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16: The 2-year-old newborn

Lateral with Tom Scott

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Is This a Scientific Experiment?

Isaac Newton discovered how refraction of light works, says Medi. But what is he doing? What is he trying to discover? "Oh, God. I'm blanking" 'This feels like who did the old light experiments?" asks medi. "'The new one' - that's where it all starts," she replies. ''That's basically what I said, totally,'Medi adds."Yeah, exactly. That's basically what you guys... Oh, pretty, but yeah. ...that's basically what we're talking about here"'

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