HUMAN BEINGS SYNCHRONIZE NATURALLY. Not just our movements, but every aspect of our physiology. When we feel connected to another person, our heartbeats, breathing, and even brain activity fall into step. Groups will often synchronize their movements and breathing even without explicit instructions to do so. People also synchronize with greater accuracy to another person’s slightly irregular beat than to a perfect rhythm generated by a computer. It is as if our biology is tuned to recognize and respond to common humanity. For some people, reducing self-transcendence to a neurological quirk can
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