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People wouldn't even go into science unless there was something much bigger to be discovered, something that is transcendent.

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David Eagleman
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: April 25
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Neuroscientist
Psychologist
Researcher
University Teacher
Albuquerque
New Mexico
David M Eagleman
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Death... The moment, sometime in the future, when your name is spoken for the last time.
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Because vision appears so effortless, we are like fish challenged to understand water.
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The main thing known about secrets is that keeping them is unhealthy for the brain.
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There are three deaths. The first is when the body ceases to function. The second is when the body is consigned to the grave. The third is that moment, sometime in the future, when your name is spoken for the last time.
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It is only through us that God lives. When we abandon him, he dies.
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If our brains were simple enough to be understood, we wouldn't be smart enough to understand them.
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