Resist Both Superstition and Complacency: The Beads Aren't Magic, They Aren't Normal Either

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When beads appear to defy entropy, the wrong reaction is either superstition ('they have minds') or dismissal ('it must be a trick, ignore it'). Nye insists on a third stance: the beads don't have minds, AND something real and discoverable is happening. Most people oscillate between naive wonder and cynical dismissal; the scientist holds both at once. Hidden mechanisms — not magic, not randomness — explain almost every apparent miracle.

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