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From the Ted Talk by Simon Lewis: Don't take consciousness for granted

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If that sounds like a very, very strange thing to say and rather a bold statement — How can the jaw affect the entire body? — let me simply _____ out to you, if I ask you tomorrow to put one grain of sand between your teeth and go for a nice long walk, how far would you last before you had to ______ that grain of sand? That tiny ____________. Bear in mind, there are no nerves in the _____. That's why the same between the before and after that this _____, it's hard to see the difference. Now just trying putting a few grains of sand between your teeth and see the __________ it makes. I still had migraine headaches.

Solution


  1. remove
  2. shows
  3. point
  4. misalignment
  5. difference
  6. teeth

Original Text


If that sounds like a very, very strange thing to say and rather a bold statement — How can the jaw affect the entire body? — let me simply point out to you, if I ask you tomorrow to put one grain of sand between your teeth and go for a nice long walk, how far would you last before you had to remove that grain of sand? That tiny misalignment. Bear in mind, there are no nerves in the teeth. That's why the same between the before and after that this shows, it's hard to see the difference. Now just trying putting a few grains of sand between your teeth and see the difference it makes. I still had migraine headaches.

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Important Words


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