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All life is no more than a match struck in the dark and blown out again.

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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
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Death... The moment, sometime in the future, when your name is spoken for the last time.
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