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What Does Supernatural Mean in a Natural World?

Super cool. Super duper. Superimpose. Supersede. Superscript. Superhighway. Superhuman.

Those are many supers in our lives. But let’s focus on just one: supernatural.

The Supernatural as Invisible

Merriam-Webster defines supernatural as “of or relating to an order of existence beyond the visible observable universe.”

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Linked: How Everything Is Connected to Everything Else and What It Means for Business, Science, and Everyday Life

by Albert-László Barabási (Goodreads Author)

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I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life

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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, #1)

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