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I'm going to go white.
Right in there.
Most American families know someone who's been afflicted with Alzheimer's disease or the scourge of addiction.
Tonight, we will show you research that is being done on both and introduce you to the pioneering neuroscientist who allowed us to follow his startling progress.
Okay, ready?
We can sonicate now.
Here we go.
There's always risk, but you cannot advance and make discoveries without risk.
But we need to push forward and take the risk because people with addiction and Alzheimer's, it's not going away.
It's here.
So why wait 10, 20 years?
Do it now.
Enter some countries, you arrive in style.
Here, you arrive in what's basically a backyard swing hoisted by a crank 60ft above the North Sea.
And if you're wondering about the safety regulations, yeah, us too.
Then again, when you are a sovereign nation, you by definition set your own rules.
That's a hell of a way to.
Get into a country.