Princeton Alumni Weekly: Goin' Backstory

It’s always a danger in cutting-edge science to fall back on a mechanistic view of developments and challenges, of attacking the frontier, of blazing trails. As legitimate as that may be conceptually or financially, it is critical to keep in mind the virtues of human perspective in those who are tasked with this exploration, and the great things that can happen as a result. Especially if it’s your personal brain.