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Slides from my IgniteBoise2 talk, on some weirdness in our universe. The Universe is not only stranger than we imagine, it’s stranger than we *can* imagine.”
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“The universe is not only stranger than we suppose,
it’s stranger than we can suppose”
Brian E. Bothwell Twitter: bebfoo
The Weird World of Parasites
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Tongue Eating Bug!
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Lancet liver fluke(Dicrocoelium dendriticum)
Snail
Ant
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Cow poop
Snail poop
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Fluke
Ant
ZOMBIE ANT!!!
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Toxoplasmosis
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Up to 30% to 50% of humans worldwide
have toxoplasma infection!
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Fun Facts about DNA
Only 3% of DNA codes for our genes. A pinhead of DNA could store 4 exabytes (4
billion GB) of information If all the DNA in your body was put end to
end, it would reach to the sun and back over 600 times
Humans and chimpanzees DNA are 98% similar. Human and plants are 18% similar!
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Aliens, Elves & Psychedelics
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Dimethyltryptamine (DMT)
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DMT occurs naturally in thousands of plants and animals
Found in the human brain!
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DMT & shamanism: A long history
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Ayahuasca (Ecuador, Bolivia and Peru) Yagé (Columbia) Yopo (Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil)
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Quantum physics is weird!
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"Anyone who is not shocked by quantum theory has not understood it". - Niels Bohr
Bell’s Theorem in 15 seconds
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“No physical theory of local Hidden Variables can ever reproduce all of the predictions of Quantum Mechanics.”
WTF?! In a nutshell: Particles have the ability to “communicate” to
distant (non-local) particles, billions of miles way, instantaneously!
Quantum conundrum You must choose at least one of these conclusions:
A. Non-Locality – Information traveling faster than the speed of light.
B. Non-Realism – Schrödinger's cat is simultaneously alive and dead.
C. Multiple universes – There are infinite, parallel universes.
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EMBRACE THE WEIRDNESS! BE MORE CURIOUS! QUESTION EVERYTHING!! EXPLORE, LEARN, & HAVE
FUN!!!
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