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He said I see you have been doing a little homework but so have I and proceeded to tell my mother and fathers names, their date and place of birth, where I appeared in the school year book, and whose picture was on either side of me. Then came the shock of my life. He said ? In two years I will change the world as we now know it.? It was obvious he believed it from the bottom of his heart. I convinced the editor to let me write an article on the mystery of the Academy. He agreed and I reported as best I could what I found out but leaving out the discussion I had with him. It was a huge hit and we received many calls and all kinds of speculation. A few weeks later I received and invitation to a briefing at the Academy. Upon arrival there were about forty others from all walks of life. I knew this was something big. Dan welcomed us all and said let me welcome you to the Academy of Gulfport. First let me apologize for the short notice. You see there is a cub reporter who was getting too close to revealing what he knows. On the other hand he is responsible for us being here today. Then he said I have discovered a way to allow the brain to be a million times more efficient in processing data. Let me give you an example. If you blink your eyes and then try to describe what you have seen it would take hours, yet your brain processed it seconds. 18
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