2004 : WHAT'S YOUR LAW?

robert_sapolsky's picture
Neuroscientist, Stanford University; Author, Behave
Sapolsky's Three Laws for Doing Science

Sapolsky's First Law

Think logically, but orthogonally.

Sapolsky's Second Law

It's okay to think about nonsense, as long as you don't believe in it.

Sapolsky's Third Law

Often, the biggest impediment to scientific progress is not what we don't know, but what we know.