"…or as Virginia Woolf memorably put it in Orlando, 'It is probable that the human spirit has its place in time assigned to it.'" That very assigning must be scrutinized. What most restricts us is often what looms over us, the roles assigned to us by "the powers that be."
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"Tackle small problems first, so that if success smiles and strength increases one may then undertake the great feats of investigation." Santiago Ramón y Cajal
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Like the others lacking in practicality, the instrument addicts fetishize the sparkling allure of technology to the neglect of implementation. "They are as fascinated by the gleam of metal as the lark is with its own reflection in a mirror." Santiago Ramón y Cajalpic.twitter.com/RCr3N6HlIJ
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Meanwhile, the misfit is one whose talents are mismatched to their environment. "Instead of being abnormal, misfits are simply unfortunate individuals who have had work unsuited to their natural aptitudes imposed on them by adverse circumstances." Santiago Ramón y Cajal
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Myopic theorists afflicted with confirmation bias "live in the clouds…As soon as they happen to notice a slight, half-hidden analogy between two phenomena…they dance for joy and genuinely believe that they are the most admirable of reformers," writes Santiago Ramón y Cajal.
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"Hypotheses come and go but data remain. Theories desert us, while data defend us…In the eternal shifting of things, only they will save us from the ravages of time and from the forgetfulness or injustice of men." Santiago Ramón y Cajal
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As for the megalomaniacs, "their eagerness is rendered sterile by a fatal flaw...always submerged in feverish activity, always revising, hatching the great embryonic work," they miss their chance as others stride ahead to crack the code, writes Santiago Ramón y Cajal.pic.twitter.com/7VWyNwlGQq
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