Feeling nothing (anaesthesia) part 2 -- Linda Geddes -- Nothing event

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Channel: New Scientist · 2013 · Science & Technology

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Death is the ultimate nothing -- but no one can tell us what it's like. But every day thousands of people experience something like it at the hands of kindly doctors. Linda Geddes explores what it means to feel nothing -- and how hard it is to draw the line between consciousness and unconsciousness.

Watch the other videos from this event to join the team from New Scientist and our of guest speakers for an entertaining evening of amazing insights into nothingness. Find out now nothing shapes the world around us, from the importance of zero to how a few words can kill to understanding the big bang.

13 November 2013, Conway Hall, London

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