Science is hard. You have to prove it, test it, and be able to reproduce the results.
Pseudoscience is easy. You just make it up, add fear, and watch it spread.
My father died of cancer two years ago.
A family member in her twenties was just diagnosed with stage 1 breast cancer.
In a month, I become a father myself.
I've been thinking about the noise.
When life is smooth, your brain manufactures a hundred urgent things. Career pivots. Income maximization. Status games. The next move, the next rung, the next validation. Your calendar fills with things that feel important because they're immediate.
But then something breaks. And the noise just... stops.
Not because you become enlightened or suddenly wise.
But because crisis is clarifying in ways comfort never is.
It doesn't ask what you should care about. It shows you what you already do.
You stop wondering about the promotion. You start wondering if you told the people you love that you love them. The spreadsheet gathering returns suddenly seems absurd. The evening walk you kept postponing becomes the only thing that matters. The distance you didn't create becomes the thing you're most grateful for.
I'm not celebrating crisis. I'm just noticing what it revealed. The people who matter. The work that feels true. The evenings you'll remember.
Everything else? Just noise we manufactured because we could afford to.
The monkey brain will return. It always does.
The distractions will creep back in, disguised as ambition or responsibility or momentum.
But maybe, if you're lucky, you remember this feeling long enough to protect what actually matters before life forces you to remember again.
We do the whole dance for remarkably few things.
The crisis just reminds us which ones.
@miniapeur Pursue truth at all costs---read the books you think are insightful, not those that give prestige. Take pennies from your stipend and gamble aggressively with them. You will not regret pursuing real wisdom at all costs, no matter what the academy pays people for.
“I believe this will encourage immunologists and physicians to apply T regulatory cells to treat various immunological diseases.”
This year’s Nobel Prize laureate, Shimon Sakaguchi, discovered a new class of T cells that protect the body from autoimmune diseases.
Just after the prize announcement we spoke to him about the fundamental research question that kept him dedicated to the field long after many others gave up.
Listen to our interview with the happy and surprised laureate:
#NobelPrize
It was an absolute pleasure to host Dr. @Samatha_Mathew today! She talks about science communication beyond academia and gives insights into the career for those wishing to transition from traditional research path. Go watch the full video on the YouTube now⚡
SCIENCE COMMUNICATION & OUTREACH: ACADEMIA AND BEYOND
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Ours is not an age that wants heroes. Ours is an age of envy, in which laziness & self-involvement are the rule. Anyone who tries to shine, who dares to stand above the crowd, is dragged down by his lackluster & self-appointed peers. -Douglas Gillette, Rediscovering the Archetypes of the Mature Masculine
"For half an hour, I vented everything I had been holding in for months … my supervisor listened patiently, then calmly offered a line I’ll never forget: 'You are here to learn to ride a bicycle, not to invent a bicycle.'
That one sentence landed softly, but it cracked something open." #ScienceWorkingLife https://t.co/e9cfXVzB5c
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Whether it’s dealing with increasingly complex career situations, considering a career transition, or coping with a career ending, mentors can be an essential source of wisdom and support.