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  1. Department of Brain and Behavioral Science, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy

    Andrea Lavazza

  2. Centro Universitario Internazionale, Arezzo, Italy

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  3. Department of Human Rights, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz), National School of Public Health (ENSP), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    Murilo Vilaça

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Lavazza, A., Vilaça, M. That’s Why is Worth Continuing to Think About Our Successors – A Reply to Erler. Philos. Technol. 37, 56 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13347-024-00747-7

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