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I call myself a Possibilian: I'm open to...ideas that we don't have any way of testing right now.

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