The Owls Are Not What They Seem

“The universe is not only stranger than we suppose, it’s stranger than we can suppose” Brian E. Bothwell Twitter: b e b f o o b r i a n . b o t h w e ll@g

The Weird World of Parasites Twitter: 2

Tongue Eating Bug! Twitter: 3

Lancet liver fluke Cow poop Snail (Dicrocoelium dendriticum) Snail poop Ant Twitter: 4

Fluke ZOMBIE ANT!!! Ant Twitter: 5

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Toxoplasmosis Twitter: 7

Up to 30% to 50% of humans worldwide have toxoplasma infection! Twitter: 8

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! Twitter: 9

Aliens, Elves & Psychedelics Twitter: 10

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Dimethyltryptamine (DMT) Twitter: 12

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DMT occurs naturally in thousands of plants and animals Found in the human brain! Twitter: 14

DMT & shamanism: A long history  Ayahuasca (Ecuador, Bolivia and Peru)  Yagé (Columbia)  Yopo (Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil) Twitter: 15

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Quantum physics is weird! "Anyone who is not shocked by quantum theory has not understood it". - Niels Bohr Twitter: 17

Bell’s Theorem in 15 seconds  “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! Twitter: 18

Quantum conundrum You must choose at least one of these conclusions: a Non-Locality – Information traveling faster than the speed of light. h Non-Realism – Schrödinger's cat is simultaneously alive and dead. l Multiple universes – There are infinite, parallel universes. Twitter: 19

EMBRACE THE WEIRDNESS! BE MORE CURIOUS! QUESTION EVERYTHING!! EXPLORE, LEARN, & HAVE FUN!!! Twitter: bebfoo brian.bothwell@gmail.com 20

The Owls Are Not What They Seem

by Brian Bothwell on Jul 17, 2009

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