Our ability to perceive the world around us seems so effortless that we tend to take it for granted.

A culture without mythology is not really a civilisation.

What do we mean by "knowledge" or "understanding"? And how do billions of neurons achieve them? These are complete mysteries. Admittedly, cognitive neuroscientists are still very vague about the exact meaning of words like "understand," "think," and indeed the word "meaning" itself.

Science is like a love affair with nature; an elusive, tantalising mistress. It has all the turbulence, twists and turns of romantic love, but thats part of the game.

Without ducking responsibility, what's wrong with medicine today is that it is predicated on providing treatment, not on reducing suffering. Not on solving problems.

The minute you succumb to outside pressure, you cease to be creative.

A genius is somebody who seemingly just reaches out of nowhere.