Now you can realise the truth. There is no spoon.

ah, i think you misunderstood me, I wanted to know how to bend a spoon with my mind.

There is no spoon.

Some of you trying to debunk this video-what are you debunking? The whole point of this is to show how easy it is to fool people into believing that the bending is a mental/natural phenomenon when actually it is either easily done right before you or manipulated beforehand. You're also not taking into consideration that this is done before a camera in relatively closeup mode, hence the reason you can see intricacies such as ever-so-slight pre-bent metals and very slight hand movements. Imagine if you're sitting in a somewhat moderate - large theater with either a proscenium or thrust setup (where alot of major magicians perform) and watching this several feet ahead of (and possibly raised a bit above) you. There could be several feet between the edge of the stage and those first row of audience. The performer knows damn good and well there is no possible way to see those slight manipulations and relies on that heavily. There's people that insist on only playing certain types of theaters for this reason. Basically-you're all arguing the same point this man is making. Of course it's fake. That's the f'king point of this-to show how it's faked.

OMG, not only is he bending that steel bar with his magic atom warming finger but he also defies gravity as the steel bar bends upward! Mind blowing!

The important lesson here is that even when you don't know how the trick is done, if they are claiming psychic powers, you can be sure it is a trick.

The 1st spoon: He bends it in his hand and then just rotates it while he rubs it so that it looks like it bends The fork: It was already bent, he was just shaking it so much it was very hard to see. The steel bar: It was already bent, he just turned it around so it looked straight, then he slowly rotated it. The 2nd spoon: Was already weakened before he started, so it was no problem to bend it like that and even break it. P.S. It's all simple, just think outside the box.

For the Non-believers: Of course there's ways to fool an audience, especially on video. My personal experience has me convinced that this is truly possible, however. I was at college, and there was a faculty member there whose whole job was to keep the campus fun and entertaining between classes. Her title was "fun coordinator." She booked a guy, forget his name, who coached John Travolta on how to act/portray his gifts in the movie Phenomenon. He did a 45 minute show for us, showing off his psychic gifts, in the commons. I was still a skeptic, so right after the show I went to the cafeteria and asked the lunch ladies if I can borrow a spoon. One of them gave me a real thick spoon that I tried bending with two hands to test how bendable it was. I couldn't budge it. Not a weakling either. I went up to him and asked if he can bend the spoon for me. He said, " I'm sure you noticed me sitting in that chair before the show." I said yeah. " Well, I was gathering energy to put on this show (via meditation). Normally I'd be able to just wiggle the spoon and it'd bend. But my energy is a little depleted from the show. Do you mind if I touch the spoon to bend it?" I said sure. He held the tip of the handle with two fingers and with his other hand gently stroked the neck of the spoon with his index finger. (not how it was demonstrated in this video) It just curled and folded in on itself in seconds. From that day, I've been a believer. Sure there are 99 charlatans out of a 100 who claim to do this. But I'm sure there are people with gifts, either born with or vigorously trained with some luck tossed in.

I'm still amazed by the percentage of the people who can't recognize sarcasm even if their life depends on it. Michael Shermer is, in my opinion, the best science teacher in the world - because he inspires people to think rationally and to suspect in everything!

or you slowly twist your rist and the bar is alredy bent!!

"Do not try to bend the spoon, that's impossible. Instead only try to realize the truth... there is no spoon."

As a kid, after I saw Uri Geller on the TV in the 70s, I figured out how to do it myself. One thing I learned early about tricks is if there are only a couple ways to do it, that's probably what's going on. Knowing how illusions work only enhances my amazement! Did anyone see the ridiculous NYT piece on the Spoonbender?

Great video. I can't wait to see more. I liked it when you said "that Israeli spoon bender" instead of his actual name.

Illuminati confirmed.

Love you Mike! Cycling legend and skeptic, awesome.

the iron bar was all ready bent he is just hiding it, watch and see his thumb,all he does is rotate the rod up slowly. also you can see before he starts a mark or something in the middle where the bar is bent.

Thank you so much for this Michael. As a man I owe you one fir this. We have located a fake spoon bender. He tries to tell people that he's some kind of ninja. It's adorable now to know that this dude is only a cheap trick away from being busted. Thanks again. I get to put this to sleep for ever.

It pretty funny how he showing us how to bend the fork and I could already see the fork bend before hand. :P

I like how you did the last one. it's pre-bent and you're just twisting it. Nice.

"An Honest Liar" brought me here.

2009? I was expecting a rickroll.

I bet I can melt steel beams this way

@ChristyNiNe Interesting. What branch of physics is this? I would be interested in learning more, especially the maths that describes these lower fragmented dimensions and the unified frequency of truth.

On the bar watch the left thumb as it heats up . The left thumb rotates the bent part .

This is "memory metal". It looks tough and strong, but once u apply heat to it, it goes back to its original form.

He was just turning the rod

that metal bar at the end, you can see clearly how he turns it with his left fingers. Its already bent before he starts, but the turns it and it looks like its bending

Shermer isn't a bad metal bender. He may not a professional level like banachek. But he's clearly practiced this for many hours. Well done.

The bar was already bent - at the beginning he just rotated it to the angle where it seemed straight and slowly twisted it around.

Michael Shermer is one of my favorite humans. A+, would watch again.

the bending parts of spoon is made of gallium a metal which melts at room temperature so when he rubs or shake the spoon its starts melting and the spoon bends .

how do you do the broken spoon trick??

I'm suing, these are forks 😭😭 I legit thought I was gonna have magical powers after this

Haha, Shermer's good at this. He should do children's parties. :D

HOW do you make the spoon melt and fall apart??

Guys the metal is already bent he's just making an ilussion. He is showing the metal in a way that it looks like it straight but slowly while saying bend and rubbing the metal to make you focus on other places his left hand which is slowly turning it until it shows clearly that it is bent:D

that spoon fell off because it's made of Gallium which melts at the temperature of the hand

2:48 its is a bad trick im i the only one who sees it? he is spinning the thing the lenght doesnt change no problem :)

URI Geller can't be too happy with you lad. Great demo. Thanks for keeping it real Doc.

I am just as ardent a skeptic as anyone I know, but who doesn't enjoy a nice magic trick at parties?! You don't have to believe that it's supernatural to enjoy magic. "Isn't it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of it too?" ~ Douglas Adams

Cheap tricks. It's all about angles and perspective. You rotated the already-bent steel rod. The fork to was already bent that's why you never held it still. You kept moving it so we wouldn't notice it. BUNK! But it's ok. I truly don't care have fun man!

OH MY GOD where can I get an amazing Randi doll 8O

@ChristyNiNe Details, please :) Where can we read this research?

Dude, this guy is one of the most well known skeptics in the world. He debunks everything from this to UFO's. He's basically telling you it's fake, and how to do it.

I know the title isn't misleading because it doesn't say "with just his mind" but that is what I thought he was going to do: bends spoons with just his mind. Eh...title is misleading.

For a how to video it sucks. More like a here's what it looks like vIdeo. Thanks for nothing.

Do you have an explanation for what Lior Suchard does...?

I have to agree. Presentation is pretty much everything with these effects, and like him or loathe him, Geller is and was a pretty good showman.

Good job wasting my time.

Good but you still wasted 3 minutes and 28 seconds of my life.

I like how you use ratcheting and misdirection to move the objects, but that's going to require a proper audience angle.

He is holding the bar at a perspective at which it looks like it is straight to the viewer, when in reality, the bar is bent toward him and while he is rubbing it and making you think about it bending or watching him rub it, he is turning the metal bar with his holding hand giving the illusion that it is bending upwards.

How was the steel bar done? did he just rotate a bent one?

Can you do it if I bring my own spoon and don't allow you to ever touch it?

Such amazing psychic powers, not only did the bar start to bend but the reverse gravity phenomenon started raising his thumb at the same time the bar was bending. That's how you know it's legit.

The rod was already pre-bent, if you watch his right hand, he is just rotating the bar so that it appears to bend upwards, when really he is just changing the perspective that we are viewing the bar at.

pretty sure that last steel rod, was already bent but cause of the way we were looking at it, it looked straight. at which point he slowly turned it.

will it blend....

Look up "wood's metal" or the properties of indium or look up "low melt metals"... pretty amazing stuff. It's pretty cool to be able to melt metal in boiling water. This guy needs to touch the spoon to heat it up and soften the material. He may call it steel but it is far from steel. It is a custom made prop.

How to REALLY bend a spoon using your mind 1) go into a dark quiet room, close all windows, shut the doors. 2) take your spoon and rub it with your two fingers back and forth. 3) There most important part: While rubbing the spoon back and forth with your two fingers, SHUT OF ALL THOUGHTS IN YOUR MIND, Just Feel the feeling of the spoon. while your rubbing it. This actually works, I did it 5 years ago and it scared the shit out of me. I never did it again. Definitely something metaphysical.

There is a little mark on the bar at the end and as he continues to do the trick it moves. Showing that he is just turning the bar.

Thanks for the info guys. I'm off to buy one.

I never knew Michael Shermer had telekinetic powers.

I wish he explained how he did it a little more. These would be some pretty fun party tricks.

Great; I'll show this off whenever the opportunity arises.

but will the spoon blend?

If you could bend a spoon could u bend a nail clipper?

for the entire video you can see the steel bar bent while it's sitting on the shelf

It's a pre cut spoon ..has a little slice in the back , and he just work hardens it until it breaks

Not always, but most of the time. A how to video, shows you how to do something.

My mind is such an epic construction of implausible awesomeness that it is incapable of being bent by anything, regardless of how formidable this "spoon" you speak of may be.

The metal spoon is already broken in two at the neck, so he holds both pieces of the spoon between his index and thumb and he keeps shaking it until it "breaks." The fork was already bent too, the angle at which he points it at the audience looks "straight" but if you change angles to the side it's bent. Simple.

At the final steel bar all he is doing is rotating the bar until it looks like it bent

fork was pre bent. you cant really notice much because he comepletly hides it in the beginiging by covering it with his finger and by shaking it.

The videos caption is “How to bend” not “Let me show you the trick and not tell you how” The last one was obvious. The piece was already bent but since it was a circular piece, he had it in an angle on camera (which is why the camera focused very close on that trick only) and as he was “bending” he was turning the steel meaning the angle was becoming better and better visually for the camera.

But how does he make the bowl of the spoon fall off

If you are gonna heat the metal rod, shouldn't it bend downwards? since the heat causes the top part to expand. o.o

Urm, how did he snap the spoon? I don’t get the trick behind that one

you guys are amazing I wish I could that

I want a library like that.

thanks for explaining that, I was about to rant about how if he had weakened it, why the heck would it bend up against the force of gravity

What did he do to prep the spoon when the head fell off it?

so how does he bend the 'piece of steel' at the end , does anyone know?

He rolls the metal bar between his thumb and his index finger , so that you start by looking at it from an orientation that makes it seemingly straight ..but as it rolls it looks like it bends

You can see the metal rod is bent on the bookshelf beforehand...

One way would be to use nitinol instead of steel, but he bent the rod then rotated it so you can see the bend. He stroked the middle so that your eyes didn't focus on the other hand doing the rotating.

how did he do the melting spoon?

Last one you can see clearly see the bar was already bent and he was twisting it around... as you can see beside his hand there is black stuff on the pole, that gives it away..

Warming the adams up does work. Very nice Thanks

And then you notice the metal bar was bent before he picked it up.

All spoon benders had to touch the spoon but not a single one did it without touching it.

already bent. can see a spec of dirt on the metal bar on the right which slowly moves out of sight, indicating hes twisting it forwards/backwards

If you don't notice the finger movement on the bar, there's a small patch of light in the middle. Wait, a small patch of light on a cylinder?

All of these are Magnesium.. It has a melting point lower than body temperature. It is kind of like Mercury, but safe to play with. Check out Mg spoons.. They are for tricks just like that.

was the last one not obvious, it was already bent, but at an angle where you couldn't see, and he slowly spun it round

So, wait, how did he actually do the second spoon? It's not like it was two pieces to begin with and he was holding it. Maybe it's a trick spoon?

I have a question about a trick I've seen which i assume would be very hard to perform. This person I know will take ANY, ANY fork at all that you give him and instantly twist the pointers, prongs, tines, the triden things lol, without fail or a brand new spoon bent instantly that you can give to him right in front your eyes!

The bar is bent already. You can see the light in the middle of the bar. Why isn't that spot of light in another place but the middle?

I can explain it for him. Watch the end one with that steel bar. watch his left thumb and finger, all his tools were already messed with and with the steel bar, he just twists his thumb and finger to change the view. btw, you're only seeing it in one direction, if from multiple directions, then its easily seen.

the melting part is an illusion right?