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From the Ted Talk by Fabian Oefner: Psychedelic science

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Let me dsmrneatote this over here. And what I have here is an empty gslas vessel. It's got nothing in it. And now I'm going to fill it with oxygen and whiskey. Add some more. Now we just wait for a few senodcs for the molecules to spread inside the bottle. And now, let's set that on fire.

(Laughter)

So that's all that happens. It goes really fast, and it's not that impressive. I could do it again to show it one more time, but some would argue that this is a complete waste of the whskeiy, and that I should rather drink it.

But let me show you a slow motion in a completely darkened room of what I just showed you in this live demonstration. So what happened is that the flame traveled through the glass vessel from top to bottom, biurnng the mix of the air molecules and the alcohol. So the images that you saw at the bnnigineg, they are actually a fmale stopped in time while it is traveling through the btotle, and you have to imagine it was flipped around 180 degrees. So that's how those images were made.

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Let me ___________ this over here. And what I have here is an empty _____ vessel. It's got nothing in it. And now I'm going to fill it with oxygen and whiskey. Add some more. Now we just wait for a few _______ for the molecules to spread inside the bottle. And now, let's set that on fire.

(Laughter)

So that's all that happens. It goes really fast, and it's not that impressive. I could do it again to show it one more time, but some would argue that this is a complete waste of the _______, and that I should rather drink it.

But let me show you a slow motion in a completely darkened room of what I just showed you in this live demonstration. So what happened is that the flame traveled through the glass vessel from top to bottom, _______ the mix of the air molecules and the alcohol. So the images that you saw at the _________, they are actually a _____ stopped in time while it is traveling through the ______, and you have to imagine it was flipped around 180 degrees. So that's how those images were made.

Solution


  1. bottle
  2. whiskey
  3. demonstrate
  4. seconds
  5. beginning
  6. glass
  7. flame
  8. burning

Original Text


Let me demonstrate this over here. And what I have here is an empty glass vessel. It's got nothing in it. And now I'm going to fill it with oxygen and whiskey. Add some more. Now we just wait for a few seconds for the molecules to spread inside the bottle. And now, let's set that on fire.

(Laughter)

So that's all that happens. It goes really fast, and it's not that impressive. I could do it again to show it one more time, but some would argue that this is a complete waste of the whiskey, and that I should rather drink it.

But let me show you a slow motion in a completely darkened room of what I just showed you in this live demonstration. So what happened is that the flame traveled through the glass vessel from top to bottom, burning the mix of the air molecules and the alcohol. So the images that you saw at the beginning, they are actually a flame stopped in time while it is traveling through the bottle, and you have to imagine it was flipped around 180 degrees. So that's how those images were made.

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Important Words


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