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Could we build… TOTAL RECALL?

emember the most interesting or exciting holiday you’ve ever had? Now that you’re back in the routine of everyday life, there’s still plenty of pleasure in simply conjuring up those memories. What if you could have all those memories without the expense of going on holiday in the first place? That’s the premise of Paul Verhoeven’s 1990 sci-fi blockbuster Total Recall. It’s set in the year 2084, when humans have a well-established colony on Mars. Protagonist Douglas Quaid, played by Arnold Schwarzenegger, wants to go there, but he can’t afford the ticket price. What he can afford, though, is the

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