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who works <strong>in</strong>side this very build<strong>in</strong>g.This whole place is full <strong>of</strong> quiet andmodest people do<strong>in</strong>g extraord<strong>in</strong>aryth<strong>in</strong>gs, Schwartz adds, wav<strong>in</strong>g his handappreciatively at the empty hallway.Before Schwartz opens the door, heasks me to take <strong>of</strong>f my gold hoop earr<strong>in</strong>gsand set aside the metal tape recorderI’ve been us<strong>in</strong>g to record ourconversation. <strong>The</strong> magnetic field <strong>of</strong> thefMRI mach<strong>in</strong>e is 100,000 timesstronger than the earth’s gravitationalpull—so strong, Schwartz says, that itcould rip the earr<strong>in</strong>gs right out <strong>of</strong> myears if they were magnetic and sendthem fly<strong>in</strong>g across the room. I worryabout the metal fasteners <strong>of</strong> my bra,but I’m too embarrassed to ask. I po<strong>in</strong>t<strong>in</strong>stead to my shoe buckle, which I figurehas the same amount <strong>of</strong> metal asthe bra strap. Schwartz says it’s allright, and we enter the room.336/929

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