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I finally chalked it up to the fact that the brain is truly an extraordinary device: more extraordinary than we can even guess.

Eben Alexander

I finally chalked it up to the fact that the brain is truly an extraordinary device: more extraordinary than we can even guess.

Tags: brain, fast reactions, fast thought

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About Eben Alexander

Eben Alexander may refer to:

Eben Alexander (educator) (1851–1910), American educator
Eben Alexander (author) (born 1953), American author and neurosurgeon
Eben Alexander Jr (1913–2004), American neurosurgeon