Alain Who?

I’ve always been fascinated with the mysterious powers of the mind. This has led me to developing a career that allows me to share some of these concepts with the world. The demonstrations that I perform in my live programs (as well as those that were featured on my TLC series) demonstrate ways of simulating much more elaborate concepts of the connective potential of our thoughts. Alas, my own methods must be kept secret, but in a nutshell, many of them are a clever conglomerate of ideas, incorporating elements of probability, psychology, suggestion, magic techniques, and good timing. So first, and most importantly, I consider myself an entertainer.

Because of my interest in the human potential of the mind, however, my presentations revolve around mysterious topics that blur the line between magic and the most cutting edge mysteries of life-sciences. I do not withhold my fascination for the powers of qi, or qi gong, super memory, primal intuition, non-verbal “mind reading”, ghost apparitions, psychic energy, et cetera... Rather I make these topics the center pieces of my “designed-for-live-performance” presentations, as any artist might.

The earliest memory I have, which I believe was the seed that planted my extreme curiosity for weird-science, strange sightings, and general Fortean (or “X-Files”) phenomena, is that of being a 4 year old boy living in San Francisco in 1969. Both my parents worked, and the old Chinese woman who took care of me during the days, used to take me every Monday on errands throughout the city, but would stop to get her fortune told (tea leaves). Though I was very young, and would play with toys nearby, I believe that I might have subconsciously picked up on the “language”, the “interpretive way”, and basic interactions between reader and sitter. Perhaps that was why I always gravitated towards strange stories, and of unlocking the mysteries of life.

So although I would prefer not speak to anyone clinically, regarding the above “potentially fringe” subjects, I have never been one to turn down a good conversation about any of it. In fact, I am immensely interested in the continuing evolution of hard sciences that bring us closer and closer to actually finding out how we can actually utilize and harness the raw natures of ESP or whatever you want to call the topics of which we speak. A book recently published in 2004 called “Mind Wide Open” by Steven Johnson, (you see me picking it up in the bookstore in episode 1) was a most fascinating read, and I highly recommend it to anyone who would like to read about an interesting perspective on current scientific facts that give us many clues as to how our minds work. Also, author Dean Radin’s book “The Conscious Universe” shows us an intelligent point of view for trying to understand ESP and paranormal phenomenon from a scientific perspective.

I have a deep-seated belief that much of what is considered fringe-science today, will result in hard-science breakthroughs in the not-too-distant future.

Peace,

Alain Nu