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| 0:00.0 | Wait, you're listening. |
| 0:01.2 | Okay. |
| 0:02.5 | All right. |
| 0:03.7 | Okay. |
| 0:05.1 | All right. |
| 0:06.4 | You're listening to Radio Lab. |
| 0:09.4 | Radio Lab. |
| 0:10.1 | Shorts. |
| 0:11.6 | From. |
| 0:12.9 | W. N. Y. |
| 0:13.9 | C. |
| 0:14.8 | C? |
| 0:14.9 | Yes. |
| 0:16.4 | And NPR. |
| 0:18.8 | Let's just do it. |
| 0:19.9 | You're going to do it? |
| 0:20.6 | Okay. Just freaking do it. Hey're going to do it? Okay. |
| 0:21.1 | Let's just freaking do it. Hey, I'm Chad. I'm Robert Krelwich. This is Radio Lab, the podcast. The podcast. Today's topic is, well, you know what? Something you just did. I didn't. I had my eyes closed the whole time. Oh, you gave it away. You know what I'm about to say. pretend you don't know what I'm saying. |
| 0:38.5 | Today's topic is... |
| 0:40.5 | Sounds like... whole time. Oh, you gave it away. You know what I'm about to say. Pretend you don't know what I'm saying. Today's topic is something you just did, actually. What? Yeah, you did it again. There. And there. I don't know what it is. Something with my fingernails? No. No. And there. Something, what? Tell me. Okay, you blinked. Oh. Is about, do you ever wonder? I know this about blinks. This is interesting. What? When you blink, you should, if you really understand what's going on, sense a little bit of darkness, because after all, your eyes are closed for an instant of time. But you don't because your mind erases the darkness of the blink. So you can blink away, but the world |
| 1:16.8 | will seem seamless and blinkless to you, even though your observers will see you blinking. You will |
| 1:21.9 | not feel the blink inside. Do you ever wonder what is the actual purpose of the blink? |
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