Asatru Folk Assembly - November 24, 2023


Think Like a Scientist (Academy Storytime)


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Length

17 minutes

Words per minute

99.26

Word count

1,689

Sentence count

120

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1

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Jack's dad is sensitive to the sun and the lights in the house, but no one can figure out what's wrong with him. So Jack sets out to find the cause of his son's strange reaction to the light.

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00:00:00.000 so we have think like a scientist age is no barrier only common sense
00:00:27.280 So let's see what we can learn about being a doctor or a scientist or trying to learn some things.
00:00:38.280 One day, Jack was sitting in the back of the car playing a video game.
00:00:43.280 Outside, the sun was shining warm and bright.
00:00:48.280 Jack's father commented on the heat.
00:00:53.280 the heat. That sun is awfully powerful today, or this new sun cream is burning me like acid.
00:01:03.860 Putting on some sunscreen, huh?
00:01:07.940 The weeks following, Jack's dad was getting more and more sensitive to the sun and even the lights
00:01:17.160 in the house. Dad, are you okay? Jack asked. Have you gone to the doctor?
00:01:27.700 Of course, I've asked the experts, son, but I'll make another appointment with another one.
00:01:35.040 That's great, dad. I'm really worried about you,
00:01:38.080 but my teachers always say to trust the experts.
00:01:41.840 Brandon Green, said the doctor, calling Jack's dad into his office.
00:01:55.380 We've run all the tests possible. Everything is normal.
00:02:01.660 Are you sure it's not in your head?
00:02:05.380 The doctor says with a laugh.
00:02:08.180 Jack's dad is puzzled.
00:02:10.820 All he really is experiencing is hypersensitivity to light.
00:02:16.280 The light hurts his skin.
00:02:22.320 Summer nights are hot.
00:02:25.780 Great for a swim at the pool.
00:02:29.360 Jack loves to play with his dad in the pool at night.
00:02:33.400 And after playing in the pool with Jack for 10 minutes, Jack's dad has to get out.
00:02:47.300 The water is burning me.
00:02:50.780 I could feel the chlorine in the water burning me.
00:02:57.800 Oh, no, he had to get out of the pool.
00:02:59.940 Dad, are you okay? You have also lost a lot of weight recently. I want you to see another
00:03:10.620 doctor. There must be another expert that can help you.
00:03:16.420 Brandon Green, the dermatologist, will see you now, said the skin specialist doctor,
00:03:29.620 receptionist, escorting Jack's dad to the office.
00:03:34.360 Doctor, I'm ultra sensitive to light. I can prove it to you. Is there any test I can do
00:03:48.700 to prove this? People think I'm nuts. The doctor looks over all of Jack's father's
00:04:00.300 most recent blood tests.
00:04:04.280 It appears you are in great health
00:04:07.280 and there is nothing wrong with you.
00:04:10.720 I doubt we will find anything.
00:04:13.840 But there is one test I can do for you.
00:04:17.760 This projector mimics sunlight.
00:04:25.960 We will shine it at your back.
00:04:28.840 And if you are truly light sensitive, you will feel it.
00:04:33.480 And tell me whereabouts on your back I am aiming the light at, says the doctor.
00:04:41.680 Well, the light sensitivity pain is only in my face, but let's give it a go, Jack's dad says unenthusiastically.
00:04:53.380 let me know if you feel anything on your back the dermatologist asks
00:05:03.560 as 10 minutes have passed nothing at all i doubt i will jack's dad says unsurprised
00:05:13.620 ah ouch oh that's burning jack's dad screamed to the doctor turn it off
00:05:29.520 what does it feel like the doctor asked looking at jack's father's back
00:05:35.700 The machine in his face, inquisitively.
00:05:41.360 Kind of like a hot drill drilling into my skin, Jack's dad said, whilst fighting the pain.
00:05:50.180 Hmm, yes, you've reacted, said the doctor, puzzled.
00:05:55.880 Just what is it, though, he muttered confusingly.
00:06:00.080 But it was Jack's dad who was more confused.
00:06:05.680 His back had burnt for the first time.
00:06:10.080 However, it was nothing for his body to do something strange recently.
00:06:20.080 I hope the doctor can fix you, Dad. At least you have proof you're not crazy now, Dad.
00:06:27.600 I hope so too, mate. Everything I've read on the internet points to mold toxicity.
00:06:34.800 is there a test for that dad you should do a mold test there is son i'm going to do it
00:06:44.800 a month later hey jack remember the mold test i did well it came back sky high positive
00:07:02.400 for black mold. I have mold toxicity and candida overgrowth. One test indicated a possible
00:07:13.760 Lyme disease infection. I'm low on a heap of vitamins too. Well, we expected that, Dad,
00:07:24.520 as since doing the test, we have found online communities full of people who have the exact
00:07:31.320 same symptoms that you have with the exact same gene mutations that's right son and the good news
00:07:41.720 is that when people treat these issues they get better i'm so happy and relieved i finally found
00:07:55.160 what's been going on with me me too dad i want you to call one of those chronic illness doctors
00:08:03.240 recommended by others battling the same chronic illness they will get you better
00:08:10.280 already one step ahead of you jackie boy i've made an appointment with one next week
00:08:19.000 yeah we found out
00:08:20.120 Nan and Pop heard about these test results. They could not believe their son was entertaining such
00:08:29.400 a wild thought. Mold toxicity, sensitivity to the smallest amount of chemicals and light.
00:08:38.360 Now he's claiming to feel phones and computers. He's lost the plot.
00:08:44.200 That's it. I'm calling a psychiatrist. He needs to be admitted to the funny farm ASAP, screams Nan.
00:08:56.840 Grandma and Grandpa don't believe them.
00:09:02.280 Relax, Nan. We discovered a doctor who's seen other patients like this,
00:09:07.320 who understands what is happening. He is helping Dad. Others who have similar
00:09:13.240 health issues in the past have gotten better. We understand now and have answers now.
00:09:20.620 Jack protests. Look here.
00:09:27.200 Look, he's holding up the little toxic symbol.
00:09:32.300 Later that day, two psychiatrists, two paramedics, and a policeman came to the door,
00:09:42.300 demanding to take Dad away.
00:09:46.120 Nan had called the local mental health team
00:09:49.320 headed by a psychiatrist
00:09:50.820 who deemed Jack's father to be suffering from schizophrenia.
00:09:56.560 The psychiatrist said he was having delusions.
00:10:04.760 Jack was amazed.
00:10:06.540 He heard the psychiatrist tell Dad
00:10:08.440 that mycotoxins are everywhere in other environments and atmosphere,
00:10:14.220 which of course is true, yet he didn't seem to grasp the concept of the concentration.
00:10:23.340 Surely he doesn't think that the carbon dioxide is safe too,
00:10:27.940 but by his logic, we breathe it everywhere.
00:10:33.420 Also applies.
00:10:35.960 Jack was scared of the lack of intelligence that such a powerful man possessed.
00:10:44.440 Taking him away.
00:10:48.140 Jack's father arrives at the hospital.
00:10:51.920 He pleads sanity to all the new faces of doctors and nurses he sees.
00:10:58.820 He soon gives up, as it only seems to be making things worse for him.
00:11:05.000 He realizes with people who are incapable of faking for themselves. 0.56
00:11:12.700 One doctor at the hospital said to him, what you are saying makes no sense whatsoever.
00:11:21.020 I've been a doctor for 13 years and if I don't know about it, it doesn't exist.
00:11:28.840 You are most likely experiencing tactile hallucinations, a trait of many schizophrenics.
00:11:37.080 Now we medicate you in order to move you to your private cell.
00:11:43.160 We have secured a room in the psych ward for you, but you must take either the antipsychotic
00:11:49.120 or the anti-anxiety drug.
00:11:54.840 Three days passed and Jack is allowed to visit his dad.
00:12:00.340 Jack can't believe what they diagnosed his father with and how the hospital hadn't even
00:12:05.080 reached out to his father's doctor who understands his dad's illness and had just started treating
00:12:12.360 him.
00:12:14.480 As the doctors explain the situation to Jack and Nan and Pop, Jack interjects.
00:12:22.720 If this is the case, why isn't dad saying he feels the sun, chemicals, and EMFs all
00:12:30.120 the time?
00:12:31.860 He only says he feels these things when they are actually around.
00:12:38.060 The doctor is stunned.
00:12:40.280 That thought obviously hasn't crossed his mind.
00:12:44.140 He then awed, searching for an answer that he couldn't deliver.
00:12:52.720 Hmm. You do raise a good point, young Jack. I'll tell you what, I'll keep a close eye on your father. If he seems to be doing well, I'll release him.
00:13:07.500 Jack couldn't believe it, took such a simple question to provoke some kind of sensible solution to all this.
00:13:16.100 his teachers had always told him to trust the experts
00:13:22.240 maybe they were wrong about his classmates
00:13:26.860 who were in transition from male to female and female to male as well
00:13:31.860 two days had passed and jack's father was finally released
00:13:41.700 the hospital had sent him home with very little explanation
00:13:46.020 nor apology. Dad, I'm glad you are home, but I'm scared of doctors now.
00:13:55.440 Jack, I understand, but please understand they are very good at what they've been taught,
00:14:02.580 which is helping sick people with heart attacks, a broken arm, and a bacterial infection.
00:14:08.880 but they couldn't put two and two together even I could it's so obvious
00:14:15.900 Jack you thought like a scientist not everyone has the ability to do that
00:14:23.240 some are just good at following instructions others at memory retention you thought like
00:14:30.220 a scientist though and it got me out of there I'm so proud of you
00:14:38.880 A month had passed since Jack's father being released from the psychiatric institution,
00:14:46.880 and the medication prescribed from his chronic illness doctor had kicked in.
00:14:53.060 Jack's dad was able to go outside and play with Jack in the park for the first time in 16 months.
00:15:02.160 I'm so happy we could do this, Dad. Those pills work like a miracle.
00:15:06.960 they sure do can you believe there's people who think the pills aren't doing a thing
00:15:13.000 not everyone can think like a scientist dad
00:15:16.980 think about all the teachers who still think the jabs are safe and effective
00:15:21.680 yay we're all healed up thanks to the kid trying to think and solve the problem
00:15:33.440 and not just listening to everybody and what they say.
00:15:40.660 Well, that's our story.
00:15:43.080 I know it was a big one with lots of big words.
00:15:47.420 But I bet if we listen to it again,
00:15:50.500 we can probably go through and listen and figure out all these words.
00:15:55.840 And we're going to learn a lot.
00:15:59.260 So let's figure that out.
00:16:00.960 And maybe we'll get back and try to use some of this to learn what we can do to maybe try to figure out something new and see if we can be smarter than the next person.
00:16:18.020 I bet if you guys try really hard, you could find something new and teach me something.
00:16:23.480 That'd be really cool.
00:16:30.960 We'll be right back.