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		ojhughes on April 14, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: My Life as a Mentalist In the UK, mentalist is most commonly a slang term for someone who is “mental” or crazy. I would call Derren Brown a psychic

thebeastie on April 14, 2022 [–]

I wouldn’t, because he’s not actually telepathic, nor has such a thing ever been proven to exist. It’s mind guessing / leading rather than reading.

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