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We are not at the center of ourselves, but instead - like the Earth in the Milky Way, and the Milky Way in the universe - far out on a distant edge, hearing little of what is transpiring.

David Eagleman

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