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Apple QuickTime Audio  |  2001-09-10  |  144.1 KB  |  1 channel  |  11,025 sample rate  |  1 minute

Transcription: A specter haunts the nervous system. Thumb and index tweak a steel knob as the century grinds to a start. The synaptic cleft gapes on the microscope stage. Sweeping theories full of subtle fluids drain away into this gap whereby each neuron stands alone tending its own fire. Mind appears to halt at this abyss. Where can it go? Where can it have come from. Zoom in. Cell wall cliffs recede and grow tall. Crossing between fleet one-way birds, the neurotransmitters flock at intervals to roost in the far receptors. Zoom out. Later, farther on, muscles cannot choose but twitch, driving volition deep ...

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