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A soon and distant christmas

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  1. Nathan Insel claims to be a neuroscientist studying how the brain uses expectations to motivate behaviour. He also teaches at the University of Toronto and now apparently writes science fiction.,

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Insel, N. A soon and distant christmas. Nature 504, 476 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/504476a

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  1. Davy Jones

    Christmas in the future? People will look back at pictures like the one accompanying this post, and they will ask; "So why, exactly, did people insist on cutting down so many fir trees each December?" Want a green Christmas? Stop cutting down trees!

    I also think that in the future we won't be really celebrating Christmas and our world will be just like that of WALL-E

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