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FLATOW: So if it were a little bigger or a little smaller, then all things would be different.

FLATOW: You know, this is always sort of a spy-versus-spy world.

FLATOW: Yeah because, you know, a lot of times, people say, well, I've been a coach potato my whole life.

FLATOW: I'll tell you, that's just how people move through Grand Central. You know. . .

FLATOW: And so, when they say to you, and you see this at the pool all the time, take a shower before you come in here, they really mean it?

FLATOW: I'm not going to be able to do this one at home, am I, Dr. Andersen?

FLATOW: And so you think we can use all this to actually - to be useful and knit them all altogether?

FLATOW: Well, how can you tell truthiness - our hats off to Stephen Colbert for that word, how can you tell the truthiness of a tweet?

FLATOW: All right. Thank you. We've run out of time. I thank both of you.

FLATOW: No, five by five, as we used to say in the old radio days. Tell us about swarm intelligence. Can you define it for us?

FLATOW: Is it because maybe you had more circulation going to the brain, because you're, you know, getting more exercise?

FLATOW: And do we know why suddenly it's become, you know, a problem?

FLATOW: Yeah. He was very individual, to get caught up in that. In the book. . .

FLATOW: Do you find with your officers that you can train them to be more attentive after they see that test?

FLATOW: He had an independent - he certainly was not a group thinker, that's for sure. He was.

FLATOW: Do you think - are people insulted when you tell them they can be modeled by a mathematical formula, how they behave as a swarm?

FLATOW: Yeah, I don't see that in the freezer section of my grocery.

FLATOW: Let me get a quick call from Melissa(ph) in Denver.

FLATOW: So is there a general overall theme or message of your research or you book, "The Invisible Gorilla" ?

FLATOW: No, five by five, as we used to say in the old radio days.

FLATOW: Right, you'll get to see whether you see the gorilla again.

FLATOW: But it has changed in different directions, a certain amount.

FLATOW: Is it a problem of lack of time with the patient?

"So no one is going to get into trouble? " Flatow asked.

FLATOW: There you go. And that's where we'll leave it. It's a fascinating book, Len. Thanks for taking time to be with us today.

FLATOW: Tell us about this dark flow.

FLATOW: What about the eyewitnesses who supposedly can remember what happened at the scene?

FLATOW: Well, what goes on in a jury room that's different than if they're alone by themselves making their own decision?

FLATOW: I'll tell you, that's just how people move through Grand Central.

FLATOW: Would that be with particular accelerators or from new devices we'd have to make?

FLATOW: So it will be interesting to watch for the weeks and watch the weeks ahead of how it all works out.

FLATOW: Bring us this very fascinating talk about isolating a single atom and capturing it between a couple of laser beams.

FLATOW: But what about soothing, classical music in the background? I mean, I know you worked with the Mozart Effect. Tell us about that.

FLATOW: Mm-hmm. Do you - when you say the brain gets bigger and the hippocampus gets a little bigger, do you know what is growing there?

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FLATOW: Someone writes: Does potassium peroxide monomer sulfate fix what's going on in there?

FLATOW: You mentioned before, when we talked about dark flow, that extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.

FLATOW: They just jump out of the nest, out of the shell and they're flying away.

FLATOW: So we'll need further work on that before you're convinced of this being true?

FLATOW: But if we do verify it, might we not then question the other constants that we took for granted as not being changeable?

FLATOW: And you're not deciding at every corner, should I go left or right? You're just taking that right.

FLATOW: So my producers are half a dozen (unintelligible) outthink me.

FLATOW: Is there any one way to get you to focus better, any situation you should put yourself in?

FLATOW: My next guest studies the chemical reactions that occur in swimming pools, and it's worse than you thought.

FLATOW: One last question, Michael, and I'll let you go.

FLATOW: They're not primates, not like apes and us, who can use little sticks.

FLATOW: Because it has a central spot and everything's branching out from the middle, that's an unnatural look.

FLATOW: Flora is here with our Video Pick of the Week.

FLATOW: And what kind of damage do these stink bugs do?

FLATOW: And you're not deciding at every corner, should I go left or right?

FLATOW: Good morning to you.

FLATOW: I love it when truth is stranger than fiction.

FLATOW: Let's talk about "The Invisible Gorilla. "

FLATOW: Not closely related.

FLATOW: Yeah, that's a good question, Dan?

FLATOW: We've got some great turkey news.

FLATOW: Interesting book, gentlemen. I want to thank you for taking time to be with us today.

FLATOW: Oh, I'll be there at 4: 45 today. I'll know exactly what that river looks like.

FLATOW: Michael, did you do the second part of the test on our website today?

FLATOW: So you're not telling people to go out and buy a can of insecticide and kill these bugs?

FLATOW: A lot of people with baby diapers, too.

FLATOW: Mm-hmm. So you would try to find a solution if they've lost their medication, and they're not taking their medication.

FLATOW: The trick is not have anybody talk to each other and they should have open balloting.

FLATOW: Is that like my kid who's precocious or. . .

FLATOW: What kinds of chemicals are we talking about?

FLATOW: Can you translate to doctors, or do you have to just retrain medical students now?

FLATOW: Let's see if we can get one more question from Ray(ph) in Sacramento.

FLATOW: Is it the laser beams, Flora, that interest you the most?