You’re more tangled with those around you than you think. Find out what you missed on this week’s top podcast on iTunes.
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This week, we dipped our toes into types of networking that don't involve webinars and awkward cocktail hours. Here are some enlightening facts from the fourth episode, "Entanglement."
Scientific entanglement goes completely against our intuition.
If the word "quantum" makes your brain pillbug into itself, hold onto your hat! Quantum entanglement is immensely complex, but it's the stuff of sci-fi movies.
Say you have one atom hanging out at one end of the table. At the other end, you have another atom. It's something that goes against common sense, but get ready: Scientists can make both atoms do the same thing even though they're apart. Even the researchers admit to not really understanding it.
The U.S. government is funding a computer network that would allow info to travel from point A to point B without being cracked, and so far scientists have successfully done it at a distance of 88 miles.
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Entanglements don't just stop at atoms: They happen to people, too.
In the episode we meet a woman named Amanda who has a rare neurological condition called mirror-touch synesthesia.
You may have heard of other forms of synesthesia, or when senses intertwine, like seeing color when listening to music. Mirror-touch is like a form of hyper-empathy: When Amanda sees someone touch ice, her fingertips feel cold; she sees a hug, a warm tingle goes down her spine, and so on.
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