Real World Telekinesis (feat. Neil Turok)
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We normally think of Telekinesis as a kind of supernatural mental power, but the word"Telekinesis" just comes from the greek kinēsis meaning "motion" and tele- meaning "at a distance".And the real universe is full of telekinesis, or motion at a distance.I mean, what tells a ball to fall down when you drop it? Why do magnets repel or attractwithout touching? How does the sun heat us when it's millions of kilometers away? Andhow do cell phones miraculously transport your voice to the other side of town or theother side of the earth?Well, the sad truth about all of these real-world Telekinetic phenomena is that they aren'treally action at a distance… as people figured out starting in the mid 1800s....
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We normally think of Telekinesis as a kind of supernatural mental power, but the word"Telekinesis" just comes from the greek kinēsis meaning "motion" and tele- meaning "at a distance".And the real universe is full of telekinesis, or motion at a distance.I mean, what tells a ball to fall down when you drop it? Why do magnets repel or attractwithout touching? How does the sun heat us when it's millions of kilometers away? Andhow do cell phones miraculously transport your voice to the other side of town or theother side of the earth?Well, the sad truth about all of these real-world Telekinetic phenomena is that they aren'treally action at a distance… as people figured out starting in the mid 1800s....
