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==Plot== Two professors create an advanced [[cybernetic]] brain, which they call "Bossy." Bossy can "optimise your mind...and give you eternal youth into{{sic}} the bargain, but only if you're ready to abandon all your favourite prejudices."<ref name=RottenApple>[http://www.ansible.co.uk/sfx/sfx168.html ''Rotten Apple''], by [[Dave Langford]], from [[SFX (magazine)|''SFX'']] #168, April 2008, archived at ansible.co.uk</ref> However, when given the choice of admitting they were wrong and therefore being able to benefit from Bossy's abilities, most people would rather be right, and Bossy's ability to confer immortality is almost made ineffective by humanity's fear of "her."<ref>{{cite web|last=Clute|first=John|title=Clifton, Mark|url=http://sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/clifton_mark|publisher=Gollancz}}</ref> <!-- Anyone else want to fill this out to a real synopsis? -->
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