mdma,
Yeah, I've seen the microsite before. It's good stuff. I guess the only way to know how he really does it is to read all the books on the different subjects (there's a list of further reading on the site I see.) He mentioned on the show that there is a wealth of information out there on faking the medium. Did you see the séance last year? That was very interesting.
Even if these "experts" and religious leaders don't admit it's all bollocks, we know it is because Derrens shows it up for what it is. Complete and Utter Bollocks of the highest order.
Well, he shows how easily it can be faked and thus suggests that if it can be faked, and conmen can make a lot of money from faking it (and they do) then it most probably is. But that doesn't mean that there are definitely no genuine articles out there.
Here's a good quote from his page on the
channel 4 site:
But what, after all, is wrong with his questioning of people's beliefs? If you haven’t investigated what you believe independently and looked at the arguments standing against you, your beliefs have little validity.
You and I have the luxury of not believing the things Derren exposes as easily faked in the first place, thus we have no problem accepting that it could very well all be fake. But I think it's a bit of a leap of faith on our part to say “Derren has solved it, it's all fake, end of story.” I don't think believers will be so easily convinced, nor should they be. But maybe they will be more weary of charlatans and that is a positive thing imo. Or maybe they were all watching Dom Jolly being a tit on the other channel.
-zudo