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What's invisible? More than you think - John Lloyd

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Gravity. The stars in day. Thoughts. The human genome. Time. Atoms. So much of what really matters in the world is impossible to see. A stunning animation of John Lloyd's classic TEDTalk from 2009, which will make you question what you actually know.

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Lloyd says that we can only see the skin of things. We can't see into the engine room. He suggests that the closer we look at anything, the more:

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  • Animator Cognitive Media
  • Educator John Lloyd
  • Narrator John Lloyd

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