Many people, including myself, had our scientific lives changed by the inspiring new vision of science that Popper gave us.
From John Eccles
I, at the age of 17 or 18 as a medical student, suddenly came up against a problem: 'What am I? What is the meaning of my existence as I experience it?'
England was a delightful and stimulating place for a young academic, although by present standards, the laboratory facilities were primitive. There were almost no research grants and no secretarial assistance, even for Sherrington.
Brain research is the ultimate problem confronting man.
To the extent that we have a better understanding of the brain, we will have a richer appreciation of ourselves, of our fellow men and of society and, in fact, of the whole world and its problems.
I can explain my body and my brain, but there's something more. I can't explain my own existence - what makes me a unique human being.
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