Do hypnotist, such at fairs, actually hypnotize people or are they just working for him as accomplices?

some do and some don't.science has scoff awed at hypnosis for many years,but to day it seems they have discovered it as a new field of science and a tool,the human brain and its workings is still a mystery to the world.the real power of the mind has not been taped yet,some people are born with a seemingly greater ability to use their minds,some increase there mental ability's due to some sort of accident,some what like peter hucos did.(the sleeping prophet),if you could be hypnotised and directed to learn some thing new you would suck up the new knowledge like a sponge does water,you could do seemingly super human feats.the brain dosent differentiate between whats real and whats imagined except when other senses tell it differently,also most people can be hypnotised one way or another,actually brain washing is a facet of hypnoses,like political campaign promises are