“An EEG of a person watching TV shows that after about half an hour the brain decides that nothing is happening, and it goes into a hypnoidal twilight state, emitting alpha waves. This is because there is such little eye motion.”

— Philip K. Dick

"How To Build A Universe That Doesn't Fall Apart Two Days Later" (1978)

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American author 1928–1982

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