After an excellent evening with our confirmation group, a series of amazing things:
- England winning a sporting contest
- the latest Hubble space telescope pictures
- Derren Brown had a staged attempt to predict 5 out of 6 lottery numbers from this evenings draw (see earlier post). He got all 6. On Friday he'll explain how he did it. Remarkable. Up on Youtube already, if you want to try to spot any fakery, it certainly wasn't obvious, if it was there.
update: here's one thread on how he might have done it.
Update: he got all 6 balls exactly right. How in the world.....??
At 10.35 this evening, Derren Brown will attempt to predict the Lottery winning numbers, just before they're drawn. No indication at present that it's a publicity stunt for the nations most popular tax, but you never know.
Here's Mr Brown explaining all, more here. Fascinating that lots of people on his blog are wishing him 'good luck', even though as a good sceptic Brown doesn't believe in that sort of thing. Old habits die hard...
I shall be looking forward to the week when he plans to 'take down a casino'. If only he'd do it as a matter of principle, rather than as a demonstration of whatever it is he's going to be demonstrating. At one level it may be a 'harmless bit of fun', but anything that gets people more fascinated by gambling and how to do it successfully is potentially toxic. Gambling is addictive, it destroys families and destroys lives.
If Derren Brown manages it then a lot of us will want to know how. I may be one of the few whose curiosity isn't driven by a desire to win the Lottery next week!
