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NOVA scienceNOW
Broadcast Date: Oct. 25, 2012
"How Smart Can We Get?" premiered Wednesday, October 24th. See it online at video.pbs.org How do you get a genius brain? Is it possible that everyone's brain has untapped genius — just waiting for the right circumstances so it can be unleashed? David Pogue meets people stretching the boundaries of what the human mind can do. www.pbs.org/nova/sciencenow
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