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Life is an adventure - Savor every instant!
Edward Boyden -
The skill-providers want to have more impact and solve problems; the problem people want new tools to get their problems solved.
Edward Boyden
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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.
Edward Boyden -
Suppose there are some things that we don't understand about the universe, but if you understand human intelligence and you understand the gaps in our abilities to think about things, maybe we can engineer in a computer more advanced intelligences that can help augment our ability to think.
Edward Boyden -
I often try to think about, What sounds like a bad idea, but if you find the right plan of attack, it's actually a really good idea? I spend a lot of time really trying to systematically tackle problems from different angles.
Edward Boyden -
Synthesize new ideas constantly. Never read passively. Annotate, model, think, and synthesize while you read, even when you're reading what you conceive to be introductory stuff. That way, you will always aim towards understanding things at a resolution fine enough for you to be creative.
Edward Boyden -
If our brain is understanding some parts of the universe and not understanding other parts, and those understandings are about the laws of physics that our brains are built on top of, then it's kind of a loop, right?
Edward Boyden -
A big part of my job is to remember failure, and reboot failure, when the timing is right.
Edward Boyden
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Unlike optogenetics, where there are existing nonprofits that give away the DNA for free or at cost, expansion microscopy requires chemicals to be used, so having a company that makes the chemistry kit that anybody can use can save time.
Edward Boyden -
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?
Edward Boyden -
If you think backwards from a big problem, and you talk to all these other people who have skills and who think forward from their skills, it's very easy to form collaborations because everyone is incentivized to work together.
Edward Boyden -
It's actually kind of weird that we can comprehend the law of gravity, or that we can understand quantum mechanics, enough at least to make computers.
Edward Boyden -
If you give somebody a lot of questions to answer and then they walk by a bowl of candy, they are more likely to grab the candy because they're tired out from answering questions and can't resist.
Edward Boyden