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College: What I Did Right and Where I Screwed Up

June 1st, 2011 · 22 Comments · Doing Science, Education

Having spent all of two weeks as a college graduate and invited to deliver my life story in three minutes for the USC Board of Trustees this morning, I figure now is a proper time for reflecting on my college undergraduate experience and, in particular, what I think I did right and where I screwed [...]

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The State of Theory in Neuroscience or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Data

July 25th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Doing Science

If my initial foray into the territory of the biologists has taught me anything, its that theory in neuroscience is a very different game than that of theory in physics. Theoretical physicists are able to temporarily retreat into pure thought and calculation, minimizing communication with experimentalists, and yet still make significant scientific progress. Theoretical neuroscientists, [...]

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