Episode 113 - Virtual Particles, Movie Fear, and Sneezing at the Sun

Mike's Multiverse

Mike McHargue

Science, Leisure, Society & Culture, Games

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🗓️ 15 May 2017

⏱️ 38 minutes

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For this week's Ask Science Mike, we address the following questions: What are virtual particles? Why do horror movies stick in my head? What do blind people see in their minds? Why does the sun make me sneeze? You're in charge of this program. All you have to do is submit a question using #asksciencemike on Twitter, YouTube, or Soundcloud. You can also submit questions anonymously on asksciencemike.com. What are virtual particles? A Children’s Picture-book Introduction to Quantum Field Theory What is a Virtual Particle? Do virtual particles actually physically exist? Quantum foam What do blind people see in their minds? People blind from birth use visual brain area to improve other senses: Can hear and feel with greater acuity Visual Cortex Activity in Early and Late Blind People Activation of the primary visual cortex by Braille reading in blind subjects Visual cortex activation in blind humans during sound discrimination. Is It Possible To Think Without Language? Why does the sun make me sneeze? Looking at the Sun Can Trigger a Sneeze Ask Science Mike is made possible by listeners like you. Learn more on our Patreon page. Here are some resources on each answer if you'd like to dig deeper. Preproduction by Andrew Galucki. Ask Science Mike is produced by Gregg Nordin. The Ask Science Mike theme song was written, performed, and recorded by Jeb Bodiford. If you need original podcast music, he's your guy. You've got questions, he's got answers. Even though we may not understand he'll talk anyway. You've got problems, he won't solve them, But he'll talk and talk and talk until he's blue in the face. Science, faith, and life - Ask Science Mike.

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0:00.0	virtual particles, movie Fear and Sneezing at the Sun.
0:04.7	All that and more on this week's episode of Ask Science Mike. You've got questions, he's got answers, even though he may not understand, he'll talk anyway,
0:17.0	we have problems, he won't solve them, but he'll talk and, talking to the blue in the face. Science made in life.
0:27.0	Ask Science Mike.
0:30.0	Welcome to Ask Science Mike, the weekly podcast where I answer your questions about science, faith, and life.
0:38.0	I'm your host, Science Mike. That's my internet name. My real name is Mike McCarck. I'm an author, podcaster speaker of this little program
0:47.1	This week I'm co-hosted by my dogs who are very likely to snore, but hopefully that won't be too bad and we'll get a show done so
0:55.1	let's get it started.
0:58.2	So there's big news in my life last fall when my first book came out. It's called
1:06.8	Finding God in the Waves and it explores a story I've told on approximately a billion podcasts about what it was like to grow
1:17.9	up in the Baptist's faith, become an atheist as an adult and then return to a faith in a different way following a mystical
1:28.6	experience and how I learn to understand God primarily through a scientific lens.
1:36.4	It's been a really, really good time in my life since that book came out and seeing how people
1:42.2	have responded to it and I'm sure many of you have a copy of
1:46.8	finding God in the waves.
1:49.2	But this October, October 3rd, I believe the paperback is coming out of that book and I'll have more to talk
1:56.2	about that as we get closer but if you don't have finding God in the waves yet and you're interested in the waves yet.
2:03.0	And you're interested in the paper back.
2:05.0	I did see it's on Amazon for like $8.60,
2:09.0	something like that, really, really low.
2:11.0	I don't know how long that price will stay there. So if you want like to get
2:15.8	finding on the waves the most affordable way that has ever been just to go to Amazon and
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