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Love was not specified in the design of your brain it is merely an endearing algorithm that freeloads on the leftover processing cycles.

David Eagleman

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David Eagleman
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: April 25
Author
Neuroscientist
Psychologist
Researcher
University Teacher
Albuquerque
New Mexico
David M Eagleman
David Eagleman
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