance.

[@wolflarsen1900]

i am impressed how critically she stayed as a psychologist. Its great

[@Chandrika-22]

Or in denial.

[@vicchung]

@@Chandrika-22 in denial about the scientific status of some sleight of hand that the magician made up..?

[@Benjamin-om3ih]

Michael: 'We were rehearsing all week last week' Michael's brain: 'Dude, creepy' Michael: 'No no no'

[@StRanGerManY]

But they did. How did the girl know the answer to the math problem?

[@AdamAlbilya1]

@@StRanGerManY She didn't. Bait and switch, including the small rubik's cube. Unless you were sarcastic...

[@StRanGerManY]

@@AdamAlbilya1 I was not. You telling me she just guessed it right?

[@AdamAlbilya1]

@@StRanGerManY Yep. She guessed a number, he provided it. She scrambled a rubik's cube, he switch it with a different rubik's cube near by prepared a head.

[@StRanGerManY]

@@AdamAlbilya1 what do you mean, he provided it? He has shown the equation before she guessed

[@NewMessage]

"Oh I thought for a second there my kid was worth something.. but no.. no... her father was right. Another dud like her brother. Oh well."

[@robbetts]

lol

[@Mike_Greene]

New Message and this is the funniest ish i've read/heard all day

[@javierzapanacaceres2933]

Well... I think you must trow her to the garbage can...😪

[@carlagarrett3244]

hardiest laugh I've had all year.

[@Mike_Greene]

just checking notifications and Carla made me reread the comment and yes it is still funny af lmao . . .

[@SuperCasperman]

She's basically saying my daughter isn't that smart there's no wayyyy😭☠️☠️

[@ythsh]

1:37 magician: what number comes to your head? girl: blue.

[@RobMedellin]

HAHAHAAHAHA that would have been so funny

[@GadjetGotGame]

🤣🤣🤣

[@josephsimpson4295]

There are 42 up votes to this question currently.

[@RobMedellin]

@@josephsimpson4295 I'm not sure I understand what you are saying. Am I missing something on the number 42? Plus they are not up votes for a question but for a funny reply that no one would have seen coming.

[@kevx6842]

@@RobMedellin are you this fun at parties to?

[@BarriosGroupie]

Can you imagine if the mum was gullible enough to believe the prank, then loses her job over incompetence? 😂

[@medic2525]

The coolest trick was watching that mom's confidence disappear at the end as she realized the money she saved would STILL be going to tuition

[@handsomeblackman255]

This has given her the confidence to do whatever she wants in life.

[@htwallace5043]

Wait the girl never actually twists the Rubik's cube...

[@neilslade]

People are blind, and dumb. she does twist the cube- but it doesn't matter. It's not a STANDARD RUBIX CUBE with un-restricted movement.

[@BooBaddyBig]

She tries to, but I don't think she manages to change the pattern.

[@Funkytrip73]

Ya, you can see her fiddling around a bit but nowhere there's an actual turn of the cube to see. However, he could also simply have sleight-of-hand-switched it with another, so it doesn't have to be glued at all.

[@rvh4034]

There was a white white blue line on hers earlier. Not on the inflatable toy

[@wiretamer5710]

Yes she does

[@JR-zv6qm]

"They're saying that we know more than we think we know" Hilarious

[@niamhoconnor8986]

"Swedish scientists invented a system of how t..." "Oh, okay"

[@thejimcricket]

"knowing without learning" lmao I'm dead

[@flamegeyser9781]

"What number would you say?" "one?" "She says 4"

[@zen6748]

Ikr lol

[@UhUmWhatsItCalled]

Andrew Levisay 21?

[@iLikePotato3s]

She said four

[@elizabethgershoff5377]

no she said four shes just quiet

[@theflorgeormix]

things that involve kids get a lot of views - Carbonaro is terrific

[@HughJNess-ly6er]

Sus

[@64Magick]

it sounded like a HOT PEPPER, LOL!

[@BarbarossaSC2]

The girl was in on it. You never see her actually play with the cube.

[@b3ncampbell]

The way she answered the question of looking at the big cube showed she was lying.

[@Dawn737]

Yeah, but you DO see her holding her breath and bending over backwards to avoid laughing as she hands the guy back his rubic's cube.

[@komikall3104]

It's crazy to watch an old video and see that I've already liked it. Like dayum all this time and I found myself back here

[@thorstambaugh1520]

The girl went on to build a death star and vaporize Carbonaro with the Carbonization effect

[@it3897]

Cool story bro

[@giovanna722]

Good:)

[@kəanıncupıdo]

1:54 Kid thinking: "Is me genius?"

[@steztoyz]

3:19 to 3:25...The kid's look: "I can't tell you that mom., it's a kid secret, not for adults."

[@UnomasdelPatriarcado3.0]

Everytime michael shows the card she quickly asks or comments without taking time to ponder hahahahaha