The magic of truth and lies (and iPods) | Marco Tempest

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Translator: Eric Miret Reviewer: David Monreal
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So the type of magic I like, and I'm a magician,
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El tipus de màgia que m'agrada, i sóc un mag,
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is magic that uses technology to create illusions.
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és la màgia que utilitza la tecnologia
per crear il·lusions.
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So I would like to show you something I've been working on.
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M'agradaria ensenyar-vos una cosa en la que he estat treballant.
És una aplicació
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It's an application
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that I think will be useful for artists -- multimedia artists in particular.
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que crec que serà útil pels artistes,
artistes en multimèdia en concret.
Sincronitza vídeos
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It synchronizes videos across multiple screens of mobile devices.
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en diverses pantalles de dispositius mòbils.
I he agafat aquests tres iPods prestats
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I borrowed these three iPods from people here in the audience
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de gent d'aquí de l'audiència,
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to show you what I mean.
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per ensenyar-vos el que vull dir.
Els utilitzaré per parlar-vos una mica
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And I'm going to use them to tell you a little bit about my favorite subject:
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del meu tema preferit:
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deception.
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l'engany.
00:51
(Music)
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(Música)
Un dels meus mags preferits
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One of my favorite magicians is Karl Germain.
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és en Karl Germain.
00:58
He had this wonderful trick where a rosebush would bloom
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Tenia aquest meravellós truc
en què feia que un roser florís
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right in front of your eyes.
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davant dels teus propis ulls.
01:05
But it was his production of a butterfly that was the most beautiful.
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Però era la seva producció d'una papallona
el més bonic de tots.
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(Recording) Announcer: Ladies and gentlemen,
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(Gravació) Locutor: Senyors i senyores,
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the creation of life.
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la creació de la vida.
01:16
(Applause)
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(Aplaudiment)
01:18
(Music)
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(Música)
01:21
Marco Tempest: When asked about deception,
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Marco Tempest: En preguntar-li sobre l'engany,
va dir això:
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he said this:
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Locutor: La màgia és l'única professió honesta.
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Announcer: Magic is the only honest profession.
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01:30
A magician promises to deceive you --
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Un mag promet enganyar-te,
i ho fa.
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and he does.
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01:34
MT: I like to think of myself as an honest magician.
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MT: M'agrada creure que sóc un mag honest.
Faig servir molts trucs,
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I use a lot of tricks,
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01:39
which means that sometimes I have to lie to you.
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el que significa
que a vegades t'hauré d'enganyar.
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Now I feel bad about that.
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Això em fa sentir malament.
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But people lie every day.
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Però la gent menteix cada dia.
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(Ringing)
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(Sonant) Un segon.
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Hold on.
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01:52
Phone: Hey, where are you?
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Noia al telèfon: Ei, on ets?
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MT: Stuck in traffic. I'll be there soon.
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MT: Enmig d'un embús. Arribaré aviat.
Tots ho heu fet.
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You've all done it.
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01:58
(Laughter)
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(Riure)
02:00
(Music)
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Dona: Un minut i estaré llesta, estimat.
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Right: I'll be ready in just a minute, darling.
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02:03
Center: It's just what I've always wanted.
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Home: És el que sempre havia volgut.
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Left: You were great.
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Dona: Fas molt bona pinta.
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MT: Deception,
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MT: L'engany
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it's a fundamental part of life.
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és una part fonamental de la vida.
02:14
Now polls show
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Les enquestes mostren
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that men tell twice as many lies as women --
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que els homes diuen el doble de mentides
que les dones...
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assuming the women they asked told the truth.
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suposant que les dones a qui hagin preguntat hagin dit la veritat.
(Riure)
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(Laughing)
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02:24
We deceive to gain advantage
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Enganyem pel nostre benefici
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and to hide our weaknesses.
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i per amagar les nostres debilitats.
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The Chinese general Sun Tzu said that all war was based on deception.
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El general xinès Sun Tzu
va dir que tota guerra
es basa en l'engany.
L'Oscar Wilde
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Oscar Wilde said the same thing of romance.
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va dir el mateix de les relacions amoroses.
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Some people deceive
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Alguna gent
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for money.
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enganya per diners.
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Let's play a game.
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Juguem a un joc.
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Three cards, three chances.
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Tres cartes, tres possibilitats.
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Announcer: One five will get you 10, 10 will get you 20.
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Locutor: Un cinc et donarà 10, un 10 et donarà 20.
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Now, where's the lady?
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Ara, on és la dona?
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Where is the queen?
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On és la reina?
MT: Aquesta?
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MT: This one?
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03:00
Sorry. You lose.
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Ho sento. Has perdut.
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Well, I didn't deceive you.
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Bé, no t'he enganyat.
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You deceived yourself.
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T'has enganyat a tu mateix.
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Self-deception.
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Auto-engany.
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That's when we convince ourselves that a lie is the truth.
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És quan ens convencem a nosaltres mateixos
de que una mentida és la veritat.
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Sometimes it's hard to tell the two apart.
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A vegades és difícil distingir l'una de l'altra.
Els jugadors compulsius
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Compulsive gamblers are experts at self-deception.
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són experts a l'hora d'auto-enganyar-se.
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(Slot machine)
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(Soroll de màquina escurabutxaques)
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They believe they can win.
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Creuen que poden guanyar.
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They forget the times they lose.
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Se'n obliden, de les vegades que ja han perdut.
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The brain is very good at forgetting.
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El cervell en sap molt, d'oblidar.
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Bad experiences are quickly forgotten.
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Les males experiències s'obliden ràpidament.
Les males experiències
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Bad experiences quickly disappear.
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desapareixen ràpidament.
És per això que, en aquest cosmos tan vast i solitari,
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Which is why in this vast and lonely cosmos,
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som tan meravellosament optimistes.
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we are so wonderfully optimistic.
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El nostre auto-engany
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Our self-deception becomes a positive illusion --
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es converteix en una il·lusió positiva,
per això les pel·lícules
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why movies are able to take us onto extraordinary adventures;
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ens poden portar a aventures tan extraordinàries,
per què creiem en Romeo
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why we believe Romeo when he says he loves Juliet;
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quan diu que estima la Julieta;
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and why single notes of music,
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i per què simples notes musicals,
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when played together,
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quan són tocades juntes,
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become a sonata and conjure up meaning.
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es tornen una sonata i obtenen un significat.
Això és "Clair de Lune".
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That's "Clair De lune."
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04:10
Its composer, called Debussy,
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El seu compositor, anomenat Debussy
va dir que l'art
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said that art was the greatest deception of all.
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és l'engany més gran de tots.
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Art is a deception that creates real emotions --
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L'art és un engany
que crea emocions reals,
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a lie that creates a truth.
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una mentida que crea una veritat.
I quan et rendeixes a aquest engany,
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And when you give yourself over to that deception,
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es converteix en màgia.
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it becomes magic.
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04:34
[MAGIC]
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04:38
(Music fades slowly)
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04:41
(Applause)
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(Aplaudiment)
Gràcies. Moltes gràcies.
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Thank you. Thank you very much.
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(Aplaudiment)
04:57
(Applause)
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