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November 12, 2012

Hallucinating Your Doppelganger

C. Michelet & R. Krulwich, NPR


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You know Carl Linnaeus, right? The great Swedish naturalist who categorized plants and animals in the 1750s? He was a singular figure in botany. But when he got a headache, he stopped being singular. He doubled, from one Carl to two.

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TAGGED: doppelganger, hallucination, migraines, Carl Linnaeus

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