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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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We Are Not At The Center Of

David Eagleman
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.
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