What if you had the power to control things without touching them? What if you could use your mind for anything from bending spoons to lifting cars, and even stopping bullets right in front of you? What would be the limits to what your brain could do? Since the early days of spiritualism, psychic mediums have claimed to contact the dead. During these sessions, their clients could see objects mysteriously flying across the room. Many people believed what they saw. Only they didn't see the hidden wires that the mediums used to fool their audience.
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more what-if scenarios:
Planet Earth: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-HhC...
The Cosmos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfuJy...
Technology: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CS3bB...
Your Body: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmXR4...
Humanity: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdCDQ...
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What If is a mini-documentary web series that takes you on an epic journey through hypothetical worlds and possibilities. Join us on an imaginary adventure — grounded in scientific theory — through time, space and chance, as we ask what if some of the most fundamental aspects of our existence were different.
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