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When You Think Of Aliens, Think In Terms Of Dimensions.

So You’re Living In A Simulation

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The Power of Cells

All the cells in our body are completely replaced every seven years. When we cut our fingers, what makes a fingerprint cells grow and heal exactly where they were before? How is it that even though each cell in the body has changed in six months, we can instantly recognize the face of a friend we bump into after our years absence)? Richard Fry at Feynman: "I like when I come across things that just make me go, wow, I never thought about it like that"

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