You need to have tremendous confidence in your work, even a touch of arrogance, chutzpah. Many very fine researchers lack intellectual daring. It's human nature to want to be cozy, secure. But that can be a cul de sac. Vilayanur S. Ramachandran arrogancechutzpahconfidence share on social
The adage that fact is stranger than fiction seems to be especially true for the workings of the brain. Vilayanur S. Ramachandran adagebrainfact Change image and share on social
Lofty questions about the mind are fascinating to ask, philosophers have been asking them for three millennia both in India where I am from and here in the West - but it is only in the brain that we can eventually hope to find the answers. Vilayanur S. Ramachandran answerbraineventually share on social
My interests span biology, though sometimes I feel like an anachronism, somebody from the Victorian era when there weren't so many boundaries dividing the sciences. Vilayanur S. Ramachandran anachronismbiologyboundary Change image and share on social
It may well be our brains are wired up to be slightly more optimistic than they should be. Vilayanur S. Ramachandran brainoptimisticslightly Change image and share on social
