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Awsome post! You have intrigued me to dig into your story. He is one brave SOB (or one stupid SOB). Either way, holding a martial arts stance in the middle of a highly radioactive area makes me say mind over matter! I hope you got his contact info, would be nice to do a follow up in a few years to see if he is still around!

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How on earth is it an example of mind over matter? Getting irradiated is not hard. It requires no willpower to endure. The only "suffering" you feel while receiving a lethal dose (not counting the part where you die later) is the taste of pennies and prickling on your face.

Nor is he demonstrating cleverness that allows him to escape the radiation- indeed, while stubbornness may be on display here, it has absolutely nothing to do with "mind over matter".

Well, if you could use the power of your mind to generate a field that repelled radioactive particles...

On the other hand, he was measuring the radiation levels of his environment every day and probably never received any significant radiation dose. He was stubborn, sure, but not stupid.

Very nice pictures.

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