A lot of good ideas are actually bad ideas because, since they sound good, everybody's already doing them.

One of the things that got me transitioning from physical science to brain science was asking, Why do we understand so much about the universe?

It's surprising that the world is understandable to the extent that it is.

I would argue that if you understand how the cells of the brain are organized into circuits, almost computational circuits if you will, and we see how information flows through those circuits and how it's transformed, we might have a much firmer grasp on why our brains make decisions the way that they do. If we get a handle on that, maybe we can overcome some of our limitations and at the very least we'll understand why we do what we do.

One thing that I've been doing for a long time is to wake up really early. I try to get up around 4 or 5 in the morning, long before most of my lab members are up, which gives me some quiet time to really think without distraction. I think that's important.

Maybe we'll understand more about how the universe came to be, and what forces drove it in the early days and which forces drive it now.

Life is an adventure - Savor every instant!